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George was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King George II, as the first son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Following his father's death in 1751, Prince George became heir apparent and Prince of Wales .
Upon her father's death in 1639, the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg passed to her uncle Duke Frederick William II and her cousin Frederick William III. The Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was nominally created in 1672, when Duke Frederick William III of Saxe-Altenburg died at the age of 14 and Ernest the Pious, by his marriage with Elisabeth Sophie ...
As her eldest son came of age, the King attempted to arrange a marriage. His favoured choice was a princess of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel or a princess of Prussia, but Augusta refused, favouring a member of her own family, the House of Saxe-Gotha. [8] On 25 October 1760, her son succeeded his grandfather as George III.
King George III, born Prince George William Frederick of Wales on June 4, 1738, was the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.His grandfather was King George II. When ...
married 1858 Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia; had issue Edward VII: 9 November 1841: 6 May 1910: married 1863, Princess Alexandra of Denmark; had issue Princess Alice: 25 April 1843: 14 December 1878: married 1862, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine; had issue Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 6 August 1844: ...
Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (13 October 1679 – 11 October 1740) was, by birth, a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and, by marriage, a Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the maternal grandmother of George III of the United Kingdom .
The first duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was Ernest I, who reigned from 1826 until his death in 1844. He had previously been Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 until the duchy was reorganized in 1826. Ernest's younger brother Leopold became King of the Belgians in 1831, and his descendants continue to serve as Belgian monarchs.
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 9. Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf (=15) 2. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 10. Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg: 5. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg: 11. Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: 1. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 12. George III of the United ...