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发信人: Systems (Queen Victoria Died), 信区: English
标 题: The Hanoverians--GEORGE IV
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月06日18:54:47 星期天), 站内信件
GEORGE IV (r. 1820-30)
George IV was 48 when he became Regent in 1811. He had secretly and illegall
y married a Roman Catholic, Mrs Fitzherbert. In 1795 he officially married P
rincess Caroline of Brunswick, but the marriage was a failure and he tried u
nsuccessfully to divorce her after his accession in 1820 (Caroline died in 1
821). Their only child Princess Charlotte died giving birth to a stillborn c
hild.
An outstanding, if extravagant, collector and builder, George IV acquired ma
ny important works of art (now in the Royal Collection), built the Royal Pav
ilion at Brighton, and transformed Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Geo
rge's fondness for pageantry helped to develop the ceremonial side of monarc
hy. After his father's long illness, George resumed royal visits; he visited
Hanover in 1821 (it had not been visited by its ruler since the 1750s), and
Ireland and Scotland over the next couple of years.
Beset by debts, George was in a weak position in relation to his Cabinet of
ministers. His concern for royal prerogative was sporadic; when the Prime Mi
nister Lord Liverpool fell ill in 1827, George at one stage suggested that m
inisters should choose Liverpool's successor. In 1829, George IV was forced
by his ministers, much against his will and his interpretation of his corona
tion oath, to agree to Catholic Emancipation. By reducing religious discrimi
nation, this emancipation enabled the monarchy to play a more national role.
George's profligacy and marriage difficulties meant that he never regained m
uch popularity, and he spent his final years in seclusion at Windsor, dying
at the age of 67.
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I am looking outside into the rain
through the blurred window, in front
of which you seem to be there.
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