Princess Charlotte, tragic daughter of George IV (1796-1817)

[Marengo]

why on earth would George IV want to annul his daughters right of succession?

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I believe that the princess wasn't too impressed with Willem's skinny legs btw. .

[Vasillisos Markos]

Originally Posted by Marengo

why on earth would George IV want to annul his daughters right of succession?

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I believe that the princess wasn't too impressed with Willem's skinny legs btw. .

Could this just be Caroline of Brunswick using any excuse, and a means of slamming her husband, to keep Charlotte in the country and out of a marriage Caroline opposed? History shows that Caroline and the Prince Regent were at loggerheads and I imagine they both leveled any accusation, true or false, at each other to exact revenge or to engage in petty spite.

[Grandduchess24]

She would have been Queen of England hadn't she died but Victoria was born and the British royal family continued from there
Imagine it would have been
Queen Charlotte of England and prince consort Leopold of Saxe Coburg ...

[hrhjmb]

Looking for a good biography about Princess Charlotte of Wales. Anybody have any recommendations?

[DeLorean]

Charlotte's grandmother survived 15 pregnancies, unfortunately for Charlotte she did not have the same luck, even though she had much better luck at finding a happy marriage than her parents!

[sally1234]

This is really tragic! I hate hearing people dying at a young age :/

[XeniaCasaraghi]

I personally feel more sympathy for Charlotte because of having to live through the war between her parents and being secluded by her father.

[Florencia]

The sadness of Charlotte
Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: The sadness of Charlotte

[Tiara66]

I've always been intruiged by the short and tragic life of Princess Charlotte of Wales, daughter of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick. Her story is not widely known. Charlotte was the best thing that came out of George's and Caroline's catastrophic marriage. But she suffered greatly as the pawn in her parent's never-ending battles and she was deprived of a normal family life until her happy marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the future King Leopold I of Belgium. But her joy was cut short when she gave birth to a stillborn son and died soon after of post-partum complications at the age of 21. Had Charlotte lived, she, not her cousin Victoria, would have become Queen.

I've only found one biography of Charlotte from the 1950's which is mystifying. With all the intrigue, drama, a love match marriage, and her sudden death mourned throughout Britain, Charlotte's life is rich and complex. I also think that Charlotte's story is ripe for a film adaptation. Were I the producer or writer, I would title it "The Lost Princess". How do my other Forum members feel about this forgotten Royal?

[Artemisia]

There is a thread dedicated to her - Princess Charlotte, tragic daughter of George IV.
I always thought hers is one of the greatest "what if" cases in British history. What if she or her child survived? That would change not only British but also Belgian history because Leopold would not, in that case, be among the candidates to become King of the newly-founded Belgian Kingdom (his candidacy would almost certainly be vetoed by France and the Netherlands).

Her death was mourned throughout the Kingdom. According to Henry Brougham, "It really was as though every household throughout Great Britain had lost a favourite child".

[Tiara66]

Another "what if" case involving Charlotte is the hemophilia question. If Charlotte had lived to become Queen and give birth to a healthy heir, would the dread disease have struck so many royal families? From what I've read, Queen Victoria is generally thought to be the source of hemophilia which she passed onto her son Prince Leopold, and her daughters Princesses Alice and Beatrice. Of course this would have tragic consequences for several royal houses, including Russia and Spain.

[Hayli]

I am very interested in the story of Princess Charlotte and although it's been a while since anyone posted on this topic I thought I would just add to it.

I doubt that Queen Victoria would actually have been conceived had Charlotte not died. She was the only legitimate heir of all King George's 13 surviving children. Once she died, the other sons were all offered money to pay off their debts if they provided an heir to the throne.

I also doubt that Leopold would have been elected King of the Belgians had Charlotte survived.