How Many Youngsters Did Queen Charlotte and King George III Have?

“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” provides us the closest look but on the royal household, whose favor drives the social fortunes of the ton. Together with a youthful model of the imperious Queen Charlotte and the charming King George III, we additionally study extra about their huge household.

Here is a breakdown of the 15 real-life princes and princesses who descended from “Bridgerton“‘s beloved monarchs.

Queen Charlotte and King George III”s Kids

1. King George IV

The Prince of Wales throughout his father’s reign, the long run George IV (sometimes called “Prinny”) was the person who gave the identify to the Regency period. From 1811 to 1820, throughout George III’s closing sickness, George served because the prince regent, successfully ruling the UK whereas his father nonetheless lived however was incapacitated. George IV famously despised his more-popular spouse, Queen Caroline, and so they had only one daughter, Princess Charlotte of Wales. After Charlotte, the anticipated heiress to the throne, died in childbirth, the race was on amongst George IV’s siblings to have a professional baby to be the following inheritor.

2. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Prince Frederick, the second son of George III and Queen Charlotte, adopted the trail of many noble and royal second sons by turning into a profession army officer. He commanded the British armies throughout the Napoleonic Wars and oversaw huge army reforms, though his early inexperience earned him a mocking nickname (and a tune) as “the grand previous Duke of York.” Frederick, too, had an sad marriage, to Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and the couple by no means had youngsters. Frederick died in 1827 earlier than his brother George IV, to whom he was inheritor.

3. King William IV

After the dying of Prince Frederick, third son William grew to become inheritor obvious to his brother George IV, whom he succeeded in 1830. Though he had lived a few years fortunately together with his mistress, actress Dorothea Johnson (with whom he had 10 youngsters), when the “race for heirs” kicked off, he rapidly married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. The couple did not have any surviving youngsters, however they did apparently have a contented marriage. William made it clear that he wished to dwell lengthy sufficient to make sure that his doubtless inheritor, his brother’s daughter Victoria, could be of age to rule in her personal proper — and he did, dying the month after Victoria got here of age.

4. Charlotte, Princess Royal

Named for her mom (and to not be confused along with her niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales), Charlotte was given the title of princess royal, historically bestowed on the eldest daughter of a monarch and held for all times. She later married Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, and so they had no surviving youngsters.

5. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

A army man with a repute for harsh punishments and extreme command, Prince Edward’s legacy was not a sort one. His contribution, nonetheless, was to be the eldest sibling of George IV to efficiently marry and have a surviving baby. Edward married the German Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (whose brother, Leopold, was the widower of George IV’s late daughter Charlotte), and so they had one daughter, who grew to become inheritor to the throne and probably the most well-known monarchs in historical past: the long run Queen Victoria.

6. Princess Augusta Sophia

From an early age, Princess Augusta Sophia gained a repute for being very stunning but in addition very shy. She by no means married or had youngsters, however she did have a decades-long, semisecret relationship with Sir Brent Spencer, an equerry at courtroom. Augusta lived to see her niece Victoria grow to be queen and attended Victoria’s wedding ceremony to Prince Albert. She died in 1840.

7. Princess Elizabeth

Like her sisters, Princess Elizabeth had a really sheltered life, however she was recognized for her humorousness, her curiosity in agriculture (shared along with her father), and her creative skills. She and her sisters had been usually denied alternatives to marry, main them to embark on romances with males at courtroom, which Elizabeth did as nicely. Finally, she met a German prince, Frederick of Hesse-Homburg, and efficiently overcame household and courtroom opposition to marry him in a pleasant, although not particularly romantic, match. They’d no youngsters, and Elizabeth died in 1840.

8. Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

Till the succession of Queen Victoria, the British monarch additionally dominated as King of Hanover (the household had been often known as the Home of Hanover). Since Hanoverian regulation forbade a girl monarch, Victoria succeeded to the British throne, however Ernest Augustus, the next-eldest male inheritor to William IV, grew to become King of Hanover. He was considerably unpopular in each Britain and Hanover. He married Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (who had beforehand jilted his brother Adolphus), and so they had a son, George V of Hanover.

9. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

Prince Augustus Frederick was largely recognized on the time for 2 issues: his progressive, reform-minded views and his love life. His first marriage, to Girl Augusta Murray, occurred in opposition to the Royal Marriages Act (which mentioned no descendant of King George II might marry with out the consent of the reigning monarch). Even if they’d youngsters, the wedding was later annulled. After Augusta’s dying, he later remarried — once more, in opposition to the Act — to Girl Cecilia Buggin, and so they had no youngsters. Augustus Frederick was the favourite uncle of the long run Queen Victoria, even escorting her at her wedding ceremony, and he died in 1843.

10. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Prince Adolphus lived a comparatively low-key life for a member of the royal household. He had a army profession, and he married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, with whom he had three youngsters. He died in 1850.

11. Princess Mary

Though she was reputed to be essentially the most stunning of her sisters, Princess Mary was not allowed to marry till her older sisters had wed, and her past love — with the Dutch Prince Frederik — ended sadly. She finally married a cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and so they had no youngsters. When she died in 1857, Mary was the longest-lived and final surviving baby of George III and Queen Charlotte.

12. Princess Sophia

Like a number of of her siblings, Princess Sophia’s marital prospects had been scuttled by her dad and mom’ strict selections. She by no means married, though she was the topic of malicious gossip at one level that claimed she gave start to the illegitimate son of Thomas Garth, a palace equerry. She died in 1848.

13. Prince Octavius

Prince Octavius was one of many two youngsters of George III and Charlotte who died in childhood. He died in 1783, simply months after his fourth birthday.

14. Prince Alfred

Prince Alfred was the primary of George III and Charlotte’s youngsters to die. He died in 1782, a month earlier than his second birthday.

15. Princess Amelia

The youngest of George and Charlotte’s youngsters, Princess Amelia was extremely sheltered like her sisters, particularly as she grew up throughout the interval when George’s psychological well being declined considerably. She suffered from well being issues starting in her teenage years, which solely elevated through the years. When she died in 1810, the information was mentioned to be a big think about her father’s psychological sickness worsening to the purpose of invoking the Regency Act, and he reportedly hallucinated her presence throughout his episodes (a truth that’s briefly depicted on “Bridgerton“).