WILLIAM IV Henry, King of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover (1830-37), Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, *Buckingham House 21.8.1765, +Windsor Castle 20.6.1837; m.Kew Palace 11.7.1818 Pss Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen (*13.8.1792 +2.12.1849)

• A1. Charlotte Augusta Louisa, *and +Hannover 27.3.1819
• A2. Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide, *St.James's Palace 10.12.1820, +St.James's Palace 4.3.1821

*** King William IV had illegitimate issue by Dorothy Bland, an actress whose stage name was "Mrs. Jordan"; these children took the surname "Fitzclarence":

• A3. GEORGE Augustus, -cr Earl of Munster, *29.1.1794, +suicide London 20.3.1842; m.18.10.1819 Mary Wyndham (*1792, +London 3.12.1842)
  • B1. William George, 2nd Earl of Munster, *19.5.1824, +Brighton 30.4.1901; m.Lonodn 17.4.1855 Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine (*27.6.1830, +Brighton 9.10.1906)
    • C1. Edward, Viscount Fitzclarence, *London 29.3.1856, +20.11.1870
    • C2. Lionel Frederick Archibald, *24.7.1857, +24.3.1863
    • C3. Geoffrey George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Munster, *18.7.1859, +2.2.1902
    • C4. Arthur Falkland Manners, *18.10.1860, +20.4.1861
    • C5. Aubrey, 4th Earl of Munster, *7.6.1862, +1.1.1928
    • C6. William George, *17.9.1864, +4.10.1899; m.1887 Charlotte Elizabeth Aline Williams (+5.9.1902)
      • D1. Dorothy Margaret Aline, *23.9.1888, +?; m.11.9.1909 Cecil Cadogan Elborough
      • D2. Wilhelmina Violet Eileen, *17.7.1894, +?; m.19.1.1918 Maj. Cecil John Cokayne Maunsell (*2.2.1881, +11.2.1948)
    • C7. Harold Edward, *15.11.1870, +28.8.1926; m.14.5.1902 Frances Isabel Eleanor Keppel (*20.7.1874, +1.2.1951)
      • D1. Geoffrey William Richard Hugh, 5th Earl of Munster, *17.2.1906, +27.8.1975; m.9.7.1928 Hilary Wilson (*Sandhils 19.3.1903, +29.10.1979)
      • D2. Wilhelmina Joan Mary, *17.11.1904, +Little Massingham 1992; 1m: 21.4.1928 Col. Oliver Birkbeck (*6.5.1893 +13.5.1952); 2m: 28.4.1961 Henry John Cator (*23.1.1926, +27.3.1965)
    • C8. Lilian Adelaide Katherine Mary, *10.12.1873, +15.7.1948; m.17.1.1893 Capt. William Arthur Edward Boyd (*6.4.1845 +6.12.1931)
    • C9. Dorothea Augusta, *5.5.1876, +28.1.1942; m.20.11.1890 Chandos Brydges Lee-Warner of Walsingham Abbey and Tyberton (*11.6.1863, +1.10.1944)
  • B2. Frederick Charles George Fitzclarence-Hunloke, *1.2.1826, +17.12.1878; m.2.12.1856 Hon. Adelaide Augusta Wilhelmina Sidney (*1.6.1826, +20.9.1904)
  • B3. Capt. George, *15.4.1836, +24.3.1894; m.5.7.1864 Lady Maria Henrietta Scott (+27.7.1912)
    • C1. Brig-Gen. Charles Edward, V.C., *Bishopscourt, Ireland 8.5.1865, +k.a.Ypern 12.11.1914; m.Cairo 20.4.1898 Violet Spencer-Churchill (*London 13.6.1864, +22.12.1941)
      • D1. Edward Charles, 6th Earl of Munster, *3.10.1899, +1983; 1m: 30.7.1925 (div 1930) Monica Sheila Harrington (+5.10.1958); 2m: 28.9.1939 Vivian Schofield
        • E1. Anthony Charles, 7th Earl of Munster, *21.3.1926, +30.12.2000; 1m: 28.7.1949 (div 1966) Diane Delvigne; 2m: 18.6.1966 (div 1979) Pamela Margaret Hydem; 3m: 1979 Alexa Maxwell (*22.12.1924, +1995); 4m: Crowhurst, Surrey 3.5.1997 Halina Winska
          • F1. Tara Francesca, *6.8.1952; m.1979 Ross Jean Heffler
          • F2. Finola Dominique, *6.12.1953; m.1981 Jonathan Terence Poynton
          • F3. [2m.] a daughter, *1964
          • F4. [2m.] Georgina, *1966; 1m: 1993 (div 1995) Paul Robert Phillips; 2m: 1997 John Adam
        • E2. May Jill, *6.2.1928, +?; 1m: 4.6.1953 (annulled 1960) Melvin Flyer; 2m: 28.3.1968 John Walter
      • D2. Joan Harriet, *23.12.1901, +6.1.1971; m.30.3.1933 Lt.-Cmdr. Francis Borchard (+k.a. 25.11.1941)
    • C2. Edward, *8.5.1865, +7.8.1897
    • C3. William Henry, *17.2.1868, +24.11.1921; m.11.8.1908 Hilda Charlotte Sankey (+3.1.1959)
    • C4. Lionel Ashley Arthur, *30.11.1870, +19.12.1936; m.16.7.1913 Theodora Frances Maclean Jack (+12.4.1948)
      • D1. Mary Theodora Annette, *10.5.1914; m.1948 Adam Gluskiewicz
    • C5. Annette Mary, *15.6.1873, +7.7.1970
    • C6. Mary, *7.8.1877, +9.2.1939; m.5.10.1905 Major-Gen. Frederick Drummond Vincent Wing (+k.a.France 2.10.1915)
  • B4. Edward, *8.7.1837, +k.a.23.7.1855
  • B5. Adelaide Georgiana, *28.8.1820, +11.10.1883
  • B6. Augusta Margaret, *London 29.7.1822, +Gimmersta 5.9.1846; m.Paris 10.4.1844 Knut Philip friherre Bonde (*Ericsberg 9.3.1815, +Stockholm 17.10.1871)
  • B7. Mary Gertrude, +1834
• A4. Henry Edmund, *27.3.1795, +IX.1817
• A5. Lt.-Gen Lord Frederick, *9.12.1799, +30.10.1854; m.19.5.1821 Lady Augusta Boyle (*14.8.1801, +28.7.1876)
  • B1. William, *and +1827
  • B2. Augusta, *XII.1824, +18.10.1865
• A6. Adolphus, *18.2.1802, +17.5.1856
• A7. Rev. Augustus, *1.3.1805, +14.6.1854; m.2.1.1845 Sarah Gordon (+23.3.1901)
  • B1. Augustus, *13.2.1849, +16.10.1861
  • B2. Henry Edward, *19.1.1853, +19.2.1930; m.11.6.1879 Mary Isabel Templer Parsons (+17.7.1932)
    • C1. Capt. Augustus Arthur Cornwallis, *16.3.1880, +k.a. 28.6.1915; m.7.4.1910 Lady Susan Yorke (*7.5.1881, +21.8.1965)
    • C2. Cynthia Adele Victoria, *7.2.1887, +?; m.11.6.1908 Roland George Orred (+20.6.1963)
  • B3. Dorothea, *27.10.1845, +17.5.1870; m.17.3.1863 Thomas William Goff (+3.6.1876)
  • B4. Eva, *1.1.1847, +2.3.1918
  • B5. Beatrice, *1.1.1847, +18.3.1909
  • B6. Mary, *IX.1854, +14.3.1858
• A8. Sophia, *VIII.1796, +10.4.1837; m.London 13.8.1825 Philip Sidney, 1st Baron de l'Isle and Dudley (*11.3.1800, +Penshurst 4.3.1851)
• A9. Mary, *19.12.1798, +13.7.1864; m.19.6.1824 Gen. Charles Fox (+13.4.1873)
• A10. Elizabeth, *London 17.1.1801, +Edinburgh 16.1.1856; m.London 4.12.1820 William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (*21.2.1801, +London 19.4.1846)
• A11. Augusta, *Bushy House, Teddington 17.11.1803, +8.12.1865; 1m: 5.7.1827 Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine (*4.1.1802, +6.3.1831); 2m: 24.8.1836 Adm. John Gordon (*15.8.1799, +29.9.1878)
• A12. Amelia, *21.3.1807, +London 2.7.1858; m.Brighton 27.12.1830 Lucius Cary 9th Viscount Falkland (*5.11.1803, +Montpelier 12.3.1884)
• A13. [purportedly William IV's illegitimate son] William Smith, *1788, +11.11.1865; 1m: 1820 Sarah Connop; 2m: 1839 Eugenia Maria do Rosario de Menezes (+Lisbon 1863), illegitimate dau.of King Joao VI of Portugal
  • B1. Alexandre Douglas Smith
  • B2. Marie Eugenia Smith de Menezes, *Lisbon 14.9.1840, +Lisbon 19.4.1842
  • B3. Elizabeth Maria Smith de Menezes, *Lisbon 8.5.1844, +1866

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