Princess Sophia of Gloucester
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Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1803-5
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29 May 1773 Mayfair, Middlesex |
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| Died | 29 November 1844 (aged 71) Blackheath, Kent |
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| Burial | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Prince William Henry | ||||
| Mother | Maria Walpole | ||||
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| Sophia Matilda |
Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester (29 May 1773 – 29 November 1844) was a great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and niece of King George III.
Princess Sophia was born in Grosvenor Street, Mayfair. Her father was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the third eldest son of The Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales. Her mother was the Duchess of Gloucester, the illegitimate daughter of Edward Walpole.
She was privately christened in a drawing room at Gloucester House on 26 June 1773, by Charles Moss, The Bishop of St David's. She had three godparents: The Duke of Cumberland, her paternal uncle; the Duchess of Cumberland, her aunt by marriage; and the Queen of Denmark and Norway, her paternal aunt (who was represented by a proxy). The King had been asked to stand as godfather, but he refused, upset by his brother's marriage to Maria Walpole, a commoner.
Sophia was considered as a potential bride for the Duke of Clarence (who later ruled as King William IV), but she expressed no enthusiasm for the match. Sophia never married nor had any children. She lived at New Lodge in Winkfield, near Windsor in Berkshire and held the office of Ranger of Greenwich Park. She died at the Ranger's House, Blackheath, London on 29 November 1844 and is buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
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