King Edward VII

Queen Victoria's son

King Edward VII was the British monarch who reigned from 1901 to 1910, succeeding his mother Queen Victoria.

His name attaches to the Edwardian era, a period associated with elegance, social reform, and the last years before World War I.

Edward VII potatoes are a yellow-fleshed variety developed during his reign and still cultivated.

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