Frederick, Prince of Wales

heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

Frederick, Prince of Wales, born Frederick Louis; (1 February 1707 – 31 March 1751) was the son of George II and Queen Caroline of Ansbach and the father of King George III.

Prince Frederick, ca. 1724.
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 's Fredrick 's wife, ca. 1736.

He and his parents had many arguments. He died in 1751 after a lung injury. His son was his heir.

Issue change

Name Birth Death Notes
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick 31 August 1737 31 March 1813 married, 1764, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick; had issue
George III 4 June 1738 29 January 1820 married, 1761, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; had issue
Prince Edward, Duke of York 14 March 1739 17 September 1767
Princess Elizabeth 30 December 1740 4 September 1759
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester 14 November 1743 25 August 1805 married, 1766, Maria Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave; had issue
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland 27 November 1745 18 September 1790 married, 1771, Anne Horton; no issue
Princess Louisa 8 March 1749 13 May 1768
Prince Frederick 13 May 1750 29 December 1765
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway 11 July 1751 10 May 1775 married, 1766, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway; had issue

Other websites change

  • History of the Monarchy - The Official Website of the British Monarchy
  • Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales Archived 2005-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  • Unusual royal deaths at Ward's Book of Days
  • "From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  • Henry Churchyard "Royal Genealogies, Part 9" Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  • Sam Sloan "Big Combined Family Trees (pafg744)"

Bibliography change

  • F S Ashley-Cooper, At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742-1751, Cricket Magazine, 1900
  • G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
  • Timothy J McCann, Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004
  • Thomson, Arthur Alexander: Odd Men In: A Gallery of Cricket Eccentics (The Pavilion Library, 1985).
  • H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773), Blackwood, 1899
  • H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906
  • Michael De-la-Noy, The King Who Never Was: The Story of Frederick, Prince of Wales, London; Chester Springs, PA: Peter Owen, 1996.
  • John Walters, The Royal Griffin: Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707-51, London: Jarrolds, 1972.