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[[Image:King EdwardVII.jpg|right|thumb|250px|King Edward VII (1905)]]

[[Image:King EdwardVII.jpg|right|thumb|250px|King Edward VII (1905)]]

'''Edward VII''' (Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 1841-1910) was King of [[Great Britain]] and its dominions and colonies, and Emperor of [[India]], from 1901 to 1910. He succeeded his mother, [[Queen Victoria]], and was succeeded by his second son, [[George V]].  He gave his name to the "Edwardian Era," the last splurge of glory and wealth before Britain descended into the horrors of the First World War.

'''Edward VII''' (Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 1841-1910) was King of the [[United Kingdom]] of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] and of its dominions and colonies, and Emperor of [[India]], from 1901 to 1910. He succeeded his mother, [[Queen Victoria]], and was succeeded by his second son, [[George V]].  He gave his name to the "Edwardian Era," the last splurge of glory and wealth before Britain descended into the horrors of the First World War.

As [[Prince of Wales]] he was a worry to the Queen and the British establishment. Lazy, easily bored, and without a proper job, he fell prey to numerous temptations. He was a gambler (at cards and horses), a glutton and a womaniser; despite having married Princess Alexandra of [[Denmark]] in 1863, he had numerous adulterous affairs, most notoriously with the actress Lillie Langtry, and in 1870 was called as a witness in a divorce trial in which he was implicated.

As [[Prince of Wales]] he was a worry to the Queen and the British establishment. Lazy, easily bored, and without a proper job, he fell prey to numerous temptations. He was a gambler (at cards and horses), a glutton and a womaniser; despite having married Princess Alexandra of [[Denmark]] in 1863, he had numerous adulterous affairs, most notoriously with the actress Lillie Langtry, and in 1870 was called as a witness in a divorce trial in which he was implicated.