Gustav VI Adolf King of Sweden
Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden later became King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
When married to Princess Margaret of Canaught, he was Crown Prince. Reign:
1950-1973. Hew was Crown Prince for forty-three years before ascending the
throne. When Gustav died in 1973 the crown passed to his grandson, his eldest
son having been killed in a plane crash in 1947 and his second son being as yet
unmarried and thus unlikely to produce and heir. King Carl XVI ascended the
throne of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends amid much speculation that he
would prove to be the last of Sweden's monarchs. Carl has 4 lively and
glamorous sisters: Princesses Margaretha, Birgitta, Desiree and Christine.
Louise Alexandra MOUNTBATTEN Princess
Princcess Louise of Battenberg: 1917 Lady Louise Mountbatten.
Reign: 1907-50
Only dau of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Louise of Prussia, 3 sons.
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein Princess
Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
George III of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick-Luneburg (r. 1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain's
American colonies. He was also elector of Hannover (1760-1815) and by decision
of the Congress of Vienna, King of Hannover (1815-20). After the dismissal of
several ministers who did not satisfy him, the king found a firm supporter in
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Lord
North executed the royal policies that provoked the American Revolution. The
unsuccessful conclusion of that protracted conflict forced North to resign, and
during the government crisis that followed when three cabinets came and went in
less than two years. The King himself was almost induced to abdicate. In 1809
the king became blind. As early as 1765 he had suffered an apparent dementia,
and in 1788 his derangement recurred to such a degree that a regency bill was
passed, but the king recovered the following year. In 1811 he succumbed
hopelessly to this dementia and his son, later George IV, acted as a regent for
the rest of his reign.
Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(Sophia) Charlotte, fifth and youngest dau. of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Elizabeth Albertin of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Appears to be
"monkey-faced" in many of her portraits.
Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex
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Married twice in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act.
Youngest Dau. of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Magdalena Augusta of
Anhalt-Zerbst.
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(1) Son of George III, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.
Augusta of Hesse-Cassel Princess
Augusta, Princess of Hesse-Cassel.
Frederick William Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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The eldest son of George III, Geroge IV (as the Prince of Wales) became
notorious for his profligacy and extravagance. Despite his father's strongly
anti-Catholic views, he secretly married a Roman Catholic, Mrs. Maria Anne
Fitzherbert (1756-1837) in 1785. Less than two years later, to obtain money
for his debts, he allowed Parliament to declare the marriage illegal, which in
fact it was by the terms of acts governing royal marriages and succession. In
1795, again to liquidate his debts, he agreed to a marriage with his cousin,
Caroline of Brunswick, but he became estranged from her in 1796 after the birth
of their daughter, Princess Charlotte (1796-1817). George became the Prince
Regent in 1811, when his father became mentally unable to discharge his duties
and succeded to the throne in 1820.
Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert, a Roman Catholic