death_date regent birth_date signature reign father house death_place coronation spouse image name caption predecessor succession birth_place moretext issue successor mother religion article_title
6 may 1910 '' see list '' 9 november 1841 edwardvii signature.svg 22 january 1901 -- 6 may 1910 albert , prince consort house of saxe-coburg and gotha buckingham palace , london , united kingdom 9 august 1902 1 january 1903 alexandra of denmark edward vii in coronation robes.jpg edward vii coronation portrait by sir luke fildes victoria king , emperor of india of the united kingdom and the british dominions buckingham palace , london , united kingdom -lrb- more ... -rrb- prince george v louise , princess royal princess victoria maud , albert queen of norway prince alexander john of wales victor , duke of clarence and avondale george v queen victoria anglican edward vii

edward vii

edward vii -lrb- albert edward ; 9 november 1841 -- 6 may 1910 -rrb- was king of the united kingdom and the british dominions and emperor of india from 22 january 1901 until his death .
the eldest son of queen victoria and prince albert of saxe-coburg and gotha , edward was related to royalty throughout europe .
before his accession to the throne , he served as heir apparent and held the title of prince of wales for longer than any of his predecessors .
during the long reign of his mother , he was largely excluded from political power , and came to personify the fashionable , leisured elite .
he travelled throughout britain performing ceremonial public duties , and represented britain on visits abroad .
his tours of north america in 1860 and the indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes , but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother .
as king , edward played a role in the modernisation of the british home fleet and the reorganisation of the british army after the second boer war .
he re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised .
he fostered good relations between britain and other european countries , especially france , for which he was popularly called `` peacemaker '' , but his relationship with his nephew , kaiser wilhelm ii , was poor .
the edwardian era , which covered edward 's reign and was named after him , coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society , including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism .
he died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the parliament act 1911 , which restricted the power of the unelected house of lords .
