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King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1820,
when he succeeded his father George III, for
whom he had been regent during the king's
insanity 1811-20. Strictly educated, he
reacted by entering into a life of debauchery
and in 1785 secretly married a Catholic
widow, Maria Fitzherbert, but in 1795 also
married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, in
return for payment of his debts. His prestige
was undermined by his treatment of Caroline
(they separated in 1796), his dissipation and
extravagance. His only child, Charlotte, died
in childbirth 1817. He was succeeded by his
brother, the duke of Clarence, who became
William IV.