The royal family of George III
Married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 8 September 1761
1. George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales
George IV (1820-1830)
Born: 12 August 1762
Became Regent: 5 February 1811
Acceded to the throne: 29 January 1820
Died: 26 June 1830
Caroline, Princess of Wales
Born: 17 May 1768
Died: 7 August 1821
One daughter
Born: 7 January 1796
Died: 6 November 1817
No surviving children
Married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg on 2 May 1816
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg
Born: 16 December 1790
Died: 10 December 1865
Born: 16 August 1763
Died: 5 January 1827
Married Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia on 29 September 1791
Born: 7 May 1767
Died: 6 August 1820
No children
William IV (1830-1837)
Born: 21 August 1765
Acceded to the throne: 26 June 1830
Died: 20 June 1837
Married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen on 11 July 1818
Adelaide, Duchess of Clarence
Born: 13 August 1792
Died: 2 December 1849
No surviving children
Born: 29 September 1766
Married: 18 May 1797 to Prince Friedrich William, the Hereditary Prince of Württemberg
Died: 6 October 1828
No surviving children
Born: 2 November 1767
Died: 23 January 1820
Married Princess Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 29 May 1818
Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Born: 17 August 1786
Died: 16 March 1861
One daughter
Princess Alexandrina Victoria
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Born: 24 May 1819
Acceded to the throne: 20 June 1837
Married: 10 February 1840 to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Died: 22 January 1901
Nine children
6. Princess Augusta Sophia
Born: 8 November 1768
Died: 22 September 1840
7.
Princess Elizabeth
Born: 22 May 1770
Married: 7 April 1818 to Prince Frederick of Hesse-Homburg
Died: 10 January 1840
No children
Born: 5 June 1771
Acceded to the throne of Hanover: 20 June 1837
Died: 18 November 1851
Married Princess Frederica of Solms-Braunfels in Neustrelitz on 29 May 1815
Frederica, Duchess of Cumberland
Born: 3 March 1778
Died: 29 June 1841
One son, George
Born: 27 January 1773
Married illegally:
1) 4 April 1793 to Lady Augusta Murray
2) 2 May 1831 to Cecilia, Lady Buggin, Duchess of Inverness
Died: 21 April 1843
No legitimate children
Born: 24 February 1774
Died: 8 July 1850
Married Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Cassel on 7 May 1818
Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
Born: 25 July 1797
Died: 6 April 1889
Three children: George, Augusta and Mary
Born: 25 April 1776
Died: 30 April 1857
No children
Married William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester on 22 July 1816
Born: 15 January 1776
Died: 30 November 1834
Born: 3 November 1777
Died: 27 May 1848
Born: 23 February 1779
Died: 3 May 1783
Born: 22 September 1780
Died: 20 August 1782
Born: 7 August 1783
Died: 2 November 1810
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Sources of pictures:
George III from Oulton, Walley Chamberlain, Authentic and Impartial Memoirs of Her Late Majesty Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1819, London).
Queen Charlotte from Watkins, John, Memoirs of her most excellent majesty Sophia-Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain (1819, London).
George IV from Huish, Robert, Memoirs of her late royal highness Charlotte Augusta (1818).
Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Huish op cit.
Charlotte, Princess of Wales from Bell, John, La Belle Assemblée (John Bell, 1806-1837, London).
Prince Leopold from Huish op cit.
Frederick, Duke of York from Bell op cit.
Frederica, Duchess of York from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
William IV from Watkins op cit.
Queen Adelaide from Watkins, John, The Life and Times of England's Patriot King (1831).
Princess Charlotte Augusta, Princess Royal, from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Edward, Duke of Kent from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Victoria, Duchess of Kent from Bell op cit.
Queen Victoria from Victoria, Queen, The Girlhood of Queen Victoria, A Selection from Her Majesty's Diaries between the years 1832 and 1840, edited Viscount Esher 2 Volumes (1912).
Princess Augusta from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Princess Elizabeth from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Ernest, Duke of Cumberland from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Frederica, Duchess of Cumberland from Bell op cit.
Augustus, Duke of Sussex from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge from Bell op cit.
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
William, Duke of Gloucester from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Princess Sophia from Watkins, John, A Biographical Memoir of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1827, London).
Prince Octavius by Thomas Gainsborough (1782), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Prince Alfred by Thomas Gainsborough (1782), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Princess Amelia from European Magazine and London Review (1810).
