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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 .
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.
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.
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: ...
Augusta aged 14 in a family portrait of 1751 by George Knapton. Princess Augusta, aged 17, by Liotard. Princess Augusta was born at St. James's Palace on 31 July 1737.. As she was the first born child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the first born grandchild of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, Augusta was second in line for the throne of Great Britain, which changed a year ...
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 ...
By Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha: Princess Augusta: 31 July 1737: 23 March 1813: Married, 1764, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; had issue. George III: 4 June 1738: 29 January 1820: Married, 1761, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; had issue, including George IV and William IV. Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany ...
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha [ˈzaksn̩ ˈkoːbʊʁk ˈɡoːtaː]), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. [1] It lasted from 1826 to 1918.