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George VI., born December 14, 1895, son of King George V. and Queen Mary, daughter of the late Duke of Teck ; succeeded to the crown on the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII., December 10, 1936, and proclaimed King on December 12, 1936 ; married Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (born August 4, 1900), April 26, 1923.
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Epstein, M. (1937). Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270664_1
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