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Princess Sophia, the 12th child of King George III and Queen Charlotte was born on the 3rd November 1777.
Only twice has the title of Prince of Wales been bestowed on a grandson of the monarch following the death of their father. Richard II son of the Black Prince by Edward III and George III son of Prince Frederick by George II.
Prince Alfred the youngest son of King George III and Queen Charlotte died on 20th August 1782 following his smallpox inoculation, weeks before his second birthday. About eight months later his elder brother Octavius would also die following inoculation. https://t.co/fd8EVkinoS
Two royals Alices were born on 25th February and appear on Tuxen’s Golden Jubilee painting of 1887. Alice of Albany in 1883 and Alice of Battenberg in 1885. Alice of Albany was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria and Alice of Battenberg was Prince Philip’s mother.
On 8 February 1772, Augusta Princess of Wales died. Although she never became Queen Consort, she saw her eldest son George III become King.
@17thCenturyLady @cheapsellotape @jdmccafferty @BridMcGrath @SueCooperBridge A friendship that went sour, Queen Anne and Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. #StuartsSaturday
Princess Amelia, the youngest and favourite child of George III was born on 7 August 1783. This painting by John Singleton Copley of Amelia and her sisters, Mary and Sophia hangs in Buckingham Palace.
Princess Sophia, the twelfth child and fifth daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte died on 27 May 1848 aged seventy. #QueensGallery