tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post9161027986505502002..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester (1773-1844)Rachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-70074548298980364352014-11-29T22:34:20.067+00:002014-11-29T22:34:20.067+00:00Hannah More certainly had some friends in high pla...Hannah More certainly had some friends in high places!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-36243322839877500322014-11-29T22:31:06.898+00:002014-11-29T22:31:06.898+00:00I'm glad you enjoyed the post. What beautiful ...I'm glad you enjoyed the post. What beautiful names for your granddaughter. :) I have also blogged about another Princess Sophia, Princess Sophia of Gloucester's cousin, a daughter of George III. You can read about her <a href="http://www.regencyhistory.net/2012/05/six-princesses-princess-sophia-1777.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-11405320243097042922014-11-29T19:52:09.255+00:002014-11-29T19:52:09.255+00:00Like her mother and her half-sister, Lady Waldegra...Like her mother and her half-sister, Lady Waldegrave, she was a good friend of Hannah More.Anne Stotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296864856365981820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-71266817757136202392014-11-29T18:37:40.564+00:002014-11-29T18:37:40.564+00:00I have loved the name "Sophia" since fin...I have loved the name "Sophia" since finding it in two of my own family's ancestors. Also my middle daughter recently named our grandchild "Sophia Valentine". for no other reason than they both liked the names. That is what attracted me to an article in google+ History community about this lady and to research further articles. Thank you. :)saltwnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294944150866280671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-21661051177187314542013-11-29T23:17:33.861+00:002013-11-29T23:17:33.861+00:00Sadly Princess Sophia's parents did not stay i...Sadly Princess Sophia's parents did not stay in love - the Duke had an affair with his wife's lady in waiting and sometimes the Duchess was not allowed to see her children. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-71041221478789273662013-11-29T22:48:41.011+00:002013-11-29T22:48:41.011+00:00What a nice lady she seems to have been from readi...What a nice lady she seems to have been from reading this; one feels sympathy for Princess Sophia and a certain amount of disgust for her relations. It appears that her parents must have been a genuine loving couple and she was obviously cast in the same mould. Which is more than you can say for some of her nearest if not dearest. Thank you for the post, enjoyable as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-44601570285110979882013-11-29T12:13:39.689+00:002013-11-29T12:13:39.689+00:00I agree. There is not much in what Fanny Burney sa...I agree. There is not much in what Fanny Burney says to indicate what she really thought of the Princess. She probably didn't mean it as disparaging as she seems to have held the entire royal family in high esteem.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-74324382090959917072013-11-28T21:17:02.678+00:002013-11-28T21:17:02.678+00:00Fanny Burney may not have been as disparaging as s...Fanny Burney may not have been as disparaging as she sounds in describing the princess as very fat, as it could also be a way of saying that someone was healthy looking and not consumptive in appearance. Plump was a sign of affluence and a desirable trait if not taken too far... Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com