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02-10-2023-1210 - George III (Britain/Ireland)

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[c] – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. Both kingdoms were in a personal union under him until the Acts of Union 1800 merged them on 1 January 1801. He then became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover who—unlike his two predecessors—was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language,[1] and never visited Hanover.[2] 

 

George III
Full-length portrait in oils of a clean-shaven young George in eighteenth century dress: gold jacket and breeches, ermine cloak, powdered wig, white stockings, and buckled shoes.
Coronation portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762
King of Great Britain and Ireland,[a]
Elector/King of Hanover[b]
Reign25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820
Coronation22 September 1761
PredecessorGeorge II
SuccessorGeorge IV
Prince RegentGeorge (1811–1820)

BornPrince George
4 June 1738 [NS][c]
Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England
Died29 January 1820 (aged 81)
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Burial16 February 1820
Spouse
(m. 1761; died 1818)
Issue
Names
George William Frederick
HouseHanover
FatherFrederick, Prince of Wales
MotherPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
ReligionAnglicanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III

 

 

 

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