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Definition of Edward VII
1. Noun. King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910).
Group relationships: Saxe-coburg-gotha
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Derivative terms: Edwardian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward VII
Literary usage of Edward VII
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... 1901, the question what title the new king would assume was speedily set at
rest by the popular announcement that he would be called Edward VII. ..."
2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"... the City of London, and other noblemen and gentlemen assembled at St. James'
Palace to approve a form of Proclamation, which proclaimed King Edward VII. ..."
3. A History of England and Greater Britain by Arthur Lyon Cross (1914)
"CHAPTER LVH SKETCH OF THE REIGN OF Edward VII (1901-1910) AND OF THE EARLY YEARS
... Albert Edward, who ascended the throne as Edward VII, 22 January, 1901, ..."
4. A Shorter History of England and Greater Britain by Arthur Lyon Cross (1920)
"Albert Edward, who, in his sixtieth year, ascended the throne as Edward VII, 22
January, 1901, was a man of unusual social gifts and worldly experience, ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"He was religious instructor to the three daughters of lung Edward VII. In theology
he is a Broad churchman of the type of Maurice (whose curate he was at ..."
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