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 * __ King George V __**



 King George V was born on June 3rd 1865. He is the second oldest child in his family. George wanted to join the Navy in 1877 with his brother. George remained in the Navy until his brother, Albert, died. He married Princess Mary of Teck in 1893. They had six children together. Five of them were boys and one of them was a girl. King George was named Duke of York and became a member of the    [|House of Lords]. George’s mother-in-law died in 1901, so George and his Princess became the King and Queen. They were in control of Great Britain and Ireland. During World War 1, George and his wife visited many places like the Western Front. While he was on one of those trips, his horse rolled on top of him and broke his pelvis which injured him for the rest of his life. He had some problems with the war because he was partly German. He needed more allies and people wouldn’t side with him because he was partly German. In the middle of the war, George changed his last name to Windsor sp he wouldn’t have enemies just because of his ethnicity. George denied his own Russian cousin, [|Tsar Nicholas II]  from working with him as an ally in the war. After King George did that, he had [|Tsar Nicholas II]  killed. By doing that to [|Tsar Nicholas II] , it basically cut off any connections they had with Germany. After sterling’s price went down, George persuaded James Ramsay MacDonald  to remain in office and form a national coalition government. King George died on January 20th, 1936. His son, Edward VIII, took the throne. By: Colleen __ Sources __ [] [] [] [] []