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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 ...
Death and state funeral of George VI. On 6 February 1952, George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died at the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took place on 15 February 1952.
Although he made a slow and uneventful recovery from his surgery, King George VI died suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep on February 6, 1952, at the age of 56. Since the King had a history of peripheral vascular disease, it was assumed that the cause of death was a "coronary thrombosis."
- Rolf F. Barth, L. Maximillian Buja
- 2021
19 de abr. de 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Apr 19, 2024 • Article History. George VI. Also called (1920–36): Prince Albert, duke of York. In full: Albert Frederick Arthur George. Born: December 14, 1895, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. Died: February 6, 1952, Sandringham (aged 56) Title / Office: king (1936-1952), United Kingdom.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 5 dias · The Death of George VI - BBC Archive. John Snagge reads the formal announcement from Sandringham that King George VI has died peacefully in his sleep.
George Moss said the death of King George VI was "very upsetting for me and the family". George Moss, 82, from Bristol, was 13 when the King died and remembers it to be "a time of sorrow...
6 de fev. de 2002 · Having retired to his rooms in Sandringham House at 2230 GMT - after a day's shooting - King George VI goes to bed in the very building where he was born in 1895. Soon after falling asleep, the...
