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Prince Octavius of Great Britain (23 February 1779 – 3 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince Alfred , Octavius was inoculated against the smallpox virus.
Oct 4, 2016 · Prince Octavius of Great Britain was born on February 23, 1779, at the Queen’s House (now Buckingham Palace) in London. He was the eighth son and the thirteenth of the fifteen children of King George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Prince Octavius (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1783) was the eighth son of the British king George III and his queen, Charlotte. He died at the age of four. His father King George once said "There will be no heaven for me if Octavius is not there." [source?]
Octavius was the 13th child and eighth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Six months after the death of his brother Prince Alfred after a smallpox inoculation, Octavius was also inoculated with the virus.
Prince Octavius was born on 23 February 1779, at Buckingham House, London, He was the eighth son of King George III and his queen Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz and was accordingly christened Octavius on 23 March 1779, in the Great Council Chamber at St James's Palace, by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Prince Octavius, the thirteenth child of George III and Queen Charlotte, died in 1783, a year after his younger brother’s death. The King and Queen commissioned Benjamin West to commemorate the deaths of their youngest two sons in this painting which hung in the King’s Dressing-Room at Buckingham Palace. Prince Octavius is welcomed into ...
Prince Octavius (1779-83) c. 1782 - 1782 Description West’s arrival in England from Italy in 1763 occurred at a time when artists were seeking to create a distinguished national school of history painting.
Prince Octavius of Great Britain (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince Alfred , Octavius was inoculated against the smallpox virus.
Aug 18, 2023 · Prince Octavius of Great Britain was the thirteenth child born to King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Image sources:National Portrait Galle...
May 3, 2022 · Prince. Octavius. Lived 4 years, 2 months, 10 days. Octavius has the distinction of being the last member of the British royal family to suffer from smallpox. In later years, King George imagined conversations with his two youngest sons.
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