THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF ENGLAND
House of Guelph
GEORGE LEWIS, Elector of Hanover, son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Lunenburgh, and Elector of Hanover, by SOPHIA, his wife, granddau. of JAMES I. KING OF ENGLAND, ascended the English throne as GEORGE I., by the Act of Settlements on the death of Queen Anne, in 1714. He was b. 28 May, 1660, and m. in 1682, Sophia Dorothy, only dau. and heiress of George-William, Duke of Zelle, and by that lady (from whom he was divorced, and who d. 13 Nov. 1726) he had issue,
GEORGE-AUGUSTUS, Prince of Wales.
Sophia-Dorothy, m. in 1706, to FREDERICK-WILLIAM III., Elector of Brandenburgh, afterwards King of Prussia.
The King d. 11 June, 1727, and was s. by the Prince of Wales, as
GEORGE THE SECOND, b. 30 Oct. 1683, crowned 11 Oct. 1727. This monarch m. in 1705, Wilhelmina-Carolina, dau. of William-Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburgh-Anspach, and had issue,
i. FREDERICK-LEWIS, Prince of Wales, b. 20 Jan. 1707, who d. in 1751, leaving issue by Augusta, his wife, youngest dau. of Frederick the Second, Duke of Saxe Gotha,
1. GEORGE-WILLIAM-FREDERICK, who ascended the throne as THIRD of that name.
2. Edward-Augustus, rear-admiral, K.G., created 1 April, 1760, Earl of Ulster, and Duke of York and Albany, d. unm. 17 Sept. 1767.
3. William-Henry, b. 14 Nov. 1743, created Duke of Gloucester, m. 6 Sept. 1766, Maria, Countess-Dowager Waldegrave, illegitimate dau. of the Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B., by whom he left, at his decease in 1805,
William-Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, b. at Rome, 15 Jan. 1776, K.G., G.C.B., field-marshal in the army, &c., who m. in 1816, his first-cousin, the Princess Mary, sister of his Majesty KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH, and d. s. p., 30 Nov. 1834.
Sophia-Matilda, ranger of Greenwich Park, 5. 20 May, 1773, d. 29 Nov. 1844.
4. Henry-Frederick, b. in Oct. 1745, created in 1767, Duke of Cumberland, m. in Oct. 1771, Lady Anne Luttrell, dau. of Simon, Earl of Carhampton, and widow of Christopher Horton, Esq. of Catton Hall, in the co. of Derby, but d. issueless, 18 Sept. 1790. The duchess d. in 1803.
1. Augusta, m. in 1764, to William-Frederick, Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, and had issue,
Charles-Augustus, Hereditary Prince, m. Frederica, dau. of William, Prince of Orange, but d. s. p.
FREDERICK-WILLIAM, Duke of Brunswick, m. Mary-Elizabeth, dau. of Charles-Louis, Hereditary Prince of Padua, and fell at Quatre Bras, 16 June, 1815, leaving two sons,
Charles-Frederick, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh, b. 30 Oct. 1804.
CHARLES-MAXIMILIAN,Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh, since his brother’s expulsion, b. 25 April, 1806.
Charlotte, m. to Charles-Frederick, Duke of Wirtemburg, and d. in 1788.
CAROLINE, m. in 1795, to George, Prince of Wales, afterwards GEORGE IV., and d. 7 Aug. 1821.
Caroline-Matilda, m. in 1766, to CHRISTIAN VII., King of Denmark, by whom she had Frederick, King of Denmark.
II. William-Augustus, b. 15 April, 1721, created 15 July, 1726, Duke of Cumberland, K.G., a field-marshal and commander-in-chief of the forces. His royal highness commanded the English army at Fontenoy and Culloden. He d. unm. in 1765.
i. ANNE, (Princess Royal,) m. in 1734, to William, Prince of Orange, and d. 12 Jan. 1759.
ii. Amelia, d. unm. 31 Oct. 1786.
iii. Elizabeth, d. unm. 28 Dec. 1758.
iv. Mary, m. 8 May, 1740, to Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and d. in 1771, leaving issue.
v. Louisa, m. 30 Oct. 1743, to FREDERICK V., King of Denmark, and d. in 1751, leaving issue.
His Majesty d. 25 Oct. 1760, and was s. by his grandson,
GEORGE THE THIRD, b. 4 June, 1738, crowned 22 Sept. 1761, m. 8 Sept. in the same year, Charlotte-Sophia, dau. of Charles-James-Frederick, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, by whom (who was b. 19 May, 1744, and d. 17 Nov. 1818) he had issue,
i. GE0RGE.AUGUSTUS-FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards GEORGE IV.
ii. Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, in Great Britain, and Earl of Ulster, in Ireland, K.G., G.C.B., commander-in-chief of his Majesty’s forces, &c., b. 16 Aug. 1763. His royal highness in. 29 Sept. 1791, Frederica-Charlotte-Ulrica-Catherina, Princess Royal of Prussia, by whom (who d. 6 Aug. 1820) he had no issue. The duke d. 5 Jan. 1827.
iii. WILLIAM-HENRY, Duke of Clarence, afterwards King WILLIAM IV.
iv. Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathern, in Great Britain, and Earl of Dublin, in Ireland, K.G., a Field-marshal in the army, and Col. of the 1st Regt. of Foot, b. 2 Nov. 1767. His royal highness m. in 1818 her Serene Highness Victoria-Mary-Louisa, (b. 17 Aug. 1786,) dau. of his Serene Highness Francis, Duke of Saxe Coburg-Saalfield, and widow of his Serene Highness Emich-Charles, reigning Prince of Leiningen, and left at his decease, 23 Jan. 1820, an only dau.,
ALEXANDRINA-VICTORIA, b. 24 May, 1819, QUEEN VICTORIA.
v. Ernest-Augustus, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland, K.G., K.P., G.C.B., Knight of the Prussian Orders of the Black and Red Eagle, field-marshal in the army, &c., 6. 5 June, 1771, m. at Strelitz, 29 May, and in London, 29 Aug. 1815, Princess Frederica-Caroline-Sophia-Alexandrina, 3rd dau. of the late reigning Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and widow, 1st, of Prince Frederick-Louis-Charles, of Prussia; and 2ndly, of Prince Frederick-William, of Solms Braunfels. By her, who d. 21 June, 1841, the King of Hanover had a son,
PRINCE GEORGE-FREDERICK-ALEXANDER-CHARLES-ERNEST-AUGUSTUS, K.G. and G.C.H., Prince Royal of Hanover, b. at Berlia, 27 May, 1819, m. 18 Feb. 1843, Princess Mary-Alexandrina, eldest dau. of Joseph, reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and had issue,
Prince Ernest-Augustus-William-Adolphus-George-Frederick, b. 21 Sept. 1845.
Princess Frederica-Sophia-Maria-Henrietta-Amelia-Theresa, b. 9 Jan. 1848.
Princess Maria-Ernestina-Josephine-Adolphine-Henrietta-Theresa-Elizabeth-Alexandrina.
vi. Augustus-Frederick, K.G., Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron of Arklow, all in the peerage of the United Kingdom, so created, 7 Nov. 1801, b. 27 Jan. 1773, m. at Rome, by a protestant minister, 4 Apri1, 1793, and at St. George’s, Hanover-square, London, 5 Dec. in the same year, Lady Augusta de Ameland, dau. of John (Murray), 4th Earl of Dun- more. These nuptials having been deemed a violation of the Royal Marriage Act, (12 GEORGE III. c. ii.) were declared by the Prerogative Court null and void, and dissolved accordingly, in Aug. 1794. The Duke of Sussex, d. 21 April, l843.*
vii. Adolphus-Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron of Culloden, in the United Kingdom, K.G., G.C.B., and G.C.H., Grand Master, and first principal Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Knight of the Prussian Orders of the Black and Red Eagle; Field-Marshal in the Army, Colonel of the Cold- stream Guards, Colonel-in-Chief of the 60th Foot, Commissioner of the Royal Military College and Royal Military Asylum; Ranger of St. James’s, Hyde and Richmond Parks; Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews, President of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy, P.C., F.S.A.; b. 24 Feb. 1774, m. at Cassel, 7 May, and in London 1st June, 1818, Princess Augusta-Wilhelmina-Louisa, 3rd dau. of the late Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel, 6. 25 July 1797, and had issue,
* By Lady Augusta de Ameland (who d. 5 March, 1830), the Duke of Sussex had issue,
SIR AUGUSTUS-FREDERICK D’ESTE, K.G.H., colonel in the army, b. 13 Jan. 1794, ci. 28 Dec. 1848.
Augusta-Emma, Mdlle. d’Este, m. 13 Aug. 1845, to Thomas, Lord Truro, Lord Chancellor.
1. PRINCE GEORGE-WILLIAM.FREDERICK-CHARLES, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., and G.C.H., a Major-Gen. in the army and Colonel of the 17th Lancers, 6. at Hanover, 26 March, 1819.
2. Princess Augusta-Caroline-Charlotte-Elizabeth-Mary-Sophia-Louisa, b. at Hanover, 19 July 1822, m. 28 June 1843, Frederick- William-Charles - George-Ernest-Adolphus.. Gustavus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. b. 17 Oct. 1819.
3. Princess Mary-Adelaide-Wilhelmina-Elizabeth, b. at Hanover, 27 Nov. 1833.
The Duke of Cambridge d. 8 July, 1850.
i. Charlotte-Augusta-Matilda, Princess Royal, b. 29 Sept. 1766; m. 18 May, 1797, to Frederick-Charles-William, then Duke, but subsequently King, of Wirtemburg, by whom (who ci. in 1816) her Majesty had no issue. The Queen d. 6 Oct. 1828.
ii. Augusta-Sophia, b. 8 Nov. 1768; d. sum. 22 Sept. 1840.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 22 May, 1770; m. 7 April, 1818, to his Serene Highness Frederick, Landgrave and Prince of Hesse-Homburg, who d. in 1829. Her Royal Highness d. 10 Jan. 1840.
iv. Mary, b. 25 April, 1776; m. 22 July, 1816, to her Cousin, his Royal Highness the late Duke of Gloucester.
v. Sophia, b. 3 Nov. 1777; d. 27 May, 1848.
vi. Amelia, b. 7 Aug. 1783; d. unm. 2 Nov. 1810.
His Majesty King GEORGE III. died in the 60th year of his reign, (the longest in the annals of England), 29 Jan. 1820, and was s. by the Prince of Wales, as
GEORGE THE FOURTH. His Majesty had previously exercised the royal authority as REGENT. He was b. 12 Aug. 1762, and m. 8 April, 1795, his cousin, the Princess Caroline-Amelia-Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Charles-William-Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, by whom (who d. 7 Aug. 1821) he had an only dau.,
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE-AUGUSTA OF WALES, b. 7 March, 1796; m. 2 May, 1816, to PRINCE LEOPOLD-GEORGE-FREDERICK, 3rd son of Francis-Anthony-Frederick, late Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg; and d. in childbed, 6 Nov. 1817. Prince Leopold is now King of the Belgians.
His Majesty d. 26 June, 1830, and was s. by his brother,
WILLIAM-HENRY, Duke of Clarence, as WILLIAM THE FOURTH; b. 24 Aug. 1765; crowned at Westminster, with his Royal Consort, 8 Sept. 1831. His majesty m. 11 June, 1818, the Princess ADELAIDE-LOUISA-THERESA-CAROLINE-AMELIA, eldest dau. of GEORGE, late Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and by her (who d. 2 Dec. 1849) had two daus.,
the Princesses CHARLOTTE and ELIZABETH, who both died, the former immediately after its birth, the latter within a few months.
This monarch, when a youth, entered the Royal Navy, and attained the rank of Post Captain in 1786. He was then Prince WILLIAM-HENRY, but in 1789, (20 May,) he was created DUKE OF CLARENCE and ST. ANDEWS, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and EARL OF MUNSTER in that of Ireland. Having passed through the grades of Rear-Admiral and Admiral, his Royal Highness succeeded Sir Peter Parker, as Admiral of the Fleet, in 1811, and at one time was Lord High Admiral of England. He d. 20 June, 1837, when the crown devolved upon his niece, the Princess ALEXANDRINA-VICTORIA, who ascended the throne as
VICTORIA, OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith. Her Majesty was b. at Kensington Palace, 21 May, 1819, and Crowned in Westminster Abbey 28 June, 1838. The Queen m. at the Chapel Royal St. James’s, 10 Feb. 1840, Prince Francis-ALBERT-Augustus-Charles-Emanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Cobourg and Gotha, younger son of Ernest, late reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and had issue,
ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Cobourg and Gotha, Duke of Cornwall, Great Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothsay, Earl of Chester, Carrick, and Dublin, Baron of Renfrew and Lord of the Isles, K.G., b. at Buckingham Palace 9 Nov. 1841; created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, by patent, 4 Dec. 1841, and Earl of Dublin, by patent, 10 Sept. 1849. His Royal Highness was born Duke of Cornwall, under the terms of the original creation of Edward III., who conferred the title on his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, with limitation to him and his heirs, eldest sons and heirs apparent to the crown of England for ever. The Prince inherited also at his birth the Scottish Honors of High Steward, Duke of Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrcw, and Lord of the Isles, those dignities having been, by act of parliament A.D. 1469, vested in the eldest son and heir-apparent of the sovereign of Scotland for ever.
Prince Alfred-Ernest-Albert, b. 6 Aug. 1844.
Prince Arthur-William-Patrick-Albert, b. 1 May, 1850.
Princess Royal, b. 21 Nov. 1840.
Princess Alice-Maud-Mary, b. 25 April, 1843.
Princess Helana-Agustia-Victoria, b. 25 May, 1846.
Princess Louisa-Caroline-Alberta, b. 18 March, 1848.
Prince Albert, the Queen’s Consort, was born 26 Aug. 1819. His Royal Highness is a Knight of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, St. Patrick, and St. Michael and St. George, Grand Master of the Order of the Bath, Field Marshal in the Army, Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Rifles, Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chief Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle, Captain General of the Hon. Artillery Company, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Lord High Steward of Plymouth and Windsor.