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Descendants of George III of the UK
King George III
Queen Charlotte
Here follows a list of children and legitimate grandchildren and great-grandchildren of George III, King of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Their fifteen children include George IV of the United Kingdom , William IV of the United Kingdom , and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover . Their grandchildren include Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and King George V of Hanover . Their great-grandchildren include King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover .
Name
Birth
Death
Notes[ 1]
George IV
12 August 1762
26 June 1830
married 1795, Caroline of Brunswick ; had issue
Frederick, Duke of York
16 August 1763
5 January 1827
married 1791, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia ; no issue
William IV
21 August 1765
20 June 1837
married 1818, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ; no surviving legitimate issue
Charlotte, Princess Royal
29 September 1766
6 October 1828
married 1797, Frederick I of Württemberg ; no surviving issue
Edward, Duke of Kent
2 November 1767
23 January 1820
married 1818, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ; had issue
Princess Augusta Sophia
8 November 1768
22 September 1840
Princess Elizabeth
22 May 1770
10 January 1840
married 1818, Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ; no issue
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
5 June 1771
18 November 1851
married 1815, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ; had issue
Augustus, Duke of Sussex
27 January 1773
21 April 1843
married (1) 1793 (in contravention with the Royal Marriages Act 1772 ) Lady Augusta Murray ; annulled 1794; had issue; (2) 1831 (again in contravention of the Act) Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness ; no issue
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
24 February 1774
8 July 1850
married 1818, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel ; had issue
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
25 April 1776
30 April 1857
married 1815, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester ; no issue
Princess Sophia
3 November 1777
27 May 1848
Prince Octavius
23 February 1779
3 May 1783
Prince Alfred
22 September 1780
20 August 1782
Princess Amelia
7 August 1783
2 November 1810
Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
7 January 1796
6 November 1817
married 1816, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ; no surviving issue, died in first childbirth
Daughter of Charlotte, Princess Royal
27 April 1798
Stillborn
Frederica von Hanover
January 27 1817
Stillborn
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
21 March 1819
21 March 1819
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
26 March 1819
17 March 1904
married 1847, Sarah Fairbrother ; had issue (in contravention of Royal Marriages Act 1772 . All issue illegitimate)
Daughter of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
April 1818
Stillborn
Queen Victoria
24 May 1819
22 January 1901
married 1840, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ; had issue
George V of Hanover
27 May 1819
12 June 1878
married 1843, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg ; had issue
Child of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
5 September 1819
Stillborn
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
10 December 1820
4 March 1821
Twin sons of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
8 April 1822
Stillborn
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
19 July 1822
5 December 1916
married 1843, Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ; had issue
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
27 November 1833
27 October 1897
married 1866, Francis, Duke of Teck ; had issue
Great-grandchildren [ edit ]
Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Victoria, Princess Royal
21 November 1840
5 August 1901
married 1858 Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia ; had issue
Edward VII
9 November 1841
6 May 1910
married 1863, Princess Alexandra of Denmark ; had issue
Princess Alice
25 April 1843
14 December 1878
married 1862, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine ; had issue
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
6 August 1844
31 July 1900
married 1874, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia ; had issue
Princess Helena
25 May 1846
9 June 1923
married 1866, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ; had issue
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
18 March 1848
3 December 1939
married 1871, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll ; no issue
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
1 May 1850
16 January 1942
married 1879, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia ; had issue
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
7 April 1853
28 March 1884
married 1882, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont ; had issue
Princess Beatrice
14 April 1857
26 October 1944
married 1885, Prince Henry of Battenberg ; had issue
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
21 September 1845
14 November 1923
married 1878, Princess Thyra of Denmark ; had issue
Princess Frederica of Hanover
9 January 1848
16 October 1926
married 1880, Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen ; no surviving issue
Princess Marie of Hanover
3 December 1849
4 June 1904
Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
22 July 1848
11 June 1914
married 1877, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt ; had issue
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
26 May 1867
24 March 1953
married 1893, Prince George, Duke of York, later George V ; had issue
Prince Adolphus of Teck
13 August 1868
23 October 1927
married 1894, Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor ; had issue
Prince Francis of Teck
9 January 1870
22 October 1910
Prince Alexander of Teck
14 April 1874
16 January 1957
married 1904, Princess Alice of Albany ; had issue
Illegitimate grandchildren [ edit ]
Princess Charlotte , the Prince of Wales's daughter, was, for the whole of her life, the King's only legitimate grandchild. With her death in 1817, the King's unmarried sons scrambled to find appropriate wives from among the German princesses and produce heirs to the throne; but before this, many had been content to keep mistresses or, in the cases of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex, to marry invalidly. As a result, George III and Queen Charlotte had numerous illegitimate grandchildren.
Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Alleged children of Frederick, Duke of York
Captain Charles Hesse
1786
1832
Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes
30 March 1787
5 July 1873
Legally his father was John Gibbes, his mother's husband.
Captain John Molloy
c. 1789
6 October 1867
Said to be the son of Sarah Hussey, Countess of Tyrconnel , fostered and raised by the Molloys.
Frederick George Vandiest
1800
1848
Louisa Ann Vandiest
1802
1890
Children of William IV (then Duke of Clarence) by Dorothea Jordan
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
29 January 1794
20 March 1842
married 1819, Mary Wyndham; had issue
Henry FitzClarence
27 March 1795
September 1817
Died unmarried, aged 22.
Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley
August 1796
10 April 1837
married 1825, Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley ; had issue
Lady Mary Fox
19 December 1798
13 July 1864
married 1824, General Charles Richard Fox ; no issue
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
9 December 1799
30 October 1854
married 1821, Lady Augusta Boyle; had issue
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
17 January 1801
16 January 1856
married 1820, William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll ; had issue
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence
18 February 1802
17 Mary 1856
Lady Augusta Hallyburton
17 November 1803
8 December 1865
married 1827, the Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine; had issue; married 1854, Lord John Hallyburton ; no issue
Lord Augustus FitzClarence
1 March 1805
14 June 1854
married 1845, Sarah Gordon; had issue
Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland
21 March 1807
2 July 1858
married 1830, Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
Children of Augustus, Duke of Sussex , by Lady Augusta Murray
Sir Augustus d'Este
1794
1848
Augusta Wilde, Baroness Truro
1801
May 1866
married 1845, Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro ; no issue
Alleged child of Sophia
Thomas Garth
1800
1875
Alleged child born from Thomas Garth .
Family
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wife)
George IV, King of the United Kingdom (son)
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (son)
William IV, King of the United Kingdom (son)
Charlotte, Princess Royal (daughter)
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (son)
Augusta (daughter)
Elizabeth (daughter)
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (son)
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (son)
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (son)
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (daughter)
Sophia (daughter)
Octavius (son)
Alfred (son)
Amelia (daughter)
Frederick, Prince of Wales (father)
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (mother)
Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (sister)
Edward, Duke of York and Albany (brother)
Princess Elizabeth (sister)
William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (brother)
Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (brother)
Princess Louisa (sister)
Prince Frederick (brother)
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway (sister)
Descendants
Reign Cultural depictions
Paintings Public sculptures Theatre, film, radio and television
America (1924, film)
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942, film)
Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947, film)
Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969, music theatre)
Barry Lyndon (1975, film)
The Adams Chronicles (1976, TV)
Prince Regent (1979, TV)
In the Ruins (1984, radio play)
Blackadder the Third "Duel and Duality " (1987, TV)
The Madness of George III (1991, play)
The Madness of King George (1994, film)
Longitude (2000, TV)
John Adams (2008, TV)
Hamilton: An American Musical (2015, musical)
Mr Foote's Other Leg (2015, play)
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023, TV)
Books and poems
Related
Family
George III, King of the United Kingdom (husband)
George IV, King of the United Kingdom (son)
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (son)
William IV, King of the United Kingdom (son)
Charlotte, Princess Royal (daughter)
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (son)
Augusta (daughter)
Elizabeth (daughter)
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (son)
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (son)
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (son)
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (daughter)
Sophia (daughter)
Octavius (son)
Alfred (son)
Amelia (daughter)
Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (father)
Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (mother)
Duchess Christiane of Mecklenburg (sister)
Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (brother)
Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (brother)
Duke Ernest Gottlob of Mecklenburg (brother)
Duke George Augustus of Mecklenburg (brother)
Descendants
Events Residences Cultural depictions
Theatre, film, radio and television Statues and memorials
Eponyms
Proposed colonies Towns, cities, and counties Forts Ships Other