What is George VI?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox royalty | image = King George VI LOC matpc.14736 (cleaned).jpg | caption = Formal photograph, {{circa|lk=no|1940–1946}} | alt = George VI in the uniform of a field marshal | succession = [[King of the United Kingdom]]<br />and the [[British Dominions]] | moretext = ([[Style of the British sovereign#Styles of British sovereigns|more...]]) | reign = 11 December 1936&nbsp;– {{nowrap|6 February 1952}} | coronation = 12 May 1937 | cor-type = [[Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth|Coronation]] | predecessor = [[Edward VIII]] | successor = [[Elizabeth II]] | succession1 = [[Emperor of India]] | reign1 = 11 December 1936&nbsp;– {{nowrap|15 August 1947}} | predecessor1 = Edward VIII | successor1 = ''Position abolished''{{efn|George VI continued as titular Emperor of India until 22 June 1948.}} | birth_name = Prince Albert of York | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|12|14}} | birth_place = [[York Cottage]], [[Sandringham, Norfolk]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1952|02|06|1895|12|14}} | death_place = [[Sandringham House]], Norfolk | burial_date = 15 February 1952 | burial_place = Royal Vault, [[St George's Chapel]]; <br /> 26 March 1969 <br /> King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel | spouse = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]|26 April 1923}} | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom]] * [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]]}} | issue-link = #Issue | house = {{plainlist| * [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] (from 1917) * [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (until 1917)}} | full name = Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor | father = [[George V]] | mother = [[Mary of Teck]] | signature = | module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes | branch = {{plainlist| * {{navy|United Kingdom}} * {{air force|United Kingdom}} }} | serviceyears = 1913–1919 (active service) | servicenumbe