A Brief History Of George IV - King George IV Of The United Kingdom

A brief history of King George IV Of The United Kingdom.

Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:52 Early Life
5:01 A Prince Of Passion
24:34 A Hellish Marriage
40:10 The Prince Regent
52:23 A Queen & A Coronation
1:04:05 The Death Of George IV

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Music
Medieval Astrology- Underbelly & Ty Mayer
Calcutta Sunset- E's Jammy Jams
No. 7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
No.2 Remembering Her - Esther Abrami
Stark Goes Dark - The Whole Other

Sources
George IV, The Rebel Who Would Be King - Christopher Hibbert
George IV, King In Waiting - Stella Tillyard
The Last King Of America, The Misunderstood Reign Of George III - Andrew Roberts
George III, Majesty and Madness - Jeremy Black

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*Errors &, Corrections:

[BriefHistoryOfficial]

Hello Hello. Today we take a quick dive into the life of “Prinny” also known as King George IV of the United Kingdom. This one took longer to put together than I expected, and this was mainly due to the fact that there is much more to George’s story than one may realize. His time as king may have been relatively short, but his life as a whole was very eventful, especially as he aged. He was/is certainly not a popular or well-remembered figure by any stretch of the mind and I don’t expect this particular video to gain as much traction as some of the other more well-known English/British monarchs, but his story certainly deserves to be told. Nevertheless, I hope I was able to reasonably do his story justice. As always, if I catch any errors, or if any are brought to my attention, I will add them to the errors and corrections section of the video description. Thank you all for your interest in the video/channel, I hope I can continue to make reasonable content in the future. I look forward to finishing up this series (hopefully in the coming year) and getting to work on new material outside the realm of the English monarchy. But until then, onward and upward. Cheers.

[HXT_]

This is the best documentary I’ve seen on George IV.

[mzjamm]

It was extremely refreshing to hear a positive side of the Prince Regent/ King George 4th. Again thanks.

[hawaiiandiva]

Again, an excellent documentary on George IV. You’re the only one who successfully put a positive light on him. Great commentary

[emmapadgett]

These episodes are my favourite. Look forward to seeing the next episode.

[EndingSimple]

Great video. So, the line went from George III, to George IV, to William IV, to Queen Victoria. As an American, I knew about George III, was vaguely aware of George IV as Regent, and Victoria but had not been clear on who came before Victoria. Thanks for clearing that up.

[thattimestampguy]

5:00
*George IV's Personality*
+ Passionate Lover
+ Generous
+ Kind
+ Lenient

7:03 Faults become shown throughout George IV's life story.
- Fun Loving to a Fault

8:09 Loving Pursuit of Women, specifically actress Mary Robinson.
8:54 Flame of Love died out.
9:24
10:10 "Idle Hands are The Devil's Workshop."
10:33 1783 - George IV was not carrying himself as a future king.
11:25 HE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY! HE RACKED UP SO MUCH DEBT!
- ON LUXURY 12:13 making him unpopular
- Gambler
- Gluttonous
12:00 Whig Parlimentarian Charles James Fox.
13:18 William Pitt The Younger
13:54 George IV requests to Live and Travel Abroad.

14:10 A new woman: Maria FitzHerbert, a devout catholic woman.
- Emotional - Drunk
15:23 Marriage or No Maria. - Nope
15:53 - Immediate Gratification - My Way or else!
16:34 - Covered in blood to guilt Maria to marry him.
17:02 - Continued to pursue her anyway, threatening suicide
17:18 Fine, she gives in begrudingly, and decides she will be his wife.
18:02 - Financial Woes still there.
- Lack of attention to his problems

19:03 Brighton Pavillion

*George III's bout of mental illness*
20:52 October 1788 - George III's short bout of bipolar/depression/erratic behavior.
21:30 George III Slams George IV.
22:13 George IV and his brother Frederick say The King will never recover, they mock George III.
23:13 The King, George III, has recovered, to great popularity.

*The French Revolution's Scars on Britain*
24:35 Napoleon Bonaparte,
25:20 The Napoleonic Wars
26:03 Arthur Wellsley, First Duke of Wellington.
26:46 George III begins to support the Tories instead of The Whigs in Parliament.
27:20 DIVORCED Mary FitzHerbert.

*George and Caroline, Married Cousins*
28:15 MARRIES his first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick.
30:00 Somehow this disagreeable pair found an ability to work together.
30:59 Caroline held public support, George IV did not.
31:19 - His finances were still strained

*George IV and Maria FitzHerbert, parents of Orphan Mary Seymour*
31:41 George IV tries to rekindle his former marriage with Maria FitzHerbert. They actually were happy somewhat.
32:32 George IV and Maria care for an orphan child, Mary Seymour.
33:15 They sought custody through The British court.

*Princess Charlotte*
34:18 Princess Charlotte. 35:03 moved by her father to Windsor Castle.
35:42 DISSOLVE THE MARRIAGE: no, it didn't happen.

*Irish Rebellion of 1778*
36:14 Another bout of mental illness for George III.
37:23
37:41 The French Revolution frightened The Monarchs of Britain.
39:33 FORMAL SEPARATION: Granted. It was made official.

*George III and George IV*
40:10 George III had bouts of mental illness, George III recovered!
41:03 Younger brother, Younger Sister.
41:42 Spencer Perceval and his Tories.
42:34 George IV was now in his age 50s.
43:30 George IV was - Overweight - Excessive glutton - opium addicted.
44:30 May 1812 Spencer Perceval was assassinated.
45:03 George IV remained unpopular with his British People.
46:22 Caroline traveled back to The European Continent.
47:39 Princess Charlotte's Marriage and Miscarriages.
-Great Pain - 21 Year Old Princess Charlotte DIED after her stillborn baby boy was born.

50:05 The Peterloo Massacre.
54:38 The Public Detested Their King George IV.
55:34 The Extravagant Coronation of King George IV.
56:45

1:00:25 The Later, Old Years of George IV
- Ill
- Hostile
- Annoyed

1:02:40 George IV and George Canning.

1:05:38 British Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829

*The Dying Pains of George IV*
1:06:30 Breathlessness
1:09:19 A KING SHOULD NOT behave In the manner George IV behaved.

1:10:40 Few mourned his death.
1:11:30 Interesting to his last breathe.

[danielsantiagourtado]

One of the great what ifs in the history of the Uk will always be his daughter Charlotte of wales surviving and ruling with her beloved leo at her side.

[kevinallison]

Your content is so good. I’ve watched them all. Some twice 😊

[eldiablo]

Thank you for this upload. He finally has stopped looking like Hugh Lawrie in my mind's eye

[mikedomar]

I so look forward to your uploads, gives me something to look forward to once a month. They’re so good I go back and listen the old ones while I wait😆❤️

[joyboy_]

Another excellent documentary as always, I truly love the small details in your videos that tend to be generally obscure like George's love for animals in this case. I also got to admit now that we're more than halfway through the Hanoverian monarchs I find myself starting to dread the end of this so excellent series of yours but at the same eagerly waiting for what might be in store next. Cheers.

[RianShafer]

Another interesting story. I almost felt sad for him at the end. He'd never been truly loved so didn't know how to show love & true affection except to children & animals because that came naturally.

[MsJubjubbird]

This was aewsome. Id love to hear something about the Alfonsos and the technicality that stopped the younger being king

[thedublinator]

Absolutely excellent video, you are beyond talented and these videos deserve so much more recognition! Incredible!

[danielsantiagourtado]

Love Your content man! This videos are awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[imnotsuspiciousyouresuspic]

Hands down, my absolute favorite notification. Thanks BH.

[--enyo--]

If you get to the end of all the monarchs a complementary mini series on all the consorts would be very interesting.

The lives of George VI’s sisters and their escape from the ‘nunnery’ that they called their upbringing is very interesting as well.

[mikedomar]

With most of the monarchs of ww1 being descendants of queen victoria I wonder how different things would have been had princess charlotte survived

[miss_mars]

I love this channel so much your upload has made my day as I’m currently trapped inside with covid 😂