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Encyclopedia > Queen Charlotte

Queen Charlotte was the name of at least three women:

  • Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of the United Kingdom.
    • The ship HMS Queen Charlotte was named for her.
    • The Queen Charlotte Islands were named after the ship.
    • The medium-large Southern US city of Charlotte, North Carolina was named after her as well by James K. Polk's uncle Thomas Polk.
    • Channels named Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand and Queen Charlotte Sound, Canada were eventually named in her honor.
  • Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg, daughter of above, wife of Frederick I of Württemberg
  • Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia

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Queen Charlotte Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (618 words)
The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haida Gwaii are an archipelago off the north-west coast of British Columbia, Canada, consisting of two main islands: Graham Island in the North, and Moresby Island in the south.
The islands are separated from the British Columbia mainland on the east by the Hecate Strait.
They are separated from Alaska on the north by the Dixon Entrance and from Vancouver Island on the south by the Queen Charlotte Sound.
HMS Queen Charlotte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (238 words)
The first Queen Charlotte was a first-rate ship of the line of 100 guns, built at Chatham and launched in 1790.
The third Queen Charlotte was a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1812 and captured by the United States on October 19, 1813 following the Battle of Lake Erie.
The fourth Queen Charlotte was originally the 98-gun second-rate Boyne, renamed in 1859 and sold in 1861.
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