Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (79 page)

1
  
George lV
(
see here
).

2
  
Frederick Augustus

He was born on 16 August, 1763, at St James’s Palace, London (or, less probably, at Buckingham Palace). He was elected Prince Bishop of Osnabrück on 27 February, 1764, and was made a Knight of the Garter on 19 June, 1771. He was created Duke of York and Albany and Earl of Ulster on 29 November, 1784. He died on 5 January, 1827, at Rutland House, Arlington Street, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Frederick had the following illegitimate issue (?):

1  Charles, Captain Hesse. There is no certain proof that Frederick actually was his father, although he was generally reputed to be. Charles was killed in a duel with Count Léon, bastard son of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.

Frederick married, on 28 September, 1791, at Charlottenburg, Berlin, Prussia, and again on 23 November, 1791, at Buckingham Palace:

Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Katherine

She was the daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia, by Elizabeth Christine Ulrica, daughter of Charles, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and she was born on 7 May, 1767, either at Charlottenburg or at Potsdam, Prussia. She died on 6 August, 1820, at Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey, and was buried in Weybridge Churchyard, Surrey. There was no issue of the marriage.

3
  
Miscarriage

This occurred in the summer of 1764 at Richmond Lodge, Surrey.

4  
William IV
(
see here
).

5  
Charlotte Augusta Matilda

She was born on 29 September, 1766, at Buckingham Palace, and was styled Princess Royal from October, 1766; she was officially designated Princess Royal on 22 June, 1789. She married Frederick William Charles, Duke of Württemburg, afterwards Frederick I, King of Württemburg (1754–1816), on 18 May, 1797, at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, London, and had issue:

1  Stillborn daughter; she was born on 27 April, 1798.

Charlotte became Queen Consort when her husband acceded to the throne of Württemburg on 1 January, 1806, and was crowned as such on the same day at Stuttgart, Germany. She died on 6 October, 1828, at Ludwigsburg Palace, Stuttgart, Germany, and was buried there in the Ludwigsburg family vault.

6  
Edward Augustus

He was born on 2 November, 1767, at Buckingham Palace. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 2 June, 1786, and was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 or 24 April, 1799. He died on 23 January, 1820, at Woodbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, Devon, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. His remains were later removed to the Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.

Edward had the following illegitimate issue:

By Adelaide Dubus:

1  Adelaide Victoria Augusta (1789–1790).

By Julie de St Laurent (?):

2  A son or sons, said to have been adopted at birth in Canada (?).

Edward married, on 29 May, 1818, at Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Germany, and again on 13 July, 1818, at Kew Palace, Surrey:

(
Mary Louisa) Victoria

Known as Victoria, she was the daughter of Francis I (Frederick Anthony), Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, by Augusta Caroline Sophia, daughter of Henry XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, and she was born on 17 August, 1786, at Coburg, Germany. She married firstly Emich Charles, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814), on 21 December, 1803, and had issue:

1  Charles Frederick William Ernest, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804–1856); he married Mary, Countess of Kleklesburg
(1806–1880), daughter of Maximilian, Count of Kleklesburg, and had issue, although they were afterwards divorced.

2  Anne Feodora Augusta Charlotte Wilhelmina (1807–1872); she married Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860), and had issue.

Victoria died on 16 March, 1861, at Frogmore House, Windsor, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Her remains were later removed to the Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

(i)
  
Queen Victoria
(
see here
).

7  Augusta Sophia

She was born on 8 November, 1768, at Buckingham Palace. She perhaps married Major General Sir Brent Spencer (
d
.1828) in
c
.1811, but there is no substantiating evidence for this. She died on 22 September, 1840, at Clarence House, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

8  
Elizabeth

She was born on 22 May, 1770, at Buckingham Palace. Some documentary evidence exists to suggest that she either married or was the mistress of a page called George Ramus in
c
.1785, and that they had a daughter Eliza, born in
c
.1786/7, who married a man called James Money. Although such a marriage would have been illegal under the Royal Marriages Act 1772, other evidence would seem to indicate that it did not take place at all, and that there was no connection whatsoever between Elizabeth and ‘George Ramus’: among 6 or 7 pages surnamed Ramus, not one was called George. Furthermore, the known details of the Princess’s illness in 1786/7 are not identifiable with the symptoms of pregnancy. Elizabeth did marry Frederick (Joseph) VI, Landgrave and Prince of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829) on 7 April, 1818, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace. She died on 10 January, 1840, at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and was buried in the Mausoleum of the Landgraves at Homburg, Germany.

9  
Ernest Augustus

He was born on 5 June, 1771, at Buckingham Palace. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 2 June, 1786, and was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh on 24 April, 1799. He succeeded his brother William IV as King of Hanover on 20
June, 1837, adopting the style Ernest I; the Salic Law governed the Hanoverian succession, thus preventing the accession of Queen Victoria. Ernest died on 18 November, 1851, at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, and was buried there in the Chapel vaults.

Ernest had the following illegitimate issue:

1  George FitzErnest (
d
.1828).

Ernest married, on 29 May, 1815, at the parish church of Neu Strelitz, Germany, and again on 29 August, 1815, at Carlton House, London: