Prince John of the United Kingdom

Prince John of the United Kingdom

Prince John (John Charles Francis; 12 July 1905 – 18 January 1919) was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary. At the time of his birth, his father was heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, King Edward VII. In 1910, the Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne upon Edward VII's death and Prince John became fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. In 1909, John was discovered to have epilepsy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince John of the United Kingdom has received more than 3,145,725 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Prince John of the United Kingdom is the 224th most popular nobleman (up from 301st in 2019), the 900th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Nobleman.

Prince John is most famous for being the youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary and for being the youngest brother of King Edward VIII and King George VI.