Iris Vilu

2013

George IV, Napoleonic Wars

George IVRegent from 1810-1820Secret marriage to Maria

FitzherbertExtravagant, indulgent

lifestyle. Undertook rebuilding of

Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle

Became mentally unstable.Died from a heart attack

in 1830Succeeded by his younger

brother William IV

Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815)The First Coalition in 1793

Sardinia, the Kingdom of Naples, Prussia, Spain, the Great Britain

Unsuccessful, defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte

The Second Coalition in 1798Austria, the Great Britain, the Kingdom of

Naples, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Sweden, Russia

Bonaparte seized control of the French government

Another victory for the French

The end of the Napoleonic Wars

In 1804 Bonaparte declared France an Empire and crowned himself Emperor.

Britain decided to fight France at sea. Horatio Nelson Trafalgar in 1805

Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815

Used sources:http://

www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensoftheunitedkingdom/thehanoverians/georgeiv.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_napoleonic.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_napoleonic.html