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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818.
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May 12, 2023 · After her arrival, Charlotte went to meet Princess Augusta, the Princess Dowager, and that night, at 9 p.m., George and Charlotte were married at the Chapel Royal by the Archbishop of Canterbury...
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Jun 13, 2024 · The second daughter and sixth child of George and Charlotte, Princess Augusta Sophia was born on November 8, 1768. She made her society debut in 1782, at her father's birthday celebrations.
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May 4, 2023 · Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived in Britain as a teenager to marry King George III, and theirs would become a marriage of deep affection and domesticity, with celebrated Georgians flocking to their court. Yet hers was also a life increasingly blighted by tragedy.
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On 8 September, 1761, Princess Sophia Charlotte married King George III, having met him for the first time just six hours previously. She was from the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in northern Germany, a quiet backwater of the German aristocracy.
May 16, 2023 · Queen Charlotte shows a 17-year-old Princess Charlotte being quickly married off to a 22-year-old King George, leaving her home in Germany and getting married the same day she arrived. That all...