George III of Great Britain and Ireland
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| Reign | 25 October 1760 - 29 January 1820 |
| Coronation | 22 September 1761 |
| Predecessor | George II |
| Successor | George IV |
| Spouse | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| George IV Frederick, Duke of York William IV Charlotte, Princess Royal Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent Princess Augusta Sophia Princess Elizabeth Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge Princess Mary Princess Sophia Prince Octavius Prince Alfred Princess Amelia |
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| George William Frederick | |
| Father | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
| Mother | Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
| Born | 4 June 1738 Norfolk House, London, Great Britain |
| Died | 29 January 1820 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, UK |
| Burial | 16 February 1820 St George's Chapel, Windsor, UK |
George III (Born George William Frederick 4 June 1738 - 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801. He was then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was also Elector of Hanover, making him a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
During George III's reign, his home country lost thirteen of its colonies in North America (they became the United States), and his two kingdoms Great Britain and Ireland were merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Also during his reign Great Britain and its successor the United Kingdom were at war with republican and Napoleonic France. Also during George III's reign his land in Hanover, Germany became a Kingdom. He suffered from periodic bouts of insanity. One of these caused a regency crisis in 1788 during which the kingdom of Ireland attempted unsuccessfully to nominate his son George IV as regent. He quickly recovered preventing this.[1] George III signed the Quebec Act of 1774 abolishing the William of Orange's anti-Roman Catholic laws in Great Britain's 16 North American colonies [2][3]. Also during his reign George III signed legislation abolishing some of the anti-Catholic Laws in Great Britain and Ireland, such as Catholic Relief Acts of 1772 and 1774 allowing Roman Catholics to have land leases in Great Britain, and a 1793 Irish Parliament bill called Hogart's Act allowing Roman Catholics to vote in Irish elections. But he still blocked a proposal in 1800 by the British Parliament to allow Catholics to sit in Parliament.[4]
Because of "his plain, homely, thrifty manners and tastes", George III has been nicknamed Farmer George.
Ancestors [change]
| George III of the United Kingdom | Father: Frederick, Prince of Wales |
Paternal Grandfather: George II of Great Britain |
Paternal Great-grandfather: George I of Great Britain |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach |
Paternal Great-grandfather: John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach |
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| Mother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
Maternal Grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Prince Charles of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels |
References [change]
- ↑ Ireland and the British Empire ed. Kenny, Kevin Oxford University Press 2004 page 79
- ↑ Willis, Robert The Democracy of God: An American Catholicism 2006 iUniverse Inc. page 18
- ↑ http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/PreConfederation/qa_1774.html
- ↑ Ditchfield, G.M. George III:An Essay in Monarchy Pallgrave McMillan 2002 pages 101-102
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