Edward VII
1841 – 1910 British King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India
Victoria's son and successor, king during the closing of the Boer War and the height of Edwardian imperial confidence.
- Religion
- Church of England
- Affiliations
- House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Edward VII came to the throne in 1901 after a long wait as Prince of Wales. His short reign covered the end of the Second Boer War, the Anglo-Japanese and Anglo-French understandings, and a period of imperial pageantry including the 1903 Delhi Durbar. He was a popular figure known more for diplomacy and social life than for governing, as real power lay with ministers and Parliament. He died in 1910, four years before the war that would strain the empire he inherited.
Connections
- family of George V — Father of George V.
- family of Queen Victoria — His mother and predecessor on the throne.
- family of Queen Victoria — Mother of Edward VII.
In the timeline
- 1874 Prince of Wales becomes Grand Master of UGLE mentioned
- 1874 Prince of Wales becomes Grand Master while heir to the throne mentioned
- 1899 – 1902 Second Boer War the reigning king at the war's close
- 1901 Duke of Connaught becomes Grand Master of UGLE mentioned
- 1901 Duke of Connaught becomes Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge mentioned
- 1902 Lozi king Lewanika attends Edward VII's coronation central figure