George V of Britain

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert, 1865–1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As well as being King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms, George was the Emperor of India and the first King of the Irish Free State, a dominion which existed in Ireland for 27 years until the 26 lower counties proclaimed a Republic and ejected British monarchs once and for all. George reigned from 1910 through World War I (1914–1918) until his death in 1936.

George V in The War That Came Early
After George V died in January 1936, his state funeral was broadcast on BBC radio. This was the last funeral to be broadcast by the BBC until that of Winston Churchill in the summer of 1940.

George V in Southern Victory
George V (1865-1936) was the king of Britain during the Great War. He was the last British monarch to hold a number of titles previously afforded to the ruler of the British Empire, including King of Ireland and King of Canada, both of which he was forced to relinquish by the victorious Central Powers at the end of the Great War.

During the Great War he relinquished all German titles and styles on behalf of his relatives who were British subjects; and changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. In the face of Britain's defeat during the Great War, this act was token at best.

Jake Featherston derisively compared Wade Hampton V to the British king during the 1922 Confederate presidential campaign, a somewhat provocative act, considering how staunchly Britain had supported the Confederate States.

Upon his death in January 1936, he was succeeded by his eldest son Edward VIII, who led Britain to defeat at the hands of the Central Powers in the Second Great War (1941-1944).