William IV
William IV, paintit bi Sir Martin Archer Shee , 1833
Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick ( mair... )
Ring	26 Juin 1830 ? 20 Juin 1837
Coronation	8 September 1831
Predecessor	George IV
Successor	Victoria
Prime Meenisters	See leet Duke o Wellington Earl Grey Viscoont Melbourne Robert Peel
Keeng o Hanover
Ring	26 Juin 1830 ? 20 Juin 1837
Predecessor	George IV
Successor	Ernest Augustus I
Born	21 August 1765 ( 1765-08-21 ) Buckingham Hoose , Lunnon
Dee'd	20 Juin 1837 (1837-06-20) (aged 71) Windsor Castle , Berkshire
Buirial	8 Julie 1837 St George's Chapel , Windsor
Spouse	Adelaide Saxe-Meiningen
Issue	Legitimate: Princess Charlotte o Clarence Princess Elizabeth o Clarence Illegitimate: George FitzClarence, Earl o Munster Henry FitzClarence Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle an Dudley Lady Mary Fox Lord Frederick FitzClarence Elizabeth Hay, Coontess o Erroll Lord Adolphus FitzClarence Lady Augusta Gordon Lord Augustus FitzClarence Amelia Cary, Viscoontess Falkland
Full name William Henry
Hoose	Hoose o Hanover
Faither	George III
Mither	Charlotte o Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Releegion	Anglican
Thrift	Militar (Naval)
Seegnatur

William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 ? 20 Juin 1837) wis Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Ireland an o Hanover frae 26 Juin 1830 till his daith. The third son o George III , William succeedit his elder brither George IV , as the last king an penultimate monarch o Breetain's Hoose o Hanover .

William served in the Ryal Navy in his youth an wis, baith in his ring an afterwards, nicknamed the "Sailor Keeng". ^{[1] [2]} He served in North Americae an the Caribbean . In 1789, he wis creatit Duke o Clarence an St Andras . Syne his twa aulder brithers dee'd withoot leavin legitimate issue, he inheritit the throne whan he wis 64 year auld. His ring saw several reforms: the puir law wis updatit, child labour restrictit, sclavery abolished in nearly aw o the Breetish Empire , an the Breetish electoral seestem refashioned bi the Reform Act 1832 . Awtho William did nae engage in politics as muckle as his brither or his faither, he wis the last monarch tae appynt a prime meenister contrar tae the will o Pairlament. Throu his brither Adolphus , the Viceroy o Hanover, he grantit his German kinrick a short-leeved leeberal constitution.

At the time o his daith William haed na surviving legitimate childer, but he wis survived bi aicht o the ten illegitimate childer he had bi the actress Dorothea Jordan , wi that he cohabitit for twunty years. William wis succeedit in the Unitit Kinrick bi his niece Victoria an in Hanover bi his brither Ernest Augustus .

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1. Princess Charlotte o Clarence 27 Mairch 1819) died a few hours after being baptised, in Hanover.
2. Stillborn child (5 September 1819) born dead.
3. Princess Elizabeth o Clarence (10 December 1820 - 4 Mairch 1821) died young.
4. Stillborn twin boys (8 Aprile 1822)

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