Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 until 1801. As George’s wife, she was also Electress and later Queen of Hanover. She was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. She and George III had 15 children in total, 13 of whom survived to adulthood.
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 until 1801. As George’s wife, she was also Electress and later Queen of Hanover. She was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. She and George III had 15 children in total, 13 of whom survived to adulthood. They included two future British monarchs, George IV and William IV; as well as Charlotte, Princess Royal, who became Queen of Württemberg. Her first child, George, Prince of Wales, was born on 12 August 1762. She died on 8 January 1801 at St. James’s Palace, London, leaving behind a son, George III, and a daughter, Charlotte, Queen of Wales. She is buried at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, along with her husband, King George III and their son George IV. George III died in 1811, and his son George was made Prince Regent in 1812. Charlotte died on 9 January 1815 at the age of 80. She had no children of her own, but was the mother of Prince Edward, the father of Queen Victoria, and Prince Ernest Augustus, who was King ofHanover. Charlotte was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick and his wife Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Her upbringing was similar to that of a daughter of an English country gentleman. She received some rudimentary instruction in botany, natural history and language from tutors, but her education focused on household management and on religion, the latter taught by a priest.
Her brother Adolphus Frederick succeeded to the ducal throne in 1752, and she did not gain any experience of princely duties and of court life until after his death in 1761. She spoke no English on her wedding day, but quickly learned English, albeit speaking with a strong German accent. The couple became the parents of 15 children, all but two of which survived into adulthood. George IV was the first British monarch to be born after the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1701. He was also the first to be crowned King of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Queen was the second to become Queen of England and Ireland after her marriage to George III on 8 September 1761, and the first Queen of Ireland and Great Britain after her death in 1802. The King and Queen were married in St. James’s Palace in London at 9:00 pm that same evening. The wedding was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Secker, and only the royal family, and guests from Germany, had travelled from Germany. Charlotte and George were married on 17 August 1761 at St James Palace in London. They were the first royal couple to be married in England and the wedding was held in front of a crowd of 2,000 people. The royal couple had recently purchased Buckingham House, the official residence of the king, but recently purchased a nearby property, Buckingham Palace, as well.
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