A Dad's Destroyed Legacy: King George IV | Worst Kids in History

[@extrahistory]

Which WORST Kid in History should we do next?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Henry VI, he was a disgrace to Henry V and the Plantagenets as a whole

[@edwardsofgaliciabracara2547]

Not that much of a "Worst Kid", but Pedro I of Portugal was likewise a destructive force against his father's legacy. He also had an illegal marriage and after assuming the throne dismantled the Afonsine faction of court and ruled as a despot.

[@cartatowegs5080]

The son of Marcus Aurelius, Commodus

[@A-The-Great]

George is IV is history greatest kid in comparison to me

[@BHuang92]

King Edward VIII who abdicated his throne in order to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson.

[@3bostonboys]

George IV later died from like 5 medical problems (that were almost all his fault) that came together to make the last few months of his life miserable. This became a trend in English royalty.

[@beoweasel]

It couldn't have been worse than Queen Caroline of Ansbach, given she...uh, exploded.

[@shadiafifi54]

@@beoweasel I'M SORRY WHAT?! *googles* Ah okay, WOW, that was a horrible way to die.

[@fr4rq236]

​@@shadiafifi54what happened?!

[@andreitaker3527]

@beoweasel I search on what happen and all it give me is a new fear.

[@Papahye]

@@beoweaseldon’t google umbilical hernia rupture it’s disgusting 🤢 🤮

[@TheCheck999]

`Ever see a son destroy his father's legacy?' *cries in Emperor Commodus*

[@Cloud_that_looks_like_a_cat]

Karl den tolfte (Charles the twelfth) of sweden.

[@Ghostkilla773]

Idk why i immediately thought of Luke Skywalker.

[@lss2581]

​@@Ghostkilla773luke didnt destroy his fathers legacy, he rebuilt it

[@teutonicsniper2502]

*laughs in Brutus*

[@paevalilleke]

i thought of Peter III, although he did produce an heir and the line continued on

[@mrsnufflegums]

i find this wild since George III was definitely known as the Mad King, but honestly George III probably did what he had to for the nation, he just really didnt realize how zealous the americans were until Versailles

[@sethconklin3616]

He also quite literally went mad. He had a recurring physical and mental illness that became permanent in 1811 after the death of his daughter. He spent the last decade of his life locked in a room in Windsor.

[@arthenmes396]

You say.... the price of my love's not a price that you're ready to pay

[@mitab1]

It's honestly sad to see people tarnish the name of some due to something they can't control, it's not George's fault that he became mentally ill after the death of his daughter, along with the actions of his son, He spent his last ten years of life locked up,

[@IsaacAnvilreign]

@@arthenmes396you cry, in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by!

[@Ghostkilla773]

He spent his entire reign dealing with the Americans and Napoleon. I'll go mad too.

[@jowolf2187]

What's particularly sad about this one is that in his lucid periods, George III was described as brilliant, soft spoken, and a lover of philosophy and agriculture. To this day there's still debate over what exactly cause his illness - from porphyria to mercury poisoning to schizophrenia to some yet as unspecified genetic condition.

[@LordDim1]

George III, while heir to the throne, actually wrote what is considered the until-then most radical anti-slavery essay written; Of laws relative to government in general. In it, he described slavery as “equally repugnant to the Civil Law as to the Law of Nature”

[@jowolf2187]

@@LordDim1 I've actually read that. It's a little difficult to get through, but the language is essentially the same as what we speak (if a touch more eloquent). The Brits have had a couple of brilliant monarchs who wrote magnificent treatises on various subjects, unfortunately most of those same monarchs also had crippling injuries or illnesses that made them mentally unwell.

[@generalhorse493]

And of course his madness may have been deliberately misrepresented by those in Parliament who had vested interests in having George IV be and stay regent.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

​@@generalhorse493Parliament itself was indeed part of the problem. The united colonies' 1776 impeachment may have been directed at the King, but his Parliament as well, acting in his name, was accused even by that same document.

[@Drekromancer]

@@LordDim1 Damn, I never knew about this. It's a shame his legacy was tarnished. He sounds like a man with demons who tried his best.

[@patriciabrizuela8074]

Can we please get a series on George III, he’s such an interesting character and much more than what media (especially American media) portrays him

[@Nostripe361]

From what I’ve seen he was even more sympathetic to the American grievances than American media likes to portray as well.

[@Highice007]

When Americans were burning Canadian farms, many of them owned by Irish Canadians, good King George sent more men and ships to protect the Canadian people. Many of the Irish in Canada who might have fought for the Americans, instead fought for the King, as for a change the British were protecting them.

[@Nostripe361]

@chinsaw2727 Yeah. Its interesting reading about the lead up to the American Revolution. there were a few times that a deal could have been made with the colonist to keep them from fully revolting. But a mix of slow communication and stubbornness on both sides lead to the war. It wasn't just the king who was sympathetic to the colonists' issues but also a couple of the generals who lead the British army also felt similar. I believe it was Cornwallis who tried to negotiate for the revolutionaries to stand down when he first arrived rather than just following orders and crushing the revolt.

[@kingbillycokebottle5484]

​@@Nostripe361what? Literally Georgie Boy started the french-indian war, the tax was to pay for that war. America got its start a debt weasel, got into debt to murder indian and the French to break all sorts of treaties, them cried that he had to pay for said war. America, a country founded on lies and rebellion still suffers from lies and rebellion, and always will, like some hilarious sorta cosmic justice.

[@kinggeorge2284]

That's what I'm sayin!!!

[@fletcherenfield9474]

Abusing your wife to get back at your dad is extra awful behaviour

[@brianboru2762]

When they got hitched, George IV was still a young, fit, and EXTREMELY charming man. Charlotte apparently had only one volume setting LOUD, had zero tact, had spectacularly bad hygiene, teeth, and breath even for the time and was duller than dish water. So yeah at the time young George was forced to get married to a bridge troll. Charlotte had the last laugh because she stayed relatively the same, but George drove himself off a cliff so hard she looked regal and elegant by comparison in the end.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

His daughter Charlotte has SO much promise 😢😢😢😢😢

[@MandoCarlrisian]

Context pls

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@MandoCarlrisian George IV had a daughter Charlotte hailed as the hope of the country but she died in childbirth along with her child

[@laurabaugh9260]

RISE CIPHER CULT RISE

[@danyelpeter1376]

*had

[@GeorgeP1066]

​@@MandoCarlrisianalso Charlotte's widower was later made king of Belgium, founding their royal family, indirectly leading to the Belgian Kongo.

[@charliefarmer4365]

I’m currently imagining Napoleon, amused, munching on a croissant as he reads whatever shenanigans George Junior (x4) was up to last night.

[@alicialexists]

I think he'd be fairly entertained.

[@shadiafifi54]

"Never interrupt an enemy when they are making a mistake." - Napoleon, watching George IV's shenannigans.

[@calanon534]

"HON-HON-HON!"

[@matthewhelland9258]

When Napoleon died, one of George's advisors said to him, "Your bitterest enemy is dead, sir." The King replied, "Is she, by God!" thinking the advisor was referring to the queen.

[@charliefarmer4365]

@@matthewhelland9258 Turns out Napoleon thought George was secretly sympathetic to him for a large part of his second exile.

[@katem.3677]

George III was one of the only (maybe even the only) English kings to not take mistresses. Though after his mental health went into decline, he sometimes chased some women of the court and begged them for sex. The saddest thing is, he was aware he was losing his mind, even crying on his son' shoulder about it.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

George VI didn't have any mistresses either!

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the only woman for him, and he was the only man for her!

[@CobytheBald187]

I’m pretty sure Henry VII and George V never took any mistresses

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

Even William I the Conqueror never took a mistress because he loved his Matilda so much.

[@Kazako83]

That’s pretty awesome, although extremely depressing to see yourself fall to your vices yet be able to do nothing about it.

[@jakifennfolf5175]

this is one of the horrible histories songs! "ACTRESSESS, DUCHESSESS THE GREAT LOVES OF MY LIIIIFE / I LOVED MORE GIRLS THAN I ATE PIES BUT I / COULDN'T STAND MY WIIIFE"

[@joshcain1032]

"I HAD JUST TEN YEARS ON THE THRONE/DO YOU REMEMBER THAAAAT?"

[@robbiemurray2895]

HE COULDN’T STAND HIS WIFE!!!

[@isramubashar1227]

"Go away!" I only married Queen Caroline..! ...When my debts began to climb..

[@jakifennfolf5175]

@@joshcain1032 “NO, ALL THAT YOU REMEMBER IIIISSSS… i was really faaaaaaat~”

[@jakifennfolf5175]

@@robbiemurray2895 cue george III rolling in lmao 😭

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

He may have been a bad apple, but he had amazing fashion sense. Look at that hat 👁️

[@LetterSUN]

Real.. and those glasses..

[@АртурОголенко-б7о]

Touhou mentioned

[@TippedScale]

His style was quite immaculate indeed

[@greatpower6063]

i mean being forced to represent a monarchy and live according to another person's dictated ideas about your personal expenses.....was no doubt pretty frustrating xD We should all applaud him for dealing with an overbearing parent and still having the pride in himself to take care of his appearance.

[@LawrenceKoloamatangi-nf7rx]

too focused on his fashion, that's probably why the country sucked when he ruled

[@cici_tlb4009]

To explain the Catholic and Protestants at the time. George III was only two George’s and a Frederick away from Queen Anne whose half-brother was disinherited because he was born to a catholic mother and was a Catholic himself. Who disinherited you ask? Parliament. Not the royal family no, the government asked his Protestant sister married to a Protestant prince of orange to come take over. This was the issue which lead to the Jacobite risings which occured in 1745… George III was born 1738 so he has memories of the time Catholics backed another more senior line to take over. Hence him not wanting his son to be married to a Catholic cause if they were gonna start accepting Catholics all of a sudden, what the hells was the point of the fighting?

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

Could he have asked his son's wife to convert to Protestantism?

[@leandraferesthogar7249]

​@@Sorcerers_ApprenticeI doubt conversion back then was as easy and with how unstable Catholic and Anglican relationships werr politcally, it was safer to cur the middle man

[@Luke_05]

@@Sorcerers_Apprentice Not likely, no. Plus, the woman he secretly married was a commoner and was his mistress, a big no no. Royal princes, especially heirs, were expected to marry a foreign princess to create an alliance with another European country or marry a noblewoman from a well respected family.

[@cici_tlb4009]

@@Sorcerers_Apprentice No. conversion was almost sort of looked down upon worse than just being the opposite religion, they’d accuse her of faking it, being loyal to the pope, call her a spy for a Catholic country. The few times before the Jacobite risings where a Protestant king was married to a catholic queen the Queen was ostracized and used only for babies, and would even have her babies taken away from her to be raised by someone else (which although normal for the times, still anguished them as they literally had no one). So in a way it wasn’t just for the crown that George III was vehemently opposed, it was also sort of in a way so she wouldn’t face the wrath of a majority Protestant government and nation. Not to mention, people are less likely to give up the religion that they were raised with, especially if it was drilled into them that it could mean damnation for doing so.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Frederick was supposed to be the king, but he predeceased his father George II, who was actually glad about his son dying, long story!

[@Unownshipper]

Funny to thing George III was the one you associate with “madness” while junior here lived a hedonistic life of lunacy.

[@comettamer]

An interesting side of George III most never hear about.

[@bennysdepartmentstore7664]

And as the ruler of our nation, I BANNED MY WIFE FROM MY CORONATION! And knowing now that I did hate her, She promptly died just three weeks later! But all those pies that I got through, Meant that ten years later I'D DIE TOO!!

[@offtheapex]

Hello I’m a kangaroo ACTRESS DUCHESS the great loves of my I loved more girls then I ate pies but I couldn’t stand my WIFE I had just ten years on the throne do you remember that but all that you remember is …..I was really fat

[@Bllue]

10 years is a long time

[@quacksayssquawk2899]

@@Bllue Its pretty short in the context of a British monarch's reign, especially when you remember that George III reigned for almost 60 years

[@artfuldodgerrr]

DAD'S DEAD DAD'S DEAD OH GOSH I'M KING

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

This Worst series is amazing guys! Thanks For this 😊😊😊😊😊

[@collinkeyser6827]

Man Imagine How Cruel He Had To Have Been For Her To Get A Divorce Back Then

[@jlo2813]

George IV got so overweight that at a point he started using underground tunnels in the Brighton Royal Pavilion rather than be seen in public

[@noahbossier1131]

This is crazy

[@cooperstephens147]

“King George the fourth and known henceforth as angry fat and cross.” “Hang on!” “It’s true you beat Napoleon, but we’re mostly a dead loss.” “Bang on.”

[@Kindercelery]

HORRIBLE HISTORIES MENTIONNNN

[@FadumaIbrahimismaciil]

Can we get "worse siblings in history"? That'll be fun .You could make a compilation and call it "worse families in history!!"or "worst parents in history!!"

[@GrantGraff]

I would like to nominate my sister.

[@wanna-be-thinker2377]

"Worse siblings in history," and "worse families in history" sounds great! Also "worse aunts/uncles in history" and "worse grandparents in history."

[@pisces2569]

Followed by best siblings in history

[@FadumaIbrahimismaciil]

Yup, that'll be great👍

[@lifeforever69]

​@@GrantGraffr word yout sister

[@zullyp6222]

WHY IS THE ANIMATION SO SMOOOTHH

[@johndurham6172]

All because Blackadder stole all his socks.

[@edwardphilibin3151]

I never quite knew that, of all the historical figures we see in the Blackadder series, George IV was actually LESS bad than pretty much everyone. Yes, he was a free-spending imbecile, but the show ignored everything else he did. 😳🙄

[@Richard-dq6if]

Yes, but later after the duel he becomes the new George IV.

[@GameChangerIDK]

Yeah that’s right!

[@danielwolf3813]

Ahhh, finaly someone mentioned Blackadder! :D

[@memeconsumer773]

@@edwardphilibin3151 It would make sense that after blackadder steals his identity in the show, then comes the true decline

[@5m4llP0X]

Another terrible dad you should look into was John Lennon of the Beatles. He routinely called his son a mistake and physically abused him for his "bad table manners". On top of this, he abandoned him at the age of 5 and never paid child support.

[@balabanasireti]

His son Sean said that once John screamed so loudly at him that he had to go to the hospital

[@GiordanDiodato]

how about Joe Jackson?

[@angusyang5917]

When George IV was told in 1821 that his greatest enemy (Napoleon) died, he thought they were referring to his wife

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

But she died pretty soon afterwards!

[@ATBZ]

British history is literally Good king Bad king Good king Bad king ...

[@mitab1]

Now, was the queen good or bad? (so we know what the current king will be)

[@joshuahunt3032]

@@mitab1Depends, how was her predecessor?

[@LordDim1]

@@joshuahunt3032 her father, George VI, is usually ranked among one of the UK’s best kings for his stoic and fearless leadership during the Second World War, alongside overcoming his deep social anxiety and stammer to become a real father of the nation

[@GiordanDiodato]

except during the tudors it was: Good King that became bad REALLY bad King (Henry VIII) ? King (Henry VIII's son) BAD QUEEN (Mary Tudor) Good (mostly) Queen (Elizabeth I)

[@ostrowulf]

LOL, get out of my truck from listening to a podcast episode talking about him. Walk in my house, first thing that pops up on KZbin having apparently been posted while I was doing errands. Nice when there is a theme to my day.

[@MsZeeZed]

Hmm and why did George III need to “rehabilitate” his family’s reputation?

[@puchy110]

In all fairness, it was Lord North who was mainly responsible for cocking up the crisis in Boston.

[@baneofbanes]

@@puchy110yah, thing is the colonists appealed directly to the King for him to intervene on their behalf with the olive branch petition. He never even read it and instead chose to support parliament.

[@pesky_Kea]

@@baneofbanes Which makes sense from a British perspective. He chose his reputation in the homeland over the colonies.

[@R.P-e2z]

@@pesky_Kea And look at how that worked out for him.

[@puchy110]

@@baneofbanes well I mean the monarchy couldn’t challenge parliament on financial affairs, not after Charles I tried dismissing parliament for refusing to back him financially. The most the king could do was symbolic support and even then, I doubt parliament would budge.

[@DaughterofAthena1011]

Sent this to my parents with the caption “See? We weren’t THAT bad” lol

[@eduardosousa9291]

Another kid who absolutely ruined his father's legacy was Filipe III of Spain and II of Portugal, his father, Filipe II of Spain and I of Portugal, achieved that title by winning the "war" after the Portuguese succession crisis that saw him being named it's king, and he was a great king, fair to both nations, he made many promises he kept surprisingly well and was on track to fully integrate Portugal into Spain, but after his death, his son absolutely destroyed his legacy by breaking every single promise made to the Portuguese by his father, taking Portuguese riches in an inhumane way and allowing Portuguese land to be seized by his enemies (some of which were formerly Portugal's allies btw) in order to (not even manage to) protect Spanish land, thus ruining any chance of a Spanish-Portuguese unification.

[@ekamandalaputra5517]

Damn. So we almost got Iberian Union?

[@eduardosousa9291]

@@ekamandalaputra5517 Yep, but Filipe III/II (as well as his son, Filipe IV/III) completely ruined that possibility.

[@RLucas3000]

@@eduardosousa9291still possible, right? How did they both align in WW2?

[@eduardosousa9291]

@@RLucas3000 They were both neutral, though through different means, and it's far from possible at this point

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Carlos II wasn't much better!

[@colleen6440]

"Actresses, duchesses, the great loves of my life! I loved more girls than I ate pies but I really hate my wife!"

[@AYF6516]

"I had just 10 years on the throne, do you remember thaaaaat??"

[@superluigi9490]

That last frame is killing me 😂

[@zoecolquitt1355]

This is technically describing my cousin eric if he was a monarch and not finding himself on the wrong side of the law

[@HalduBouyaNono2]

“I Can turn a blind eye on my son massively using the Crown and Parliament money on mistresses and beverages, but I draw the line at him marrying a woman from a Christian branch slightly different from mine." - George III, probably

[@GrantGraff]

How uncivilized

[@isaiahacosta5870]

Protestant and the Roman catholic church had it bad at the time lol

[@zarabada6125]

You need to consider the situation in the historical context. The Hanoverian dynasty came to the throne of the United Kingdom solely because they were the closest protestant relatives of Queen Anne of the Stuart dynasty. If the Prince of Wales (later George IV) had Roman Catholic children, it would cause a new succession crisis. George III likely remembered the Jacobite rising when he was a child; a bloody attempt to restore the catholic Stuart line to the throne. A new civil war must have been a real worry for him.

[@SamtheMan3014]

@@zarabada6125there’s also the fact that at the time, marriage to a catholic barred someone from the line of succession. Since George IV was the heir, that would’ve caused a succession crisis

[@FiendKing04]

This entire series of issues you guys just described is why monarchies are hella dumb. I get to be in charge because my version of the same god we believe in is the right one.

[@ThatOneGammaRay]

FINALLY! Some bad kids

[@borisdanyukov8267]

He reminds me of Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius. His father is often debated to be the best emperor rome ever had whilst his son is ranked among Caligula

[@alexeskew8300]

I love how George iii when he found out his son had illegally married, has the same exact facial expression as George Washington from one of your other vids 😂😂😂

[@almessasorrow4950]

I wouldn't call George the 4th the worst. The 3rd constantly did the exact same things in his youth and after he got sick acted worse than the 4th. The 4th did exactly what the 3rd did so it's likely his father set a bad example behind closed doors. When his son wanted to marry, his father forces him into a marriage with someone he literally doesn't care about at all, and at every turn the 4th tried getting rid of her. If anything this should have been a video about a abusive father who did good in society and a son who couldn't care less about his father's legacy.

[@Definitelyanormalhuman863]

@@almessasorrow4950the problem was simply sectarianism, England, and the UK as a whole, has always had problems with religion. If the people took issue with the religion of the married in monarch, they would make it known and if anger was present enough would demand for her to be divorced. Especially with how ‘Bloody Mary’ would still be fresh in the minds of the public as a example of a Catholic woman in charge

[@thomasmolloy5447]

Speaking as very patriotic yank, in spite what we said about him during the revolution, George III was as decent a man as any country could want for a king. We still had some important gripes, but the character of the king can't be said to be one of them.

[@mitab1]

I hate when people call him a bad king, yeah he was "mad" because he became mentally ill after the death of his daughter along with his physical illness, he did things for the sake of Britain and at the end he spent the last ten years of his life locked up

[@GiordanDiodato]

well... at least till George III went off the deep end

[@grantflippin7808]

The fundamental problem is that he failed to rein in parliament.

[@LordDim1]

@@grantflippin7808 Problem was that by the time of George III most power had shifted from the Crown to parliament, and the idea of the King directly overruling parliament had become nigh-unthinkable. The English civil war had firmly established the doctrine of Parliamentary supremacy and sovereignty, and the reigns of George I and George II had seen most executive power in practice transferred from the King to the Prime Minister, who is responsible to parliament. George III intervening politically in direct contravention of parliament would have been a potentially cataclysmic constitutional event and would, in Britain, have been see as the absolute height of tyranny.

[@bernd_das_brot6911]

This ain’t about you buddy 😭😭

[@archiestanfield9733]

You should do best kids in history sometime

[@loop1654]

bro fumbled the bag really hard 😂😂😂

[@mishwinslow3810]

"Eventually, daddy caved in and, paid his depts." GOT ME ROLIN ON THE FLORR😂💀💀

[@Thestupidsiamese]

I remember when my history teacher in 7 grade made a joke about his son. That memory lives rent free in my head

[@christopherwojtan750]

He was a very profound builder though. He had a hand in every building including Buckinham. Really had an eye for architectural beauty.

[@generalhorse493]

Yeah George IV seems to have had talents and dreams that didn't fit neatly into the ultra-conformist, perfectionist posh image of British Royalty.

[@KokkiHours]

Please make best pranks in history, my history class presentation will definitely need more than a bottle.

[@matrixiekitty2127]

He literally ordered that the doors to his coronation be locked in his wife’s face he hated her that much! He also made it harder for their daughter Charlotte to see her.

[@Dave-lx3vt]

You guys really have the loop from the end back into the beginning down!

[@benstrong4497]

At one point during a banquet, George III was struck by a bout of his illness and tried to smash his son's head into a wall.

[@Anna-c4d3x]

Well...... Dang

[@seashoreships]

I feel so informed thank you so much for this information I love your videos never stop posting 😂❤

[@rinylvinyl]

Ever see anyone ruin their own life? His poor wife...

[@WAFFL0._.0.o]

[Sad music kicks in] I saved every letter you wrote me... From the moment I read them I knew you were mine, you said you were mine... I thought you were... Mine...

[@ECVoice]

Seeing the Pavilion from my home town in one of your videos is awesome! 😊

[@GetSmartish]

He destroyed it faster than he could say "disestablishmentarianism."

[@MartmeisterPaladinHaven]

ANTI-disestablishmentarianism.

[@GetSmartish]

@@MartmeisterPaladinHaven What I meant to say was: "Anti distinctly minty monetarism" I stand corrected sir.

[@infinessia4019]

I’m honestly surprised they didn’t just replace him for being so much trouble, it’s not like George lacked for spares 😂

[@GamerGrovyle]

Heard of a Merchant Town in Japan where the motto was "You can't choose your kids but you can choose your heir." the families there would often if their kids were found lacking in brains, morals or charisma give them a stipend to go do art stuff and get drunk outside the family name and then marry their daughter or niece off to someone with the traits they wanted and make him the heir. Some of those families businesses went on to last for several centuries because they never let family ties get in the way of work.

[@TheGabagool7]

Bro is Joffery Baratheon 💀💀💀

[@d.a.jnation1004]

more like aegon the unworthy

[@TheGabagool7]

@@d.a.jnation1004yeah

[@florenceadeoya7054]

Why did they make him so cutie patootie 💀

[@m7dasplatoon539]

The only symphaty I have for George IV is that he really was devasted over the death of his only child

[@casekocsk]

Q: ever see a son destroy his father's legacy? A: oh, i have, too many times...

[@Raine_ischaotic]

Bro was basically eric cartman but real 😭😭

[@amyartlover]

Karma got him, though. He was only on the throne for 10 years and died due to his weight and other health issues

[@thecutecat2561]

He was only on the throne as King for 10 years, he served as reagent for his father from the beginning of his last bought of mental illness until he died. So he was effectively acting as king longer than 10 years. Which was lucky for his sisters because it effectively gave him the power to allow them to finally marry and leave the isolation that had been forced on all but the princess royal. She did grow up in isolation but was eventually allowed to marry with the King's permission. The youngest one of them was 35 at this time, she didn't marry however, the older ones did as soon as they had the chance despite their mother being against it still. The youngest daughter died at 27 before he took over for his father so she never had the chance. He had promised his sister's he would free them as soon as he had the power too, and he kept his word on that at least. So I give him points for that.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@thecutecat2561 He weighed a grand total of 280 pounds!

[@jaconbran2367]

His wife died a few days after the coronation that she was banned from some historians speculated she might’ve been murdered

[@MetallicBascinet]

That must suck trying to build a reputation for something great and then having a child that destroys it all haha

[@juneblassingame2341]

I love how the wife isn't even mad she just looks done

[@mehmetsahsert3284]

It baffles me how european monarchs just straight up make their eldest child the heir to throne rather than picking the heir amongts their children purely based on merit and favouritism.

[@siimplykittxie8469]

The Ottoman Empire did something similar to what you suggested, where all of the Ottoman princes had an equal chance of becoming sultan: the only thing that mattered was who got to the throne first. And look at how _that_ turned out.

[@ThomasstevenSlater]

If you don't have it completely and utterly clear who is king (or queen) next then you have various factions all supporting different true heirs. Then they all start gathering armies and the other great powers also have heirs they support and start gathering armies too. Often it becomes a huge mess. My then the UK Parliament was thoroughly in charge of that, swapping in the dutch king in 1688 and going way down the list the find all those georges back in the George 1st's time.

[@WSPGUYS305]

My favorite KZbinr :)

[@dalekinthewater4708]

Yeah maybe Blackadder didn't exaggerate how ridiculous Prince George really was

[@maxwellquipey1]

Fate itself did everything to hammer down as many nails on the monarchy's coffin 💀💀

[@animationlover219]

As a small correction, there was actually no law against the heir marrying a Catholic at the time. George III put in a law after the marriage invalidating heirs to the throne’s marriages without the king’s consent, and then claimed that it applied retroactively to the existing marriage, forcibly separating them. I sometimes wonder if George IV would have been quite so dissolute afterward if he had not been forced through that.

[@omnicupid6694]

I remember reading about him and his wife. While she wasn't perceived well in the eyes of the royal courts, she still had the support of the public and was more liked than her husband.

[@ericthegreat7060]

I bet she didn't want to go anyway, she probably felt as if she dodged a bullet.

[@susanlund6194]

She showed up, and they wouldn't let her in. 😣

[@LogBarc]

She showed up in full regalia and banged on the doors for half the ceremony, before running home where she died of cancer (probably exacerbated by stress caused by George as he was simultaneously lying about her to get a divorce) 3 weeks later 😔

[@Therizzlersigmadrew]

This video came out on my birthday 😅

[@DachiJordanson]

Now we’ve moved on to kids

[@Justsomeoneyoucouldhaveknown]

"Ever see a son destroy his father's Legacy?" Every Canadian watch that happen 🤣

[@rosefromtitanic2264]

“SORROWS PRAYERS, yet I still don’t have an heir to the throne”

[@jayathakur8643]

Exactly what I was thinking...

[@chibiprussia5574]

Don't forget, he started the War of 1812 and got his ass kicked

[@FantasmagoriaAhoy]

George IV is literally the reason why pawn shops were invented. He couldn't stop gambling when he ran out of cash late one night.... It's a real story. Look it up! I'm sure someone has told the story well somewhere.

[@shadiafifi54]

Seems like a lot of stuff gets invented when gambling is on the line. I mean, that's how we got the sandwich.

[@citinox1778]

I looked it up and I did not find any evidence to suggest that. Apparently, pawning is a practice that has been around since ancient times.

[@captnaberystwyth2879]

his butler was entertaining tho.😂

[@lillimay98]

He didn't just not invite his wife to the coronation, he ordered the doors closed in her face when she showed up. She died 3 weeks later

[@almessasorrow4950]

Honestly he had reason to do so. The 3rd constantly did the exact same things as the 4th in his youth and after he got sick acted worse than the 4th. The 4th did exactly what the 3rd did so it's likely his father set a bad example behind closed doors. When his son wanted to marry, his father forces him into a marriage with someone he literally doesn't care about at all,or cuts him off entirely and at every turn the 4th tried getting rid of her. If anything this should have been a video about a abusive father who did good in society and a son who couldn't care less about his father's legacy because his father was a snake.

[@andreww.3757]

“Well, you’re about to.” ☠️

[@MJ_2Day]

Surprised my youngest sister isn’t on this list yet

[@X-zag]

Bro would definitely be that one kid in the class who makes everyone have to stay silent for the rest of the period because he’s yelling.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

🇺🇸America: Boy, we sure did dodge a bullet, didn't we...

[@Anna-c4d3x]

Me: Yeah, we did👌😅👍

[@neaneaallen3616]

Love your videos! Would love to see the history of other cultures as well 🤗

[@josgibbons6777]

For more information, see Blackadder III.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

Ok, now Hugh Laurie betrayal of prince regent in blackadder the 3rd makes way more sense...

[@tomthecarrot726]

You should make a series called "Worst DEATHS in history!" where you go over the most gruesome and interesting deaths ever recorded.

[@TylerMcCaughey]

George was a legend.

[@Mr_zombb]

“Worst kids in history!!!” “Bella the wolf”

[@Inkan1969]

Blackadder's portrayal of George IV was dead on.

[@ski393]

George 3rd: Yo, how tf did u lose to mf rebels? George 4th: Just happens man

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

William IV, on the other hand, changed when he realised he could ascend as King after the death of the last heir, and lived long enough to spite Victoria's mother and prevent another regency.

[@TheYigafooWisperer]

Wikipedia listed one of his titles as King of Hanover. More like King of Hangover

[@t75044]

I remember reading somewhere that the Duke of Wellington when he was Prime Minister said he got more work done in one morning in his first meeting with William IV than he ever did in the entire reign of George IV

[@CookiehsAndDreams]

A fun fact for fans of Jane Austen, but the Regent George actually forced her to dedicate her novel “Emma” to him. You can still find her dedication in modern copies and it says something like “from his humble servant, the author.” Pretty sure she even named her character Mr. George Knightley after him too.

[@Zak103tv]

Bro thought he was all that

[@toodreammy]

He made is seem like marrying a catholic woman was bad

[@GrantGraff]

Well he was Anglican

[@thebestteammate6528]

And was the inheritor of the Anglican Church it’s like somebody who would have been pope marrying a Muslim

[@LogBarc]

Rebellions to place a Catholic on the throne we’re still in living memory and George’s family only got the throne as they were the closest Protestant relatives of Queen Anne so having Catholic heirs would have caused a crisis. Also George wouldn’t have been allowed to succeed if he had married a catholic

[@chtey1234]

Napoleon be like : easiest fight ever cuz their ship is just gonna sink with a caseoh in it

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Anyone who's seen Blackadder knows that George IV was the worst, but it's fascinating to learn that the real-life version was even worse.

[@Serameow0]

Hes the definition of "YOLO"

[@donyab.e4767]

As far as I've read, this kid didn't have the best father, either. In fact, his father had ordered teachers to use physical punishment to force him into studying harder. It was like pressing a spring just too much not realizing that it will bounce back harder when they release it.

[@acheronvictor73]

This is literally the 18th century version of 50 Cent and his son