Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain and
Hanover1, 2
House Brunswick-Lüneburg
HSH Elector Ernst August Friedrich
of Hanover, Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Duke Ernst August Friedrich of Brunswick
and Lüneburg)
(Since 1661:) HSH Fürst-Bishop Ernst August Friedrich
of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Duke Ernst August Friedrich of
Hanover, Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
* Herzberg, November 20th or 30th, 1629 or 1630
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, January 23rd, 1698
Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, 1661; Duke of Hanover, 1679; Elector
of Hanover, 1692
Married:
Chapel, Schloß Heidelberg, September 30th,
1658:
HSH Princess Palatine Sophia of the Rhine
* Wassenaar Court Palace, The Hague, October 13th/14th, 1630
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, June 8th or 14th, 1714
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Great Britain and Ireland,
March 19th n.s., 1702
Children from this marriage:
- HM King George I Louis of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
- HSH Duke Friedrich August of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Prince Friedrich August of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Hanover, October 3rd, 1661
(killed in action) St. Georgen, Transylvania,
December 31st, 1690
General of the Imperial Army
- Stillborn twins
* Heidelberg, February 1664
- HSH Duke Maximilian Wilhelm
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Prince Maximilian Wilhelm of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Iburg, Hanover, December 23rd, 1666
Vienna, July 27th n.s., 1726
Fieldmarshal of the Imperial Army
- Stillborn son
* Schloß Iburg, Hanover, December 23rd, 1666
- HSH Duchess Sophia Charlotte of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Princess Sophia Charlotte of
Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Iburg, Hanover, October 12th, 1668
Hanover, February 1st n.s., 1705Married:
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover,
October 8th n.s., 1684:
HM King Friedrich I of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Friedrich of Brandenburg)
(Since May 9th n.s., 1688:) HSH Elector Friedrich
III of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia
* Köningsberg (today: Kaliningrad), July 11th n.s., 1657
Berlin, February 25th, 1713
Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, May 9th n.s.,
1688; King of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
- HSH Duke Karl Philipp of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Prince Karl Philipp of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Iburg, Hanover, October 13th n.s., 1669
(killed in action) Pristina, December 31st,
1690/January 1st, 1691
Colonel of a Regiment of the Imperial Army
- HSH Duke Christian of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Prince Christian of Hanover,
Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Iburg, Hanover, September 29th n.s., 1671
(drowned in action) in the River Danube near Ulm,
July 31st, 1703
- HSH Duke Ernst August of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Prince Ernst August of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1715:) HSH Fürst-Bishop Ernst August of
Osnabrück, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since July 5th, 1716:) HSH Fürst-Bishop Ernst
August of Osnabrück, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of York
* Osnabrück, September 17th n.s., 1674
Osnabrück, August 14th, 1728
Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, 1715; created Duke of York
and Albany, Earl of Ulster, July 5th, 1716
Knight of the Garter, July 3rd, 1715
HM King George
I Louis of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of Faith,
etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Duke Georg Ludwig of Brunswick and
Lüneburg)
(Since 1679:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg Ludwig of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 23rd, 1698:) HSH Elector Georg Ludwig of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Osnabrück, June 7th n.s., 1660
(stroke) near Osnabrück, June 11th, 1727
Hereditary Prince of Hanover, 1679; Heir Pressumptive to the
Throne of Great Britain and Ireland, June 8th or 14th, 1714
Elector of Hanover, January 23rd, 1698; King of Great Britain and
Ireland, August 1st, 1714 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London,
October 20th, 1714)
Knight of the Garter, June 18th, 1701
Married:
Chapel, Schloß Celle, Celle, November
21st, 1682:
HSH Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle
(Since February 1695 styled as: Duchess von Ahlden)
* Schloß Celle, Celle, February 3rd or September 15th n.s., 1666
Schloß Ahlden, December 13th n.s., 1726
(Divorced: December 28th, 1694)
Children from this marriage:
- HM King George II Augustus of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
- HSH
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Hanover, March 26th n.s., 1685 or 1687
Schloß Monbijou near Berlin, June 28th or 29th,
1757Married:
Hanover, November 17th and Berlin,
November 28th, 1706:
HM King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Hereditary Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
of Brandenburg)
(Since January 18th, 1701:) HRH Crown Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm of Prussia, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg
* Kölln an der Spree (today a part of Berlin), August
14th, 1688
Potsdam, May 31st, 1740
Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg, August 14th, 1688;
Crown Prince of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, February 25th,
1713
HM
King George II Augustus of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, Defender of Faith, etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Georg August of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg)
(Since January 23rd, 1698:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg
August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since November 9th, 1706:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg
August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of
Cambridge
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Prince George Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
(Since September 27th, 1714:) HRH Prince George Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke
of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, November 9th n.s., 1683
Kensington Palace, London, October 25th, 1760
Hereditary Prince of Hanover, January 23rd, 1698; created Duke
and Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount
Northallerton, Baron Tewksbury, November 9th, 1706; Duke of
Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew,
Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, August 1st, 1714;
created and invested Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester: Palace of
Westminster, September 27th, 1714
King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover, June 11th,
1727 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, October 11th, 1727)
Knight of the Garter, April 4th, 1706
Married:
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover,
September 2nd n.s., 1705:
HSH Margravine Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of
Brandenburg-Ansbach
* Ansbach, March 11th n.s., 1683
St. James's Palace, London, November 20th, 1737
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Prince Frederick
Louis of Great Britain
and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
- HSH Princess Anne
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Princess Anne of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since August 30th, 1727:) HRH Princess Anne of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Princess Royal
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, November 2nd n.s.,
1709
The Hague, January 12th, 1759
Created Princess Royal, August 30th, 1727;
Princess-Regent, 1751-1759 (for her son)
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, March 25th n.s., 1734:
HH Prince Willem IV Carel Hendrik Friso of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren und
Leerdam
(Since 1748:) HH Prince Willem IV Carel Hendrik
Friso of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren,
Leerdam und Culemborg
* (posthumously) Leeuwarden, September 1st, 1711
Paleis Huis ten Bosch near The Hague, October
22nd, 1751
Fürst of Nassau-Diez, September 1st, 1711 (renamed his
country into Nassau-Dillenburg, February 16th, 1742;
inherited the principality Nassau-Hadamar, February 18th,
1743)
Stadtholder of Friesland, September 1st, 1711 (under
regency until 1731); Stadtholder of Groningen, October
13th, 1718 (under regency until 1729); Stadtholder of
Drenthe, 1722 (under regency until 1729); Stadtholder of
Gelderland, November 2nd, 1722 (under regency until 1729);
Member of the Council of State, 1747; Stadtholder of
Zeeland, April 28th, 1747; Stadtholder of Holland, May 3rd,
1747; Stadtholder of Overijssel, May 10th, 1747; Stadtholder
of Utrecht, May 18th, 1747 (the commissions Stadtholder
of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel,
Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe were declared hereditary
in both male and female lineage, 1747)
Rector Magnificentissimus of the University of Herborn,
1727; Curator Magnificentissimus Primarius et Honorarius
of the University of Franeker, 1731
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Groningen, Drenthe and
Gelderland, September 1st, 1729; Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of Friesland, September 1st, 1731; Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and the Navy of Zeeland, April 28th, 1747;
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of Holland,
May 3rd, 1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the
Navy of the Republic of the United Netherlands, May 4th,
1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Overijssel, May
10th, 1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Utrecht,
May 18th, 1747 (the military commissions were declared
hereditary in both male and female lineage, 1747)
Knight of the Garter, July 22nd, 1733
- HSH Princess Amelia Sophia
Eleanore of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg ("Emily")
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Princess Amelia Sophia
Eleanor of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, June 10th n.s., 1711
Cavendish Square, London, October 31st, 1786
- HSH Princess Caroline Elisabeth
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Princess Caroline
Elizabeth of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, June 10th n.s., 1713
St. James's Palace, London, December 28th, 1757
- Stillborn son
* St. James's Palace, London, December 20th n.s., 1716
- HRH Prince George William of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* St. James's Palace, London, November 13th n.s., 1717
Kensington Palace, London, February 17th n.s.,
1718
- Miscarriage
1718
- HRH Prince William Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since July 27th, 1726:) HRH Prince William Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
April 26th n.s., 1721
Upper Grosvenor Street, London, October 31st, 1765
Created Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamsted, Earl
of Kennington, Viscount Trematon, Baron of Alderney, July
27th, 1726
Fieldmarshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Knight of the Order of the Bath, May 27th, 1725; Knight
of the Garter, May 18th, 1730
- HRH Princess Mary of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
March 5th n.s., 1723
Hanau, January 14th, 1772Married:
(by proxy) St. James's Palace,
London, May 19th n.s. and (in person) Cassel, June 28th,
1740:
HSH Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Cassel
* Cassel, August 14th, 1720
Schloß Weissenstein, October 31st, 1785
Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, February 1st, 1760
- HRH Princess Louisa of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
December 18th n.s., 1724
Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, December 19th
n.s., 1751
Married:
(by proxy) Hanover, October 27th or
30th and (in person) Altona near Hanover, December 11th,
1743:
HM King Frederik V of Denmark and Norway, the
Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Lauenburg and Oldenburg
* Royal Palace, Copenhagen, March 31st, 1723
Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, January 14th,
1766
King of Denmark and Norway, August 6th, 1746
HRH Prince Frederick
Louis of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
(Born as: HSH Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Hanover, Duke
of Brunswick and Lüneburg)
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
(Since January 10th, 1717:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Gloucester
(Since June 11th, 1727:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis of
Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
* Hanover, February 1st n.s., 1707
Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, March
31st n.s., 1751
Created Duke of Gloucester, January 10th, 1717; Hereditary Prince
of Hanover and Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of
Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of
Scotland, June 11th, 1727; created Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of
the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston, Baron of
Snowdon, July 26th, 1727; created Prince of Wales, Earl of
Chester, January 8th, 1729
Knight of the Garter, July 3rd, 1716
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
May 8th n.s., 1736:
HSH Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of
Saxony
* Gotha, November 30th n.s., 1719
(cancer) Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, February 8th,
1772
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Princess Augusta of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Augusta
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* St. James's Palace, London, August 12th n.s., 1737
Hanover Square, London, March 23rd, 1813Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, January 16th, 1764:
HSH Duke Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Wolfenbüttel, October 9th, 1735
(killed in action) Ottensen, November 10th, 1806
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, March 26th, 1780
- HM King George III William Frederick of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
- HRH Prince Edward Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since April 1st, 1760:) HRH Prince Edward Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of York
* Norfolk House, St. James's Square, London, March 25th
n.s., 1739
(fever) Monaco, September 17th, 1767
Created Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, April
1st, 1760; Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Great
Britain and Ireland and to the Throne of Hanover, October
25th, 1760 - August 12th, 1762
Knight of the Garter, March 13th, 1752
- HRH Princess Elizabeth Caroline
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Norfolk House, St. James's Square, London, January 10th
n.s., 1741
Kew Palace, Surrey, September 4th, 1759
- HRH Prince William Henry of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since November 19th, 1764:) HRH Prince William Henry
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Gloucester
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince William Henry
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke
of Gloucester
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
November 25th n.s., 1743
Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London, August
25th, 1805
Created Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of
Connaught, November 19th, 1764
Knight of the Garter, May 27th, 1762Married:
(in contravention of the Brunswick
House Laws) London, September 6th, 1766:
Maria Walpole
* St. James's, Westminster, London, before July 10th,
1736
Oxford Lodge, Brompton, Middlesex, August
22nd/23rd, 1807
Children from this marriage:
- HH Princess Sophia Matilda
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HH Princess Sophia
Matilda of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover
(Since July 23rd, 1816:) HRH Princess Sophia
Matilda of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover
* Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London, May
29th, 1773
Ranger's House, Blackheath, Kent, November
29th, 1844
Granted the style Royal Highness by Letters
Patent of July 23rd, 1816
- HH Princess Caroline
Augusta Maria of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover
* Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London,
June 24th, 1774
Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street,
London, March 14th, 1775
- HH
Prince William Frederick of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover
(Since August 25th, 1805:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke
of Gloucester
(Since July 22nd, 1816:) HRH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke
of Gloucester
* Palazzo Tedoli, Rome, January 15th, 1776
Bagshot Park, Surrey, November 30th, 1834
2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of
Connaught, August 25th, 1805; granted the style
Royal Highness by Letters Patent of July 22nd,
1816
Knight of the Garter, July 16th, 1794Married:
Private Chapel, Buckingham
Palace, St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1816:
HRH Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Mary
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, April
25th, 1776
Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London,
April 30th, 1857
- HRH Prince Henry Frederick of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since October 22nd, 1766:) HRH Prince Henry
Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of
Cumberland
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
November 7th n.s., 1745
Cumberland House, Pall Mall, London, September
18th, 1790
Created Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Earl of
Dublin, October 22nd, 1766
Knight of the Garter, November 21st, 1767Married:
Hertford Street, Mayfair, London,
October 2nd, 1771:
Lady Anne Luttrell
* Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, London, January 24th, 1742
or 1743
Trieste, December 28th, 1808
- HRH Princess Louisa Anna of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
March 8th, 1749
Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, May 13th, 1768
- HRH Prince Frederick William
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
May 13th, 1750
Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields,
London, December 29th, 1765
- HRH Princess Caroline Matilda of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London,
July 11th, 1751
Schloß Celle, Celle, May 10th, 1775
Married:
(by proxy) Carlton House, Pall
Mall, London, October 1st and (in person) Frederiksborg
Castle, November 8th, 1766:
HM King Christian VII of Denmark and Norway, the
Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Lauenburg and Oldenburg
* Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, January 29th, 1749
Rendsborg Castle, March 13th, 1808
King of Denmark and Norway, January 14th, 1766
(Divorced: April 6th, 1772)
HM King George III William Frederick of
Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of Faith, etc.,
Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HM King George III William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since October 26th, 1814:) HM King George III William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Born as: HRH Prince George William Frederick of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg)
(Since March 31st n.s., 1751:) HRH Prince George William
Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
(Since April 20th, 1751:) HRH Prince George William
Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
* Norfolk House, St. James's Square, London, June 4th n.s., 1738
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, January 29th, 1820
Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cornwall and Duke of
Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles,
Great Steward of Scotland and 2nd Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of
the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston, Baron of
Snowdon, March 31st n.s., 1751; created Prince of Wales, Earl of
Chester, April 20th, 1751
King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover, October
25th, 1760 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, September
21st/22nd, 1761); King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, January 1st, 1801; King of Hanover, October 26th, 1814
Knight of the Garter, June 22nd, 1749
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
September 8th, 1761:
HSH Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Mirow, May 19th, 1744
Kew Palace, Surrey, November 17th, 1818
Canoness of the Abbey of Herford, March 7th, 1760
Children from this marriage:
- HM King George
IV Augustus Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Defender of Faith, King of Hanover,
Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HRH Prince George Augustus Frederick
of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of
Cornwall)
(Since August 17th, 1762:) HRH Prince George
Augustus Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland,
Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince George
Augustus Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
(Since October 26th, 1814:) HRH Prince George
Augustus Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
* St. James's Palace, London, August 12th, 1762
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, June 26th,
1830
Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cornwall and
Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of
the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, August 12th, 1762;
created Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, August 17th or
19th, 1762; Prince-Regent of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, February 11th, 1811; Crown Prince of
Hanover, October 26th, 1814
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
King of Hanover, January 29th, 1820 (crowned: Westminster
Abbey, London, July 19th, 1821)
Married:
- Park Lane, Mayfair, London,
September 15th, 1785:
Maria Anne Smythe (aka Mrs. Fitzherbert)
* Brambridge, Hampshire, July 26th, 1756
Brighton, Sussex, March 27th, 1837
(This marriage, being in contravention of the
Royal Marriages Act, was considered legally void ab
initio)
- Chapel Royal, St. James's
Palace, London, April 8th, 1795:
HSH Duchess Caroline Amelie Elisabeth of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Brunswick, May 17th, 1768
Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, London,
August 7th, 1821
Child from the second marriage:
- HRH
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Charlotte
Augusta of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, January 7th,
1796
(in childbirth) Claremont House (today:
Claremont Fan Court School, Claremont Drive),
Esher, Surrey, November 6th, 1817
Married:
Crimson Drawing-Room,
Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, May 2nd, 1816:
HM King Leopold I Georg Christian
Friedrich of the
Belgians, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke
of Saxony
(Born as: HSH Prince Leopold Georg
Christian Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke
of Saxony)
(Since March 29th, 1816:) HRH Prince Leopold
Georg Christian Friedrich of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony
(Since December 16th, 1826:) HRH Prince Leopold
Georg Christian Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony
* Buchnerhaus near Schloß Ehrenburg, Coburg,
December 16th, 1790
Kasteel Laeken, December 10th, 1865
Granted the style Royal Highness by HRH Prince
George The Prince-Regent of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, March 29th, 1816
King of the Belgians (elected: June 4th, 1831;
provisionally accepted the throne: June 26th,
1831; formally accepted the throne: July 12th,
1831; inaugurated: Royal Square, Brussels, July
21st, 1831)
Major-General of the Cavalry of Russia, 1807;
Fieldmarshal of the British Army, 1816
- HRH
Prince Frederick Augustus of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since November 29th, 1784:) HRH Prince Frederick
Augustus of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of York
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince Frederick
Augustus of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Duke of York
* St. James's Palace, London, August 16th, 1763
(dropsy) Rutland House, Arlington Street, London,
January 5th, 1827
Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, February 27th, 1764; created
Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, November 29th,
1784; Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and to the Throne of
Hanover, January 29th, 1820
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Knight of the Garter, June 19th, 1771Married:
Schloß Charlottenburg, September
28th and Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London,
November 23rd, 1791:
HRH Princess Friederike Charlotte Ulrike
Katharine of Prussia
* Schloß Charlottenburg, May 7th, 1767
Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey, August 6th, 1820
- Miscarriage
Richmond Lodge, Surrey, Summer 1764
- HM King William IV Henry of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of
Faith, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HRH Prince William Henry of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg)
(Since May 20th, 1789:) HRH Prince William Henry
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Clarence
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince William
Henry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke
of Clarence
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, August 21st,
1765
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, June 20th,
1837
Created Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, Earl of
Munster, May 20th, 1789; Heir Pressumptive to the Throne
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and to
the Throne of Hanover, January 5th, 1827
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
King of Hanover, June 26th, 1830 (crowned: Westminster
Abbey, London, September 8th, 1831)
Knight of the Thistle, April 5th, 1770; Knight of the
Garter, April 19th, 1782
Married:
Kew Palace, Surrey, July 13th,
1818:
HSH Princess Adelheid Luisa Theresa Caroline
Amelia of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Saxony
* Meiningen, August 13th, 1792
Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex, December 2nd,
1849
Children from this marriage:
- Stilborn child
* 1818
- HRH Princess Charlotte Augusta
Louisa of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Schloß Fürstenhof, Hanover, March 27th, 1819
Schloß Fürstenhof, Hanover, March 27th,
1819
- Stillborn child
* Dunkirk, September 5th, 1819
- HRH Princess Elizabeth
Georgiana Adelaide of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* St. James's Palace, London, December 10th, 1820
St. James's Palace, London, March 4th,
1821
- Stillborn child
* Bushy Park, Middlesex, April 23rd, 1822
- Stillborn twins
* 1824
- HRH Princess Charlotte Augusta Matilda
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since June 22nd, 1789:) HRH Princess Charlotte
Augusta Matilda of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg,
Princess Royal
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Charlotte
Augusta Matilda of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Princess Royal
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, September
29th, 1766
Schloß Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, October 6th, 1828
Created Princess Royal, June 22nd, 1789
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, May 18th, 1797:
HM King Friedrich I Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
(Born as: HSH Duke Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of
Württemberg)
(Since December 22nd, 1797:) HSH Duke Friedrich
III Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
(Since February 25th, 1803:) HSH Elector Friedrich
I Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
* Treptow an der Rega, November 6th, 1754
Stuttgart, October 30th, 1816
Duke of Württemberg, December 22nd, 1797; Elector of
Württemberg, February 25th, 1803; King of Württemberg,
December 26th, 1805
- HRH Prince Edward Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since April 23rd, 1799:) HRH Prince Edward Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Kent
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince Edward Augustus
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke
of Kent
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, November 2nd,
1767
Woodbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, Devon, January 23rd,
1820
Created Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin,
April 23rd or 24th, 1799; Commander of Gibraltar, 1802
Knight of the Garter, June 2nd, 1786Married:
Schloß Ehrenburg, Coburg, May 29th
and Kew Palace, Surrey, July 13th, 1818:
HSH Princess Viktoria Maria Luise of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Saxony
(Since December 16th, 1826:) HSH Princess Viktoria
Maria Luise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
* Coburg, August 17th, 1786
Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, March 16th,
1861
Child from this marriage:
- HM Queen Alexandrina
Victoria of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
- HRH Princess Augusta Sophia
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Augusta
Sophia of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, November 8th,
1768
Clarence House, St. James, London, September 22nd,
1840
- HRH Princess Elizabeth of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Elizabeth
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, May 22nd,
1770
Frankfurt am Main, January 10th, 1840Married:
Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace,
St. James Park, London, April 7th, 1818:
HSH Landgrave Friedrich VI Joseph of
Hesse-Homburg
* Homburg, July 30th, 1769
Homburg, April 2nd, 1829
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, January 20th, 1820
- HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since April 24th, 1799:) HRH Prince Ernest Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince Ernest Augustus
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke
of Cumberland
(Since June 20th, 1837:) HM King Ernst
August of Hanover,
Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cumberland
- HRH Prince Augustus Frederick
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Prince Augustus
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since November 27th, 1801:) HRH Prince Augustus
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Duke of Sussex
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, January 27th,
1773
(erysipelas) Kensington Palace, London, April
22nd, 1843
Created Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, Baron Arklow,
November 27th, 1801
Knight of the Garter, June 2nd, 1786; Grandmaster of the
FreemasonsMarried:
- Hotel Sarmiento, Rome, April
4th and St. George Church, Hanover Square,
London, December 5th, 1793:
Lady Augusta Murray
(Since October 13th, 1806:) Lady Augusta
d'Ameland
* London, January 27th, 1763
East Cliff, Ramsgate, Kent, March 5th,
1830
Assumed the surname and title Lady d'Ameland by
Royal License of October 13th, 1806
(The marriage was declared null and void, as
being in contravention of the Royal Marriages
Act, by the Arches Court of Canterbury, July 14th
and again by the Prerogative Court, August 3rd,
1794. The couple however continued to live
together as husband and wife until 1801)
- (in contravention of the Royal
Marriages Act) Great Cumberland Place, London,
May 2nd, 1831:
Lady Cecilia Letitia Saunders Gore
(Since May 2nd, 1831:) Lady Cecilia
Letitia Underwood
(Since April 5th, 1840:) Lady Cecilia
Letitia Underwood Duchess of Inverness
* ca. 1785
Kensington Palace, London, August 1st,
1873
Assumed her mother's surname Underwood by Royal
License of May 2nd, 1831; created Duchess of
Inverness, April 5th, 1840
Children from the first
marriage:
- Sir Augustus Frederick
d'Este
* 16 Lower Berkeley Street, London, January 13th,
1794
(disseminated sclerosis) Ramsgate, Kent,
December 28th, 1848
- Augusta Emma d'Este
* Grosvenor Street, London, August 11th, 1801
83 Eaton Square, London, May 21st, 1866Married:
London, August 13th, 1845:
Thomas Wilde 1st Baron Truro of Bowes
* London, July 7th, 1782
London, November 11th, 1855
Lord Chancellor
- HRH Prince Adolphus
Frederick of Great Britain
and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
- HRH Princess Mary
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Mary of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, April 25th,
1776
Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London, April 30th,
1857Married:
Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace,
St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1816:
HH Prince William Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Hanover
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover
(Since August 25th, 1805:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
(Since July 22nd, 1816:) HRH Prince William Frederick
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
* Palazzi Tedoli, Rome, January 15th, 1776
Bagshot Park, Surrey, November 30th, 1834
2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught,
August 25th, 1805; granted the style Royal Highness by
Letters Patent of July 22nd, 1816
Knight of the Garter, July 16th, 1794
- HRH Princess Sophia Mathilda
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Sophia
Mathilda of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, November 3rd,
1777
Vicarage Place, Kensington, London, May 27th, 1848
- HRH Prince Octavius of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, February
23rd, 1779
Kew Palace, Surrey, May 3rd, 1783
- HRH Prince Alfred of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
* Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, September 22nd,
1780
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, August 20th,
1783
- HRH Princess Amelia of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Amelia
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Royal Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, August 7th, 1783
(erysipelas) Augusta Lodge, St. Albans Street,
Windsor, Berkshire, November 2nd, 1810
Footnotes:
- Source: Britain's Royal Families
by Alison Weir. With special thanks to Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Oleg Schultz and Paul Theroff.
- The official titles of the sovereigns
of Great Britain were: King/Queen of Great Britain, France
and Ireland, Defender of Faith, etc. with the style
Majesty. Since January 1st, 1801 the official titles of
the sovereigns of Great Britain are: King/Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of
Faith with the style Majesty.
The official title of the sovereigns of Hanover was (in
German): Kurfürst von Hannover with the style Durchlaut
(Serene Highness). Since October 26th, 1814 the official
title of the sovereigns of Hanover is: König von
Hannover with the style Majestät (Majesty).
The official titles of the eldest son of the sovereign
of Great Britain are: Duke of Cornwall (in England) and
Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of
the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland (in Scotland). In
England the sovereign can grant his eldest son the
official titles Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester.
The official title of the heir apparent of Hanover was
(in German): Erbprinz von Hanover with the style
Durchlaut. Since October 26th, 1814 the official title of
the heir apparent of Hanover is: Kronprinz von Hannover
with the style Königliche Hoheit (Royal Highness).
The sovereign of Great Britain can grant his eldest
daughter the official title Princess Royal. There can
only be one Princess Royal at the same time.
The official title of the children of the sovereigns and
the children of the heirs apparent of Great Britain was:
Prince/Princess of Great Britain and Ireland with the
style Royal Highness. The official title of the other
descendants in male lineage of the sovereigns of Great
Britain was: Prince/Princess of Great Britain and Ireland
with the style Highness. Since January 1st, 1801 the
official title of the children of the sovereigns and the
children of the heirs apparent of Great Britain is:
Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland with the style Royal Highness. Since January
1st, 1801 the official title of the other descendants in
male lineage of the sovereigns of Great Britain is:
Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland with the style Highness.
The official titles of the descendants in male lineage of
the sovereigns of Hanover were (in German):
Prinz/Prinzessin von Hanover, Herzog/Herzogin von
Braunsweig und Lüneburg with the style Durchlaut. Since
October 26th, 1814 the official titles of the descendants
in male lineage of the sovereign of Hanover are:
Prinz/Prinzessin von Hanover, Herzog/Herzogin von
Braunsweig und Lüneburg with the style Königliche
Hoheit (in Hanover) and Durchlaut (in Brunswick).
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