Who was the king before Victoria?

Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. read more

Queen Victoria's predecessor was her uncle, King William IV who reigned from 26 June 1830 - 20 June 1837. Neither he nor Queen Victoria were monarchs of England, during their reigns the official name of the country, from which the title of the monarch follows, was The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. read more

The Royal Arms since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837, featuring the arms of England in both the first and fourth quarters, Scotland in the second and Ireland in the third. In Scotland a separate version is used (shown right), whereby the Arms of Scotland take precedence. read more

VICTORIA 1837 – 1901 Victoria was the only child of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Edward Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. The throne Victoria inherited was weak and unpopular. Her Hanovarian uncles had been treated with irreverence. In 1840 she married her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg. read more