Princess Charlotte of Wales
British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)
Princess Charlotte of Wales (7 January 1796 – 6 November 1817) was the daughter of George IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. She was their only child.
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Born | Carlton House, London, England | 7 January 1796||||
Died | 6 November 1817 Claremont House, Surrey, England | (aged 21)||||
Burial | 19 November 1817 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England | ||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | George IV of the United Kingdom | ||||
Mother | Caroline of Brunswick | ||||
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Charlotte was born in London on 7 January 1796.[1] On 2 May 1816, she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who later became Leopold I of Belgium. On 5 November 1817, she gave birth to a stillborn boy. On 6 November 1817, she died from complications of the birth.
Ancestry
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References
change- ↑ "Princess Charlotte of Wales". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999) [1981]. Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-316-84820-6.
- ↑ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. pp. 5, 53.
Other websites
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