House / Group: Hanover
Born / died: 1738-1820
Reign: 1760-1820
Born / died: 1738-1820
Reign: 1760-1820
The son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and the grandson of George II.
He inherited the crown when George II died, his father Frederick having died in 1751.
He married Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761, two weeks before they were both crowned. It is suggested that he loved Lady Sarah Lennox, but he accepted the arranged marriage and, unlike many of his fellow monarchs, was faithful. They had 15 children, a UK Royal Record (George (IV), Frederick, William (IV), Charlotte, Edward, Augusta, Elizabeth, Ernest, Augustus, Adolphus, Mary, Sophia, Octavius, Alfred, Amelia).
George became insane, possibly caused by, Porphyria, an ailment which seems to be hereditary within the royal family and which has been inaccurately associated with lycanthropy.
Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
He inherited the crown when George II died, his father Frederick having died in 1751.
He married Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761, two weeks before they were both crowned. It is suggested that he loved Lady Sarah Lennox, but he accepted the arranged marriage and, unlike many of his fellow monarchs, was faithful. They had 15 children, a UK Royal Record (George (IV), Frederick, William (IV), Charlotte, Edward, Augusta, Elizabeth, Ernest, Augustus, Adolphus, Mary, Sophia, Octavius, Alfred, Amelia).
George became insane, possibly caused by, Porphyria, an ailment which seems to be hereditary within the royal family and which has been inaccurately associated with lycanthropy.
Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The first signature is an early one, the second as he was losing his sanity.George renounced his claim to France and so a new coat of arms was needed: two Englands, a Scotland and an Ireland with a Hanover escutcheon, later surmounted by a crown when Hanover became a kingdom. This was used until William IV.
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