George VI

George VI

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 in 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 in the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort, and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George VI has received more than 68,977,648 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). George VI is the 206th most popular politician (down from 193rd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Politician.

George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first monarch of the House of Windsor.