Netflix shows Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story centered on the married life of Queen Charlotte and King George. As Whistledown wrote about them in her book, “While our hearts grieve for the loss of the princess royal, our heads grieve more for the future of the monarchy itself.
For the Crown now has a crisis on its hands. A crisis one can only imagine that Queen Charlotte must find galling after ruling over the matchmaking efforts of the ton and the marriage mart with such an iron fist.”
“This author and all of England can only hope that Queen Charlotte finally turns her matchmaking energies onto her own family. After all, Her Majesty has 13 children and is not a royal heir to any of them. At least, not a legitimate one.”
In 1817, Princess Charlotte of Wales dἰed, and she was the only granddaughter of King George and Queen Charlotte. But their elder son also has a daughter later known as Queen Victoria. Here we describe the family of Queen Charlotte who married King Georg III in 1761. In the 57 years of marriage, the couple welcomed 15 children. Here are all their family members’ details.
Queen Charlotte
She was born as Sophia Charlotte the daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Elizabeth Albertina of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She was upbringing in Untere Schloss (Lower Castle) in Mirow, in northern Germany. She married King George III at the age of 17.
Charlotte was the queen who spent the longest time as a queen. She dἰed in 1818 when she was 74, and was buried at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
King George III
King George III, born Prince George William Frederick of Wales in 1738, from Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. His father dἰed at 44 age, and he becomes heir apparent at a very short age.
During his government, several major events happen including the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War, and the Battle of Waterloo. He suffered mantel illness during his ruler’s time. He pἀssed away at 81 age, in 1820.
King George IV
Prince George Augustus Frederick was the eldest son of Charlotte and George born in 1762. He married Maria Anne Fitzherbert secretly in 1785, but the marriage was not valid according to English law.
Again he married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, in 1795, and after a daughter’s birth, the couple got divorced. The daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales was the only heir to the throne. But in 1820 he not accepted Caroline as a queen, and dἰed in 1830.
Prince Frederick, Duke of York
Prince Frederick Augustus was the son of Charlotte and George, in 1763. Prince Augustus was appointed as Commander-in-Chief in 1795 and married Charlotte of Prussia, but divorced soon.
King William IV
Born in 1765, Prince William Henry was the third son of Charlotte and George. He served Royal Navy and contribute to American Revolutionary War in New York. He married Dorothea Bland and gave birth to ten children. After William’s brother dἰed, he becomes the successor to King William IV.
But he has no legitimate children so Prience Victoria becomes the heir to the throne.
Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg
The eldest daughter of Charlotte and George, Princess Charlotte, was born in 1966 later known as “Princess Royal.” She ties the knot with Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Württemberg, but the couple has no children. After her husband’s deἀth, she becomes the Dowager Queen.
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Prince Edward was the fourth son of Charlotte and George, born in 1767. In 1818 he married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who was a widow.
Victoria’s first husband Emich Karl dἰed after four years of their marriage and they have two children. Edward and Victoria have one daughter Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent born in 1819. Unfortunately, in 1820 Edward dἰed.
Princess Augusta, Sophia
Princess Augusta was the second daughter and sixth kid of George and Charlotte, born in 1768. Se love Sir Brent Spencer who was an officer in the British army. She dἰed in 1840.
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth was the third daughter of Georg and Charlotte. She married at 47 age to Prince Frederick of Hesse-Homburg. She pἀssed away in 1840 when she was 69.
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Prince Ernest Augustus was born in 1771, to George and Charlotte. Because Princess Victoria ruled after their elder brother’s deἀth so, he become the success of the Hanover throne.
Before his rule, he served the British army and married Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, but his mother does not accept her as her daughter-in-law. The couple has one son named Prince George of Cumberland later known as King George V of Hanover.
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Prince Augustus Frederick
Nineth children of Charlotte and George, Prince Augustus was born in 1773. He married Lady Augusta Murray in Rome in 1793 secretly, and again in London openly. But George III did not accept it. The couple have two children, Augustus Frederick d’Este, and Augusta Emma d’Este.
In 1801 he was appointed as Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow. After his wife’s deἀth again married Lady Cecilia Buggin in 1831, unfortunately, this couple have no children. But Queen Victoria appointed her as Duchess of Inverness and Cecilia dἰed in 1843.
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Prince Adolphus was at no ten among Charlotte and George’s children. He was born in 1774. He married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel in 1818, and they have three children Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (b. 1833, d. 1897).
Princess Mary Adelaide, notably, would go on to marry Francis. His eldest son get the title of the Duke of Cambridge, after his deἀth, no one gets this title till 2011.
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Mary was born in 1776, the fourth daughter of George and Charlotte. She falls in love with the Dutch prince, Prince Frederick, but her family does not allow her to marry him. After Frederick’s deἀth, she married Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. But this couple has no children. She is the longest-living child of George.
Princess Sophia
The twelfth child of George and Charlotte Princess Sophia was born in 1777. She was not married and dἰed in 1848 when she was 70.
Prince Octavius
Prince Octavius was the thirteenth child of George and Charlotte, who was born in 1779. But dἰed when she was only 4, because of a vaccine for smallpox.
Prince Alfred
Alfred was the youngest boy of George and Charlotte, who dἰed after just two years he was born. Alfred is the first kid who dἰed soon.
Princess Amelia
After the deἀth of Alfred and Octavious Amelia was born. Amazing was that 21 years age difference between George’s eldest and youngest children. She dἰed in 1810 when she was 27.
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