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King of England George III (William Frederick) Hanover

King of England George III (William Frederick) Hanover

Male 1738 - 1820  (81 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  King of England George III (William Frederick) Hanover was born on 4 Jun 1738 in Norfolk House, St. James Square, London, England (son of Prince of Wales Frederick Louis Hanover and of Saxe-Gotha Augusta); died on 29 Jan 1820 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.

    Notes:

    George III of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (r. 1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain's American colonies. He was also elector of Hanover (1760-1815) and by decision of the Congress of Vienna, King of Hanover (1815-20). After the dismissal of several ministers who did not satisfy him, the king found a firm supporter in Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Lord North executed the royal policies that provoked the American Revolution. The unsuccessful conclusion of that protracted conflict forced North to resign, and during the government crisis that followed when three cabinets came and went in less than two years. The King himself was almost induced to abdicate. In 1809 the king became blind. As early as 1765 he had suffered an apparent dementia, and in 1788 his derangement recurred to such a degree that a regency bill was passed, but the king recovered the following year. In 1811 he succumbed hopelessly to this dementia and his son, later George IV, acted as a regent for the rest of his reign.

    George married Charlotte (Sophia) von Mecklenburg on 8 Sep 1761 in St James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Charlotte was born on 19 May 1744 in Mirow, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Germany; died on 17 Nov 1818 in Kew Palace, Surrey, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Duke of Kent Edward Augustus Hanover was born on 2 Nov 1767 in Buckingham House, London, England; died on 23 Jan 1820 in Sidmouth, Devon, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Prince of Wales Frederick Louis Hanover was born on 31 Jan 1701 in Hanover, Germany (son of King of England George II Hanover and of Ansbach Caroline); died on 31 Mar 1751 in Leicester House, London, England.

    Frederick married of Saxe-Gotha Augusta on 8 May 1736 in Chapel Royal, St. James. Augusta was born on 30 Nov 1719 in Gotha; died on 8 Feb 1772 in Carlton House. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  of Saxe-Gotha Augusta was born on 30 Nov 1719 in Gotha; died on 8 Feb 1772 in Carlton House.

    Notes:

    Youngest Dau. of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst.

    Children:
    1. 1. King of England George III (William Frederick) Hanover was born on 4 Jun 1738 in Norfolk House, St. James Square, London, England; died on 29 Jan 1820 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  King of England George II Hanover was born on 30 Oct 1683 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany (son of King of England George I Hanover and of Celle Sophia Dorothea); died on 25 Oct 1760 in Kensington Palace, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.

    George married of Ansbach Caroline on 22 Aug 1705 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany. Caroline was born in 1683; died in 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  of Ansbach Caroline was born in 1683; died in 1737.

    Notes:

    Dau. of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach. a.k.a.: Caroline Wilhelmina Dorothea; Quenn consort of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-37) as wife of King George II. In London, Caroline made her home the meeting place of noted literary figures. She acted as regent on several occasions during absences of her husband from England and aided the career of the British statesman Robert Walpole.

    Children:
    1. 2. Prince of Wales Frederick Louis Hanover was born on 31 Jan 1701 in Hanover, Germany; died on 31 Mar 1751 in Leicester House, London, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  King of England George I Hanover was born on 28 Mar 1660 in Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany (son of Duke of Brunswick Ernest Augustus and Sophia Hanover); died on 22 Jun 1727 in Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany.

    Notes:

    Reign: (1714-1727). The first of the Hanoverian Kings; It is said that George knew no English, but recent research shows that he had a limited knowledge of the language. Thoroughly German in tastes and habits, he made periodic lengthy visits to Hanover, which always remained his primary concern, despite his dutiful efforts to attend to his new kingdom's needs. He remained unpopular in Britain, a fact that contributed to Jacobite plots to replace him with James II's son, James Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender.

    George married of Celle Sophia Dorothea on 22 Nov 1682 in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany, and was divorced on 28 Dec 1694 in Hanover, Germany. Sophia was born on 5 Sep 1666 in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 13 Nov 1726 in Castle Ahlden, Hanover, Germany; was buried in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  of Celle Sophia Dorothea was born on 5 Sep 1666 in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 13 Nov 1726 in Castle Ahlden, Hanover, Germany; was buried in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    Children:
    1. 4. King of England George II Hanover was born on 30 Oct 1683 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany; died on 25 Oct 1760 in Kensington Palace, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.