George III (1738-1820) and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)

[Durham]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Prior to that the last influx of French were the persecuted Huguenots who fled the ultra Catholic Bourbons!

Yes indeed & a very successful group they became in both Britain & Ireland. The Huguenots I think were a socially diverse lot. I would imagine most of the French refugees of the late C18th were aristocrats although I don't have a lot of knowledge about them. Apart from reading the Scarlet Pimpernel!

[An Ard Ri]

I have Huguenot ancestry they settled in Isle of Wight .

I can imagine the fear at the court of George III that the ideals of the French Revolution would make their way across the English Channel.

[Durham]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

I have Huguenot ancestry they settled in Isle of Wight .

I can imagine the fear at the court of George III that the ideals of the French Revolution would make their way across the English Channel.

They were certainly fearful. Radicals like Thomas Paine were threatened with arrest. The Peterloo Massacre, albeit much later, is another example of paranoid government action over political radicalism.

The Americans of course were an example of (North American) Britons who had been inspired by enlightenment ideals.

[An Ard Ri]

During the years during 1791-1794 there was a large scale exodus of clergy,religious and nobility from France escaping the massacres and Terror.

In September 1792 for instance it was reported that 4,000 French émigré landed in the UK.

[Countessmeout]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

During the years during 1791-1794 there was a large scale exodus of clergy,religious and nobility from France escaping the massacres and Terror.

In September 1792 for instance it was reported that 4,000 French émigré landed in the UK.

The exodus of the clergy was spurred by the Civil Constitution of the clergy. It had been created in 1790 but the king forestalled it by refusing to sign. Those priests who did not agree to swear the oath were to be imprisoned. About half the clergy took the oath. Non-jurists as they were called found themselves in chains in prison ships where they ended up dying from conditions. Many of the clergy fled to the UK and other countries to escape prison or having to take it.

In 1792 the September Massacres saw the murder of 1100-1600 prisoners in Paris in a period of 4 days. It was this event that led to the famous murder of Marat in his bath tub (his murdered Charlotte Corday held him to blame for the massacres). 191 of them were Roman catholic clergy who were prisoners at Carmes Prison. 3 bishops, 127 priests, 56 monks and nuns and 5 lay people were killed. October 1926 Pope Pius beatified the group as the Holy September Martyrs.

[CyrilVladisla]

King George III entrusted his tutor, John Stuart, Earl of Bute with the task of finding him a wife among the German Protestant princesses. Bute came up with Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

[CyrilVladisla]

Many paintings of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1fHDV1QOho

[duchessrachel]

I want to read a biography of King George III. Could I get opinions on the best one? I have been looking at these two:

1. George III: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert
2. A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III by Stella Tilllyard

However, I don't know how much of a biography #2 would be since it is seems to be focused on private life instead of public. Can anyone comment on these books or recommend another one? Thank you.

[CyrilVladisla]

Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
Would the Queen's marriage have been considered a marriage of madness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja1tUdwUhnQ

[CyrilVladisla]

King George III on America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR5n_KyulhI

[CyrilVladisla]

How many daughters did King George III and Queen Charlotte have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk89QpirhkM

[Denville]

do you seirously not know?

[CyrilVladisla]

Charlotte, Princess Royal was the eldest daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
She became Queen of Wurttemberg as the wife of King Frederick I of Wurttemberg.
http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/1800-...arlotte-2.jpeg

[An Ard Ri]

The Wedding Night of Frederick and Charlotte was famously satirised in 1797 by James Gilray.

[An Ard Ri]

A BBC Documentary on King George III
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fbl...-as-a-mad-man-

[Prinsara]

It doesn't seem to mention the actual documentary's name, just shows a clip.

[CyrilVladisla]

King George III of England married at an extremely young age. Was this absolutely necessary? Also, how well did he know his wife? How well did the new Queen know her spouse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKHWjqvMfe0

[Curryong]

George III was 23 when he married. I don’t know that I would call that extremely young by the standards of monarchy in the 18th century. He was a susceptible young man and it was thought that he would be better off married.

He and Charlotte, his prospective wife, didn’t know each other at all. He proposed to her through official intermediaries and was influenced by his mother as to suitable Protestant Princesses. She accepted, was escorted to England and they were married almost immediately. However they were happily married (with the exception of George’s mental health troubles) and had an enormous family.

[Denville]

THe marriage really went south when George became mentally ill, however. Charlotte was afraid of him and hostile to him.

[An Ard Ri]

Queen Charlotte kept a friendly correspondence with Queen Marie Antoinette and was quite horrified by the execution of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette.