George III. of the United Kingdom

Born George William Frederick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland and styled Prince of Wales in 1751. Succeded as George III as King of Great Britain and King of Ireland in 1760 after the death of his grandfather. After the union of both countries in 1801 he became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was concurrently prince-elector of Hanover and was promoted King of Hanover in 1814. His eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent from 1810, when George III suffered from permanent mental illness, most likely resulting from porphyria.

Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) and his wife Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772)

Born: Norfolk House, St. James’s Square, London 4. Jun 1738

Baptised: Norfolk House, St. James’s Square, London  4. Jun (privately) and 2. Jul (publicly) 1738

Godparents:

• Fredrik I. King of Sweden

• Friedrich I. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

• Friedrich III. Duke of Saxe-Gotha (his maternal uncle)

• Sophie Dorothea, Queen of Prussia (his grandfather’s sister)

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 8. Sep 1761 Sophie Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), daughter of Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752) and his wife Elisabeth Albertine, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713-1761)

Issue:

• George IV. King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830) m.1795 Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1768-1821), his first cousin

• Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827) m.1791 Friederike, Princess of Prussia (1767-1820)

• William IV. King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837) m.1818 Adelheid, Princess of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849)

• Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766-1828) m.1797 Friedrich I. King of Wurttemberg (1754-1816)

• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) m.1818 Viktoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861)

• Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768-1840) m.1818 Friedrich VI. Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769-1829)

• Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover in 1837 (1771-1851) m.1815 Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841), his cousin

• Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843) m.1793 (ann.1794) Lady Augusta Murray (1768-1830); m.1831 Lady Cecilia Gore (c.1785-1873)

• Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) m.1818 Auguste, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1797-1889)

• Princess Mary, of the United Kingdom (1776-1857) m.1816 Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), her cousin

• Princess Sophia, of the United Kingdom (1777-1848)

• Prince Octavius of Great Britain and Ireland (1779-1783)

• Prince Alfred of Great Britain and Ireland (1780-1782)

• Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783-1810)

Died: Windsor Castle 29. Jan 1820 after nine years of permanent mental illness

Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; for christening and godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page