Edward VII information

Names
	Albert Edward

Edward VII
Edward VII
	Portrait by W. & D. Downey, 1900s
King of the United Kingdom; and the British Dominions; Emperor of India;
Reign	22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
Coronation	9 August 1902
Imperial Durbar	1 January 1903
Predecessor	Victoria
Successor	George V
Born	9 November 1841; Buckingham Palace, London, England
Died	6 May 1910 (aged 68); Buckingham Palace, London, England
Burial	20 May 1910; Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 28 November 1925; Albert Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel; 22 April 1927; South Aisle, St George's Chapel;
Spouse	Alexandra of Denmark (m. 1863)
Issue; Detail	Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale; George V; Louise, Princess Royal; Princess Victoria; Maud, Queen of Norway; Prince Alexander John of Wales;
Names
Names
	Albert Edward
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother	Queen Victoria
Religion	Protestant
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Education	Christ Church, Oxford; Trinity College, Cambridge;

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, and the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes, but despite public approval, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.

Edward inherited the throne upon his mother's death in 1901. The King played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War of 1899–1902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor.

The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, George V.

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