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The Prince William was known as Duke of Clarence only beginning with that title's creation in 1789. Until that time, he would have been referred to as His Royal Highness The Prince William.
@@abriefhistoryof3996 Thanks for clarifying. I was only thinking about the immediate time before King George IV died. His other older brother died earlier so for a full 3 years it was no surprise/expected that he would take the throne.
He was a polar king although his reign was short . He creed very much for his children in fact hhs wife queen adelaide got on cert well with his kids He enabled many of them and most of hhs children married welll. He didn't like Victoria's mother because of her " confidanre" Conroy but he adored victoria
@ tedcooper7350 I think that he meant during the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783) that occured in 1780 (aka: the "Moonlight battle") Adminral Rodney was escorting a fleet of supply ships on its way to relieve the seige of Gibraltar. They encountered the Spanish fleet under Juan de Lángara off the coast of St. Vincent. The British won the battle. (I guess the Spanish were helping out the Colonist's ally France. Or Spain was not a peace with UK at the time.)
@@here_we_go_again2571 Perhaps it should be made clear there have been a number of engagements at/near Cape St Vincent going as far back to the 14th century. The battle involving Jervis and Nelson (1797) is arguably the most well known.
@@huebdoo While Dorothea Jordan died in penury, among her ten children by the eventual King William IV, five daughters contracted prestigious marriages (three of these to peers of the realm), while two of the sons forged distinguished careers in the British military, with yet another finding a respectable ministry in the Church of England. Apart from the stigma of bastardy, all the children found lives of distinction and material security.
