![]() King George II died at the age of 76 on 25 October 1760.Ī wife was clearly needed for the new King George III, and on 8 September 1761 the King married Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Īt the time of their marriage, George III was 24, and Charlotte was 17. 3 weeks after Frederick died, George II created Prince George as the Prince of Wales. When George’s father died suddenly in 1751, King George II decided to take an interest in his grandchildren for the first time. He could read and write in both English and German by the age of 8, and also studied astronomy, chemistry, physics, mathematics, French, Latin, history, music, geography, agriculture and constitutional law. George was, unlike many of the Hanover royal children, well-educated. ![]() He was 2 months premature, but grew into a healthy although shy child. George William Frederick was born on 4 June 1738 in London at Norfolk House. The couple had a total of 9 children, the last, a daughter, being born posthumously. In 1736 Prince Frederick married 16 year old Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. They did not see him for another 14 years.Ī large number of younger children had been born to the couple by the time Frederick arrived in England, and George and Caroline referred to their eldest son as a foundling, and nicknamed him “Griff” or “Griffin”. When George I took the British throne in 1714, Prince George and Princess Caroline moved to the United Kingdom, leaving their 7 year old son Frederick behind in Hanover. Prince George August and Caroline married in August 1705 and their first child, Prince Frederick, was born in February 1707. Prince Frederick Louis was the eldest son of Prince George, later to be King George II, and George’s wife, Queen Caroline, born Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Ansbach. George II disliked his eldest son the Prince of Wales and there was very little communication between George II and Frederick. King George II’s oldest son was Frederick Prince of Wales. ![]() King George III was the grandson, rather than son, of the preceding monarch King George II. The Hanover Kings had distinctly odd families. On the other hand, in long running battles against France, Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. ![]() The first British Empire came to an end when the American War of Independence led to the establishment of the United States of America. Unlike the other two, who spent most of their time in Hanover, he never actually visited the place at all. He was also Prince Elector of Hanover until October 1814, when he became King of Hanover, and was Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg.Īlthough the third of the King Georges of the House of Hanover, he was the first to be born in the United Kingdom and to speak English as a first language. From the date he ascended to the throne until 1 January 1801, he was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland.Īfter 1801 George was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until he died. King George III reigned from 25 October 1760 until 29th January 1820, a total of 59 years, 3 months and 2 days. ![]()
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