![]() It was a political union-the two met for the first time on their wedding day-but a fruitful one Queen Charlotte gave birth to 15 children. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Born and educated in this country,” he said, “I glory in the name of Britain.”Ī year after his coronation, George was married to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the daughter of a German duke. In his accession speech to Parliament, the 22-year-old monarch played down his Hanoverian connections. George III became king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1760 following his grandfather George II’s death. He was cared for in relative isolation by his mother and tutored by the Scottish nobleman Lord Bute. On his father’s death in 1751, the 12-year-old George became Prince of Wales. His parents were Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.ĭid you know? The planet Uranus was originally named "Georgium sidus," the Georgian Star, after King George III of England, who had funded the 40-foot telescope William Herschel used in its discovery. George III was the first Hanoverian king born in England rather than Germany. The Georgian era (1714-1830) spanned the combined reigns of the five British monarchs from the Electorate of Hanover, a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. ![]()
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