Note: George had two sons who each served as King of England and Hanover, but they left no legitimate descendants and afterwords the thrones diverged.This was due to a difference in inheritance rules: Victoria, daughter of deceased Edward, inherited in England but German rules were less female-friendly and Hanover passed to Edward's younger brother Ernst. Juni 1738 greg. Mai jul. Georg III.

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That is the enticing prospect for people attending a Sotheby’s sale in London next month where a Breguet tourbillon pocket watch owned by King George III of England is … In 1827, George IV was deeply distressed to witness his brother Frederick's suffering in his last illness, and was obsessed by it as a foreboding of his own end - as indeed it turned out 3 . He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the grandson of King George II of England.

While he was still a boy, his father died. George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

This caused him to inherit the throne from his grandfather at age 23, making him one of the youngest kings of his time. George III's brother William of Gloucester recurrently fell ill until his painful death in 1803 and his son, "Silly Billy" (1776-1834), died of a "bilious inflammation", too. King George III was born on June 4, 1738. in London; † 29. George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 [lower-alpha 3] – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. Wilhelm Friedrich (englisch George William Frederick; * 24.