Issue of marriage:
1 Charlotte Augusta
She was born on 7 January, 1796, at Carlton House, London. She married Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (1790–1865) (later to become Leopold I, King of the Belgians) on 2 May, 1816, at Carlton House, London, and had issue:
1 Miscarriage; this occurred in July, 1816, at Camelford House, London.
2 Stillborn son; he was born on 5 November, 1817, at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Charlotte died on 6 November, 1817, at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, in childbed, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
George IV also had the following illegitimate issue:
By Grace Darymple, Mrs Elliott:
1 Georgina Frederica Augusta (?) ( b.1782). She may have been the daughter of Lord Cholmondeley.
By Elizabeth Milbanke, Viscountess Melbourne ( d.1818):
2 George ( b.1784). Perhaps died young.
GEORGE IV
He died on 26 June, 1830, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
He was succeeded by his brother William.
William IV
FATHER:
George III(
MOTHER:
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz(
SIBLINGS: (
WILLIAM IV
Baptised William Henry, he was born on 21 August, 1765, at Buckingham Palace. He was made a Knight of the Thistle on 5 April, 1770, and a Knight of the Garter on 19 April, 1782. He was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, and Earl of Munster on 20 May, 1789. He succeeded his brother George IV as King of Great Britain on 26 June, 1830, and was crowned on 8 September, 1831, at Westminster Abbey.
William IV married, on 13 July, 1818, at Kew Palace, Surrey:
Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia
She was the daughter of George I (Frederick Charles), Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, by Louisa Eleanor, daughter of Christian Albert Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and she was born on 13 August, 1792, at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. She was crowned Queen Consort on 8 September, 1831, at Westminster Abbey. She died on 2 December, 1849, at Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Issue of marriage
1 Charlotte Augusta Louise
She was born on 27 March, 1819, at the Fürstenhof Palace, Hanover, and died the same day. She was buried at Hanover, Germany.
2 Stillborn child
It was born on 5 September, 1819, at Dunkirk, France.
3 Elizabeth Georgina Adelaide
She was born on 10 December, 1820, at St James’s Palace, London, where she died on 4 March, 1821. She was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
4 Stillborn child
It was born in the spring of 1822 at Bushey Park, Middlesex.
5 Stillborn twins
They were born in 1824.
William IV also had the following illegitimate issue:
By Caroline von Linsingen (who alleged that William married her in 1784/5 or c.1790, in secret; this is very unlikely, although not impossible):
1 William (1784/5–drowned 1807).
By Dorothea Bland, Mrs Jordan (1761–1816):
2 George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, Earl of Munster (1794–committed suicide 1842); he married Mary, illegitimate daughter of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and had issue.
3 Henry Edward FitzClarence (1795–1817).
4 Sophia FitzClarence (1796–1837); she married Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron de Lisle and Dudley of Penshurst (1800–1851).
5 Mary FitzClarence (1798–1864); she married Charles Richard Fox.
6 Frederick FitzClarence (1799–1854); he married Augusta Boyle.
7 Elizabeth FitzClarence (1801–1856); she married William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (1801–1846), and had issue.
8 Adolphus FitzClarence (1802–1856).
9 Augusta FitzClarence (1803–1865); she married firstly John Kennedy Erskine, and had issue, and secondly John, Lord Gordon.
10 Augustus FitzClarence, Rector of Mapledurham (1805–1854); he married Sarah Elizabeth Katherine Gordon.
11 Amelia FitzClarence (1807–1858); she married Lucius Bentinck Carey, 10th Viscount Falkland (1803–1884), and had issue.
WILLIAM IV
He died on 20 June, 1837, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
He was succeeded by his niece Victoria.
Queen Victoria
FATHER:
Edward, Duke of Kent(
MOTHER:
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield(
SIBLINGS: Queen Victoria did not have any full siblings.
QUEEN VICTORIA
Baptised Alexandrina Victoria, she was born on 24 May, 1819, at Kensington Palace, London. She succeeded William IV, her uncle, as Queen of Great Britain on 20 June, 1837, and was crowned on 28 June, 1838, at Westminster Abbey. She was declared Empress of India on 1 May, 1876, and proclaimed as such on 1 January, 1877, at Delhi, India.
Queen Victoria married, on 10 February, 1840, at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, London:
Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, by Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and he was born on 26 August, 1819, at the Marble Hall, Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 16 December, 1839. He was created Prince Consort by Letters Patent on 26 June, 1857, and proclaimed as such the same day. He died on 14 December, 1861, at Windsor Castle, of typhoid, and was buried in St George’s Chapel Windsor (in the Albert Memorial Chapel). His remains were later removed to the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.
Issue of marriage:
1 Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
She was born on 21 November, 1840, at Buckingham Palace, and was designated Princess Royal from birth. She married Prince Frederick William Nicholas Charles of Prussia, afterwards Frederick III, Emperor of Prussia (1831–1888), on 25 January, 1858, at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, London, and had issue:
1 William II (Frederick William Albert Victor), Emperor of Germany (1859–1941); he married Augusta Victoria Louisa Feodora Jenny (1858–1921), daughter of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and had issue. He married secondly, Hermine (1887–1947), daughter of Henry XXII, Duke of Reuss.
2 Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte (1860–1919); she married Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1851–1928), and had issue.
3 Albert William Henry (1862–1929); he married Irene Louise Mary Anne (1866–1953), daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, by Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria (