Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Sophie Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, known as Queen Charlotte after her marriage.
Daughter of Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752) and his wife Elisabeth Albertine, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713-1761)
Born: Mirow, Mecklenburg 19. May 1744
Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 8. Sep 1761 George III. King of Great Britain and Ireland, after 1801 King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1738-1820), son of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) and his wife Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772)
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)
Princess 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)
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770-1840) 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 William, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), her cousin
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777-1848)
Princes Octavius of Great Britain and Ireland (1779-1783)
Princes Alfred of Great Britain and Ireland (1780-1782)
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783-1810)
Died: Kew Palace, Surrey 17. Nov 1818
Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 (Hanover) and Vol. I/3 (Mecklenburg), 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Marita A. Panzer: „Englands Königinnen“ Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2001