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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Queen Charlotte in state robes by Allan Ramsay, 1761
Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland
Electress consort of Hanover
Tenure 8 September 1761 – 17 November 1818
Coronation 22 September 1761
Born (1744-05-19)19 May 1744
Unteres Schloß, Mirow,
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Holy Roman Empire
Died 17 November 1818(1818-11-17) (aged 74)
Kew Palace, Kew, England, United Kingdom
Burial 2 December 1818
St George's Chapel, Windsor, England
Spouse George III
Issue George IV
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
William IV
Charlotte, Princess Royal
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Augusta Sophia
Princess Elizabeth
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Princess Sophia
Prince Octavius
Prince Alfred
Princess Amelia
Full name
Sophia Charlotte
House Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
Mother Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Full name
Sophia Charlotte

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the wife of King George III. She was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from her marriage in 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms in 1801, after which she was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1818. She was also the Electress of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until the promotion of her husband to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814, after which she was also queen consort of Hanover.

Queen Charlotte was a patroness of the arts and an amateur botanist, who helped expand Kew Gardens. George III and Charlotte had 15 children, 13 of whom survived to adulthood. She was distressed by her husband's bouts of physical illness and insanity, which became permanent in later life and resulted in their eldest son being appointed Prince Regent in 1811.

Sophia Charlotte was born on 19 May 1744. She was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow and his wife Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a small north German duchy in the Holy Roman Empire.

The children of Duke Charles were all born at the Untere Schloss (Lower Castle) in Mirow. According to diplomatic reports at the time of her engagement to George III, Charlotte had received "a very mediocre education".


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