King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions
Reign
11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Coronation
12 May 1937
Predecessor
Edward VIII
Successor
Elizabeth II
Emperor of India
Reign
11 December 1936 – 15 August 1947[b]
Predecessor
Edward VIII
Successor
Position abolished
Born
Prince Albert of York (1895-12-14)14 December 1895 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died
6 February 1952(1952-02-06) (aged 56) Sandringham House, Norfolk, England
Burial
15 February 1952
Royal Vault, St George's Chapel
26 March 1969
King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel
Spouse
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
(m. 1923)
Issue Detail
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Names
Albert Frederick Arthur George
House
Windsor (from 1917)
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917)
Father
George V
Mother
Mary of Teck
Religion
Protestant[c]
Signature
Education
Royal Naval College, Osborne
Britannia Royal Naval College
Military career
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Years of active service
1913–1919
Battles/wars
First World War
Battle of Jutland
George VI's voice
Speech on Victory in Europe Day Recorded 8 May 1945
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949.
The future George VI was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. His father ascended the throne as George V in 1910. As the second son of the king, Albert was not expected to inherit the throne. He spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward, the heir apparent. Albert attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War. In 1920, he was made Duke of York. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. In the mid-1920s, he engaged speech therapist Lionel Logue to treat his stutter, which he learned to manage to some degree. His elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII after their father died in 1936, but Edward abdicated later that year to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. As heir presumptive to Edward VIII, Albert became king, taking the regnal name George VI.
In September 1939, the British Empire and most Commonwealth countries—but not Ireland—declared war on Nazi Germany, following the invasion of Poland. War with the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan followed in 1940 and 1941, respectively. George VI was seen as sharing the hardships of the common people and his popularity soared. Buckingham Palace was bombed during the Blitz while the King and Queen were there, and his younger brother the Duke of Kent was killed on active service. George became known as a symbol of British determination to win the war. Britain and its allies were victorious in 1945, but the British Empire declined. Ireland had largely broken away, followed by the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. George relinquished the title of Emperor of India in June 1948 and instead adopted the new title of Head of the Commonwealth. He was beset by smoking-related health problems in the later years of his reign and died at Sandringham House, aged 56, of a coronary thrombosis in 1952. He was succeeded by his elder daughter, Elizabeth II.
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