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Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (January 7, 1796 – November 6, 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at that time the Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick. Download high resolution version (464x638, 79 KB)Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales from The National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century; with Memoirs by William Jerdan, Esquire London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1830-1834 This image has been released into the public domain by...
Download high resolution version (464x638, 79 KB)Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales from The National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century; with Memoirs by William Jerdan, Esquire London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1830-1834 This image has been released into the public domain by...
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in St Martins Place, London, England, which opened to the public in 1856. ...
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George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ...
The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...
Caroline of Brunswick Duchess Caroline of Brunswick (17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) as Queen Caroline was the Queen Consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 to her death. ...
Early life She was born at Carlton House in London, her birth being something of a miracle as George IV later claimed that he and his wife had sex no more than three times in the whole of their marriage. By the time she was a few months old, Charlotte's parents were effectively separated, and her mother's time with her was severely restricted by her father. The entrance front of Carlton House. ...
London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ...
She grew into a headstrong and difficult teenager, and fell out with her mother when Caroline decided to go into continental exile. Following an ill-fated attempt to wed her to Prince Willem of Orange (later William II of the Netherlands), she was restricted to Cranbourne Lodge at Windsor, Berkshire from July 1814 to January 1816 while Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld lobbied the Prince Regent and the British Parliament for the right to court her.[1] William II, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (William Frederick George Louis) (December 6, 1792 – March 17, 1849) ruled from October 7, 1840 until his death on March 17, 1849. ...
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Leopold I of the Belgians (Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke in Saxony) (b. ...
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Marriage Charlotte married Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (to whom Parliament had granted a £50,000 per year annuity for his own life, which would survive his wife) on May 2, 1816, at Carlton House. Contemporary accounts describe their marriage as happy and contented, and they lived at Claremont, a wedding gift from the nation. Charlotte confided that her husband was “the perfection of a lover.” [2] Leopold I of the Belgians (Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke in Saxony) (b. ...
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Claremont is an 18th century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher, in Surrey, United Kingdom. ...
Death After two miscarriages in the early months of their marriage, she conceived a third time in February 1817. Although healthy at the beginning of the pregnancy, medical staff took extra precautions; medical practice at the time was bloodletting and a strict diet, which only served to weaken Charlotte.
On the evening of November 3, her water broke and labor commenced. After a 50-hour labour at Claremont, she delivered a stillborn 9-pound son there on November 5, 1817. The second stage of labor had lasted 24 hours. [2] Initially after delivery Charlotte seemed to do well, but after several hours she became restless, had difficulty breathing, and her pulse become fast and feeble. Five and half hours after the delivery she died, presumably from a concealed post-partum haemorrhage.[2] November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ...
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Two generations gone—gone in a moment! I have felt for myself, but I have also felt for the prince regent. My Charlotte is gone from the country—it has lost her. She was a good, she was an admirable woman. None could know my Charlotte as I did know her. It was my study, my duty, to know her character, but it was also my delight. - (Prince Leopold to Sir Thomas Lawrence)
The obstetrician, Sir Richard Croft, who had correctly diagnosed a transverse lie of the baby during labour and failed to use a forceps, was distraught. Three months later he shot himself. Thus this single pregnancy is known in medical history as “the triple obstetrical tragedy”.[2] This article needs cleanup. ...
Sir Richard Croft is the English obstetrician of Princess Charlotte who became famous by his role in “the triple obstetrical tragedy†of 1817. ...
Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mothers uterus. ...
Forceps are a hand-held instrument used for grasping and holding objects, similar in concept to tongs, tweezers or pincers. ...
The Princess was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor with her son at her feet. Her death was mourned nationally, on a scale similar to that which followed the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. On the other hand, in An Address to the People on The Death of the Princess Charlotte (1817), Percy Bysshe Shelley argued that while her death was very sad, the execution the following day of three men incited to lead the Pentrich Rising was the greater tragedy. St Georges Chapel, Windsor St. ...
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of The Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of Elizabeth II. Her two sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third, respectively, in line to the...
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Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822; pronounced ) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. ...
Pentrich is a small village between Belper and Alfreton in Derbyshire. ...
Charlotte's death left the Prince of Wales without any direct heirs, and meant that her paternal grandfather George III of the United Kingdom had no legitimate grandchildren from his twelve surviving children - and most, if not all, of his daughters were either sterile or past childbearing. The death resulted in a mad dash towards matrimony by most of her bachelor uncles (the marriage of her uncle Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, produced the eventual heir—Queen Victoria). Her father, even after the death of his wife, made no attempt to remarry or father any more children. Given his poor health by the time his estranged wife died in 1821, he may not have been capable of fathering further children anyway. George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ...
His Royal Highness The Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (2 November 1767 - 23 January 1820) was the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. ...
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ...
Prince Leopold, who would later become the first King of the Belgians, married again and had a daughter who was named Charlotte in honor of his first wife. Charlotte would later become Empress Carlota of Mexico. Carlota of Mexico (also spelled Carlotta; sometimes rendered as Charlotte) (June 7, 1840 – January 19, 1927) was the wife of regime largely dependent on French troops under the orders of Napoleon III. The only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) by his second wife...
Titles, Styles, Honours & Arms
Titles - 1796-1816: Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
- 1816-1817: Her Royal Highness Princess Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony
Legacy
Regiment In 1815 the Royal Berkshire Regiment (amalgamated in 1994, but to be de-amalgamated and merged along with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment in the Prince of Wales Division announced in restructuring plans on December 16, 2004) was titled the Princess Charlotte's of Wales Regiment when, on their return to England from service in Canada, the 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment were assigned to guard the royal family in residence. Princess Charlotte, on seeing these polished men in their new uniforms, with scarlet coats and white breeches, pleaded that the regiment be made "hers", and later the title was officially granted. The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Wardrobe in Salisbury houses the RGBW regimental museum. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
The Princess of Waless Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires) is the senior English infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queens Division. ...
At the top level, the structure of the British Army is headed by two main administrative top-level budgets - Land Command and the Adjutant-General. ...
December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Memorial An obelisk to her memory stands in Red House Park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ...
Red House Park is a park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. ...
Great Barr is a large and loosely-defined area which straddles the boundaries of Birmingham, West Bromwich (Sandwell) and Walsall, West Midlands, England. ...
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
References - ^ [1].
- ^ a b c d Shingleton (July-August 2005). "A Famous Triple Death Tragedy". ACOG Clinical Review 10: 14-16.
The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) were a German royal dynasty of Lombard descent which succeeded the House of Stuart as kings of Great Britain in 1714. ...
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George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ...
External links and references - The Wardrobe, the Museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (Salisbury)
- The Percy Bysshe Shelley Resource Page
- Georgian Index
- E. Littell, "Claremont, and Princess Charlotte", p. 370, Living Age Vol. 66, Littell, Son, and Company, Boston, 1860,
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