George IV - The King formerly known as Prinny Quiz

Answer: One Week

In addition to becoming Duke of Cornwall at birth, George also automatically became Duke of Rothesay, while he was appointed Earl of Chester at the same time as being made Prince of Wales. Approximately one month later, George was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, with his godparents being his maternal uncle, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, his paternal great-uncle, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and his paternal grandmother, Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales.

Answer: Kew Palace

George's education is said to have been strict and gruelling, with long hours of study day after day. Among the subjects he studied were classics, modern languages, elocution, drawing and husbandry. Although George had a keen mind, gaining proficiency in several languages quickly, and displaying some musical ability, he was also headstrong and had a tendency to argue both with his tutors and with his father.

As he entered adolescence, he developed a fondness for 'low company', which led to some lifelong habits that impeded his success in his later roles.

Answer: Brighton

George enjoyed his time in Brighton, lodging with his uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, with whom he shared a love of carousing. He later took a house in Brighton that, in 1787, he started to enlarge and modify. This eventually became the Royal Pavilion, which served as George's retreat from the stuffiness of Court life and allowed him to engage in his passions for food, gambling, theatre and general fast living away from the disapproving gaze of his father.

Answer: George did not get the King's approval

Under the terms of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, any member of the Royal Family had to obtain the permission of the King and the Privy Council in order to marry legally. The act was introduced at the behest of George III as a means of preventing what he saw as "unsuitable" marriages.

This union was kept secret from the King because he would have disapproved, but had his permission been granted, George would have forfeited his place in the line of succession due to Maria's Roman Catholicism.

Answer: Charles James Fox

In September 1788, the King had prorogued Parliament, with the intention that it be reopened in November. However, during the intervening period, George III's mental condition deteriorated, leaving him incapable of undertaking his duties, which included delivering the Speech from the Throne that would reopen Parliament.

Although technically not reopened, Parliament began debating the issue of a regency, with Charles James Fox, the leader of the opposition, advocating that George, as Prince of Wales, be made regent automatically, an argument that the Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger, disagreed with. Owing to the King's recovery and resumption of his duties however, the question proved moot for the time being.

Answer: Promise from his father to pay off his debts

In 1794, George became engaged to Caroline of Brunswick in return for payment of his escalating debts. George first met Caroline when she arrived in England on 5 April 1795, with the couple taking an instant dislike to each other - he thought her unhygienic, while she said he was fat. Nevertheless, George and Caroline were married on 8 April 1795 at St James's Palace.

It is said that George was so drunk that he spent much of their wedding night passed out in the hearth, and that they only ever slept together on the following morning.

However, this was sufficient for Caroline to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a daughter named Charlotte in January 1796. Following the birth of his heir, the couple separated permanently, with George seeking a divorce, which he was never able to obtain.

Answer: John Nash

As regent, George did not assume the level of political power that his father had done, leading to the convention that the Prime Minister is the person who commands the confidence of the House of Commons, rather than the confidence of the King. Instead, George undertook the duties necessary to his position, but concerned himself more with taking the lead in areas of style and aesthetics.

It is from his employment of John Nash that the Regency Style of architecture came about, while his friend George "Beau" Brummell became a trend-setter and adviser to the Prince on matters of dress.

Answer: Napoleon I, Emperor of France

The rift between George and his estranged wife Caroline remained as wide as ever when he became king. Having previously failed to obtain a divorce, he attempted to have a bill introduced in Parliament that would strip Caroline of her title as queen. This effort also failed due to it not being popular with the public.

Despite this, George was determined to prevent Caroline from attending the coronation, to the extent of locking her out of Westminster Abbey. Caroline fell ill on the day of the coronation and subsequently died on 7 August, leaving George as a widower, and free to reign without a queen.

Answer: Sir Walter Scott

George sought the advice of the novelist Sir Walter Scott on the organisation of the visit. Scott's novel "Waverley" had popularised a romantic ideal of the Scottish Highlands, and so he suggested a grand pageant that would see a rebirth of ancient Scotland, with George cast in the role of a modern Jacobite king. George arrived at Leith on 15 August 1822, the first day of three weeks of pageantry, processions, speeches and balls, which saw a great upsurge in his popularity in Scotland, as well as a reinvigorated Scottish national identity.

Answer: Burst blood vessel

By the spring of 1830, George weighed approximately 20 stone (130 kg), was blind in one eye and suffered severe shortage of breath due to dropsy. At 3.00am on 26 June, George woke and passed a large melana (dark, faecal matter infused with blood, which is a symptom of upper gastrointestinal bleeding).

Despite the presence of his doctors, George died at approximately 3.15am. An autopsy revealed that a burst blood vessel in his stomach had caused the gastrointestinal bleeding which led to his death.

It also revealed a tumour the size of an orange on his bladder, and an enlarged heart surrounded by severe fatty deposits and with heavily calcified blood vessels. Having been pre-deceased by his only legitimate child, Princess Charlotte, in 1818, George was succeeded by his eldest surviving brother, William, Duke of Clarence.