<Tr> <Td> William IV William Henry 26 June 1830--20 June 1837 </Td> <Td> 7003255100000000000 ♠ 6 years, 359 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 August 1765 Buckingham Palace Son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg - Strelitz </Td> <Td> Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen Kew Palace 13 July 1818 2 children </Td> <Td> 20 June 1837 Windsor Castle aged 71 </Td> <Td> Son of George III </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria Alexandrina Victoria 20 June 1837--22 January 1901 </Td> <Td> 7004232260000000000 ♠ 63 years, 216 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 May 1819 Kensington Palace Daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe - Coburg - Saalfeld </Td> <Td> Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha St James's Palace 10 February 1840 9 children </Td> <Td> 22 January 1901 Osborne House aged 81 </Td> <Td> Granddaughter of George III </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Due to his father Albert, Prince Consort being of the House of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha, Edward VII inaugurated a new royal house when he ascended in 1901 when he succeeded his mother Queen Victoria, the last Hanoverian monarch of Britain . George V changed its name in 1917, during World War I, because of wartime anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom . The house name Windsor has since been used . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name Reign </Th> <Th> Length of Reign </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Arms </Th> <Th> Birth Parentage </Th> <Th> Marriage (s) Issue </Th> <Th> Death </Th> <Th> Succession right </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward VII Albert Edward 22 January 1901--6 May 1910 </Td> <Td> 7003339100000000000 ♠ 9 years, 104 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 November 1841 Buckingham Palace Son of Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe - Coburg - Gotha </Td> <Td> Alexandra of Denmark St George's Chapel 10 March 1863 6 children </Td> <Td> 6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace aged 68 </Td> <Td> Son of Victoria </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George V George Frederick Ernest Albert 6 May 1910--20 January 1936 </Td> <Td> 7003939000000000000 ♠ 25 years, 259 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 June 1865 Marlborough House Son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark </Td> <Td> Mary of Teck St James's Palace 6 July 1893 6 children </Td> <Td> 20 January 1936 Sandringham House aged 70 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward VII </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward VIII Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David 20 January 1936--11 December 1936 (abdicated) </Td> <Td> 7002326000000000000 ♠ 326 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 June 1894 White Lodge Son of George V and Mary of Teck </Td> <Td> Wallis Simpson Château de Candé 3 June 1937 no children </Td> <Td> 28 May 1972 Neuilly - sur - Seine aged 77 </Td> <Td> Son of George V </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George VI Albert Frederick Arthur George 11 December 1936--6 February 1952 </Td> <Td> 7003553500000000000 ♠ 15 years, 57 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 December 1895 Sandringham House Son of George V and Mary of Teck </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon Westminster Abbey 26 April 1923 2 children </Td> <Td> 6 February 1952 Sandringham House aged 56 </Td> <Td> Son of George V </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elizabeth II Elizabeth Alexandra Mary 6 February 1952--present </Td> <Td> 7004239650000000000 ♠ 65 years, 223 days (incumbent) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 April 1926 Mayfair Daughter of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon </Td> <Td> Philip of Greece and Denmark Westminster Abbey 20 November 1947 4 children </Td> <Td> Living; age 91 </Td> <Td> Daughter of George VI </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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