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George III William Frederick Hanover 1738–1820 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1738

Birth Location: Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England

Death Date: 29 January 1820

Death Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: Frederick Wales

Mother: Augusta Saxe-Gotha

Spouse(s): Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Children(s): George Ireland, William IV, Princess Hanover, Augustus Sussex, Edward Hanover, Augusta Hanover, Amelia Hanover, Frederick Albany, Alfred Hanover, Octavius Hanover, Adolphus Cambridge, Mary Edinburgh, Charlotte Kingdom, Elizabeth Hanover, Ernest Cumberland

In 1738, George III William Frederick Hanover entered the world in Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England, born to Frederick Louis Hannover Prince Of Wales And Augusta Of Saxe Gotha. George III William Frederick Hanover married Sophia Charlotte Of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and had children including Adolphus Frederick Of Hanover Duke Of Cambridge, Alfred Hanover, Amelia Of Hanover, Augusta Sophia Of Hanover, Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex, Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal Of The United Kingdom, Edward Augustus Hanover, Elizabeth Hanover, Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Of Cumberland, Frederick Augustus Hanover Duke Of York And Albany, George Iv Hanover King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Mary Of Gloucester And Edinburgh, Octavius Hanover, Princess Sophia Matilda Hanover, William Iv. George III William Frederick Hanover passed away in 1820 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1738, George III William Frederick Hanover entered the world in Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England, born to Frederick Louis Hannover Prince Of Wales And Augusta Of Saxe Gotha.
  • George III William Frederick Hanover married Sophia Charlotte Of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and had children including Adolphus Frederick Of Hanover Duke Of Cambridge, Alfred Hanover, Amelia Of Hanover, Augusta Sophia Of Hanover, Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex, Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal Of The United Kingdom, Edward Augustus Hanover, Elizabeth Hanover, Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Of Cumberland, Frederick Augustus Hanover Duke Of York And Albany, George Iv Hanover King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Mary Of Gloucester And Edinburgh, Octavius Hanover, Princess Sophia Matilda Hanover, William Iv.
  • George III William Frederick Hanover passed away in 1820 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick Wales
1707–1751
Birth Location: Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
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Augusta Saxe-Gotha
1719–1772
Birth Location: Gotha, Landkreis Gotha, Thüringen, Germany
AS

Spouses(s)

Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1744–1818
Birth Location: Mirow, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
SM

Children(s)

George Ireland
1762–1830
Birth Location: St James, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
GI
William IV
1765–1837
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
WI
Princess Hanover
1777–1848
Birth Location: Buckingham House, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
PH
Augustus Sussex
1773–1843
Birth Location: St James, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
AS
Edward Hanover
1767–1820
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
EH
Augusta Hanover
1768–1840
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
AH
Amelia Hanover
1783–1810
Birth Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
AH
Frederick Albany
1763–1827
Birth Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England
FA
Alfred Hanover
1780–1783
Birth Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
AH
Octavius Hanover
1779–1783
Birth Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England
OH
Adolphus Cambridge
1774–1850
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
AC
Mary Edinburgh
1776–1857
Birth Location: Buckingham Palace, St. James's, London, Middlesex, England
ME
Charlotte Kingdom
1766–1828
Birth Location: City of Westminster, Greater London, England
CK
Elizabeth Hanover
1770–1840
Birth Location: Buckingham Palace, St. James's, London, England
EH
Ernest Cumberland
1771–1851
Birth Location: Buckingham Palace, London, City of London, Greater London, England
EC

George Hanover's Ancestors

Self
George Hanover
1738–1820
Birth Place: Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England
Parents
Frederick Louis Hannover, Prince of Wales
1707–1751
Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Augusta (of) Saxe-Gotha
1719–1772
Gotha, Landkreis Gotha, Thüringen, Germany
Grandparents
George (II Augustus) Hannover
1683–1760
Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Wilhelmine (Karoline of) Brandenburg-Ansbach
1683–1737
Ansbach, Bayern, Germany
Frederick (II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Duke of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1676–1732
Saxe Coburg, Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
Magdalena (Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst Princess of) Anhalt-Zerbst
1679–1740
Zerbst, Anhalt-Zerbst, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Great-Grandparents
George Hannover
1660–1727
Sophie Lüneburg
1666–1726
Johann Ansbach
1654–1686
Eleanor Eisenach
1662–1696
Frederick Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1646–1691
Magdalena Saxe-Halle
1648–1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ernst Hanover)
1629–1698
Sophie Hanover
1630–1714
Albrecht Brandenburg-Ansbach
1620–1667
Sophia Oettingen
1634–1664
Johan Eisenach
1634–1686
Johannetta Wittgenstein
1632–1701
August Sachsen-Weissenfels
1614–1680
Anna Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1627–1669

George Hanover's Descendants

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George (III William Frederick) Hanover (24 May 1738–29 January 1820) m. Sophia (Charlotte of) Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 May 1744–17 Nov 1818)
  1. 1. George (IV Hanover, King of Great Britain and) Ireland 1762–1830
  2. 2. William IV 1765–1837
  3. 3. Princess (Sophia Matilda) Hanover 1777–1848 m. Gen. (Thomas GARTH,) ESQ 1745–1829
    1. 1. Thomas (Tommie) GARTH 1800–1875 m. Georgiana (Caroline DASHWOOD (Astley)) (Garth) 1796–1835
      1. 1. Georgina (Rosamund) ASTLEY 1835–1912
  4. 4. Augustus (Frederick Hanover, Duke of) Sussex 1773–1843 m. Cecilia (Letitia Underwood GORE (Buggin) (Hanover) Duchess of) Inverness 1785–1873
  5. 5. Edward (Augustus) Hanover 1767–1820 m. Victoria 1786–1861
    1. 1. Victoria (Alexandrina Queen) Hanover 1819–1901 m. Francis (Charles Augustus Emmanuel Albert of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1819–1861
      1. 1. Albert (Edward VII von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of) India 1841–1910 m. Jeanette (Jennie JEROME) (Churchill) 1854–1921 m. Princess (Alexandra of) Denmark 1844–1925
        1. 1. George (V King of) England 1865–1936 m. Victoria (Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) Württemberg, 1867–1953
        2. 2. Maude (Charlotte Mary SAXE-COBURG AND) GOTHA 1869–1938
        3. 3. Albert (Victor von Saxe-Coburg und) Gotha 1864–1892
        4. 4. Victoria (Alexandra Olga Mary SAXE-COBURG AND) GOTHA 1868–1935
        5. 5. Alexander (John Charles Albert SAXE-COBURG AND) GOTHA 1871–1871
        6. 6. Louise (Victoria Alexandra) England 1867–1931
      2. 2. Alfred (Ernest Albert von Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of) Edinburgh 1844–1900
      3. 3. Arthur (William Patrick Albert von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha Duke of Connaught and) Strathearn 1850–1942
      4. 4. Leopold (George Duncan Albert von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha Duke of) Albany 1853–1884
      5. 5. Victoria (Adelaide Von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha Princess Royal and Empress of) Germany 1840–1901
      6. 6. Alice (Maud Mary von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha Grand Dutchess of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1843–1878
      7. 7. Helena (Augusta Victoria "Lenchen" Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1847–1923
      8. 8. Louise (Caroline Alberta von Saxe-Coburg und) Gotha 1848–1939
      9. 9. Beatrice (Mary Victoria von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha Princess of) Battenburg 1857–1944
  6. 6. Augusta (Sophia of) Hanover 1768–1840 m. Bret SPENCER 1760–1828
  7. 7. Amelia (of) Hanover 1783–1810
  8. 8. Frederick (Augustus Hanover, Duke of York and) Albany 1763–1827
  9. 9. Alfred Hanover 1780–1783
  10. 10. Octavius Hanover 1779–1783
  11. 11. Adolphus (Frederick of Hanover, Duke of) Cambridge 1774–1850 m. Auguste (Wilhelmine Luise de) Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim 1797–1889
  12. 12. Mary (of Gloucester and) Edinburgh 1776–1857 m. William (Frederick Duke of Gloucester and) Edinburgh 1776–1834
  13. 13. Charlotte (Augusta Matilda Hanover, Princess Royal of the United) Kingdom 1766–1828 m. Friedrich (I Wilhelm Karl von) Wurtemberg 1754–1816
  14. 14. Elizabeth Hanover 1770–1840 m. Friedrich (VI Joseph Ludwig Carl August von Hessen-Homburg Hessen) Landgraf 1769–1829
  15. 15. Ernest (Augustus Hanover, Duke of) Cumberland 1771–1851 m. Frederike (Caroline Luise Sophia Alexandrina Prinses van) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841

George Hanover's Timeline

2 Records

1738
24 May 1738
Birth of George III William Frederick Hanover in Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England
Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England
1820
29 January 1820
Age 82
Death of George III William Frederick Hanover in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1738
    Event Place: Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 January 1820
    Event Place: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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