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daughter, Elizabeth, married Frederic, king of Bohe¬ 
mia; by whom the had a daughter, Sophia, niarri'ed to 
Etnelhis, eleCtor of Hanover, the reprefentative of the 
Houfe of Brunfwic, Hanover, Lunenburg, Wolfen- 
buttle, Zelle, &c. by whom the had a foil (George,) 
who on the deceafe of Queen Anne, by virtue of the 
art of fettlement, afcended the throne of Great Britain. 
See the article England, vol.-vi. p. 709. 
The ifl'ue of George I. by his uncle’s daughter (the 
heirefs of Zelle) was George II. and Sophia-Dorothy ; 
who by her marriage with Frederic II. king of PrufTia, 
was grandmother to the late king of Pruilia, whole firft 
rincefs was a filler to'the prefent duke qf Brunfwic, 
y whom he had the prefent duchefs of York ; and by 
a fecond marriage had three fons and a daughter; th« 
eldeft fon, Frederic-William, is the prefent king of Pruf- 
fia, born Auguft 3, 1770; married April 24, 1793, 
Louifa, daughter of the late duke of Mecklenlmrg-Stre- 
litz, niece to the queen of England, by whom he has 
ifl'ue, three fons and a daughter ; and fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, November 16, 1797. Frederic-Louis- Charles, the 
king of Prnlfia’s next brother, born in 1773, married, 
February 13, 1797,_ Fre^erica-Louifa-Wilhelmina, of 
He(Te-CaITel. George II. married Wilhelmina-Carolina, 
daughter of John-Frederic, marcgrave of Anfpach, by 
whom, who died in 1737, he had.the following ifl'ue, 
and died October 25, 1760, viz. 
1. Frederic-Lew is, late prince ofWales. 2. Anne, 
born October 22, 1709, and died in 1759 ; married March 
14, 1734, William-Charles-Henry, prince of Naflau and 
Orange, by whom file had the prefent prince of NalTau 
and Orange, the Stallholder; married in 1767 Frederica- 
Sophia-Wilhelmina ; by whom he has ifl'ue two fons : 
William-Frederic, born Auguft 1, 1772 ; and William- 
George-Frederic, born February 15, 1774; who died in 
January 179.9. The eldeft fon married, October 1, 1791, 
Frederica-Sophia-Wilhelmina, lifter to. the late king of 
Pruflia, and has ifl'ue. The Stadt|ioider’s daughter, 
Frederica-Louifa-Wilhelmina, born November 18,'17.70,' 
married on October 14, 1790, the hereditary prince of 
Brunfwic . Wolfenbuttle. The Stadtholder’s After, 
Wilhelmina-Carolina, married to the prince of Nafiau- 
Weilburg, had ilfue, and died in May, 1787. 3. Arne- 
lia-Sophia-£leanora, born May 30, 1711 ; died unmarried 
October 31, 1786. 4. Elizabeth-Caroline, born May 30, 
1713 ; died unmarried December 28, 1757. 3. George- 
V/illiam, born November 2, 1717; died at three months 
old. 6. William-Augultus duke of Cumberland, born 
April 15, 1721; died unmarried October 31, 1765. 7. 
Mary, born February 22, 1723 ; died June 14, 1771; hav¬ 
ing married the late prince of Mefle-Caflel, May 8, 1740, 
by whom (he had ifl'ue three fons ; the two eldeft, Wil¬ 
liam and Charles, married their coufins, two princefles of 
Denmark, filters to the prefent king of Denmark, and 
have ilfue. Maria-Sophia-Frederica, a daughter of 
Charles, the fecond fon, married July 12, i^o, to Fre¬ 
deric, prince royal of Denmark, and died November 27, 
1794, leaving ilfue a.fon and two daughters. .8. Louifa, 
born December 7, 1724, and died December 8, 1751, 
having married, November 30, 1743, Frederic V. king 
of Denmark, by whom file had the prefent king of Den¬ 
mark, and three daughters; the eldeft of whom was 
married to the late king of Sweden, by whom fhe had 
ilfue, Guftavus IV. the prefent king of Sweden, born 
November 1, 1778.; who married, November 3, 1797, 
Frederica-Dorothea-Wilhelmina, princefs of Baden- 
Dourlach ; the other two daughters married their cou¬ 
fins, princes of Helfe-Calfel, and have ilfue. 
Frederic-Lewis, eldeft fon of George II. was born 
January 20, 1707 ; married, April 27, 1736, Augulta, 
daughter of Frederic II. duke of Saxe Gotha, and great 
aunt to the prefent duke ; by whom, who died Febru¬ 
ary 8, 1772, he had the following iftue ; and died, while 
prince of Wales, March 20, 1751. 1. Au'gulta, born 
July 31, 1737 ; married to the late duke of Brurtfwic- 
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Wolfenbuttel, January 17, 1746, by whom fhe had ifl’ue 
three fons: 1. Charls^-George-Aiiguftus, married Oc¬ 
tober 14, 1790, Frederica-Louifa-Wilhdmina, daugh- 
ter'of the late Stadtholder ; z. George-William-Chrif- 
tian, born June 26,-17(59; 3. William-Frederic, born 
OClober 9, 1771; and three daughters; 1. C'harlotte- 
Georgiana-Augufta, the eldeft, born December 3, 1746, 
married, October xx, 1780,. Frederic-Charles-Wiiliam, 
lately made king of Wirtemberg (by xvhom fhe had 
two fons and a daughter,) and died in 1791. The king 
of Wirtemberg is brother to the emprels of Ruflia ; he 
was born on November 7, 1754 ; and on Ma'y 18, 1797, 
married,fecondly, Charlotte-Augufta-Madlda, princefs 
royal of England. 2. Carolina-Ainelia-Eiizabeth, born 
May 17, 1768, married, April 8, 1795, to her coufin, the 
prince of Wales, and has ifl'ue. 3. Augufta, born on 
Auguft 8, 177 o, unmarried. 
2. ,George-William-Frederic III. our prefent 
mod gracious king. 3. Edward Auguftus, duke of 
York, born March 14, 1739 ; died unmarried on Sep¬ 
tember 17, 1767. 4. Elizabeth-Caroline, born Decem¬ 
ber 30, 1740: died September 4, 1739, unmarried. 5. 
William-Henry, duke of Gloucryter ; died Auguft 25, 
1803, leaving ilfue the prefenpduke' of Gloucester. 6. 
Henry-Frederic, duke of Cumberland, born Novem¬ 
ber 7, 1745 ; created duke of Cumberland, &c. Octo¬ 
ber 18, 1766; married, OCtober 2, 1771, lady'Anrie Liit- 
terel), eldeft daughter of Simon, firft earl of Carhamp- 
ton, and reliCt of Chriftopher Horton, of Catton Hall, in 
Derbyfhire, efq. and died without ilfue, September 18, 
1790. 7. Louifa-Anne, born March 8, 1739; died un¬ 
married on May 13, 1768. 8. Frederic-William, born 
May 30, 1750; died December 29, 1763. 9. Caroline- 
Matilda, born after the death ef her father, on July 11, 
1751, and died on May io, 1775; her royal highncfs, 
October 1, 1766, was married to Ciiriftian VII. the pre¬ 
fent king'of Denmark, and died at Zell, May xo, 1773, 
by whom <he had ifl'ue Frederic, the prefent prince 
royal of Denmark, born January 28, 1768, who married, 
July 12,- 1790, his coufin, Maria-Sophia-Frederica, a 
daughter of the prince of Helfe-Calfel, by whom he had 
ifl'ue two fons and a daughter ; and his princefs died 
November 27, 1794. Louifa-Augufta, the princefs royal 
of Denmark, was born July 8, 1771; married, May 26, 
1786, the prince of Halftein-Augultenberg, and had iftue 
four daughters. 
Our prefent Mod Gracious Sovereign, GEORGE III. 
Was born May 24, O. S. and baptized by jthe names 
of George-William-Frederic, June 21, 1738 ; fucceed- 
ed his father in his titles of Prince of Great Britain, 
Electoral Pfince of Brunfwic-Lunpnburg, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Marquis of the lfle of Ely, Earl of C'arrick. 
and Eltham, Vifcouiit Launcefton, Baron of Renfrew 
and Snaudon, Lord of the Illes, and Steward of Scot¬ 
land ; but the Duchy of Cornwall was merged in the 
crown. He was, therefore by letters patent, on the 20th 
of April 1751, created Prince of Wales; and, on the 
deatli of l\is royal grandfather, George II. the crown of 
Great Britain devolved on his Royal Highnefs, OCtober 
25, 1760. His majefty was’ married on September 8, 
1761, to Sophia-Cliarlotte, Princefs of Mecklenburg- 
Strelitz, After to the prefent and late duke ; and their 
majefties were crowned the 22d of the fame month. By 
his royal Contort, who was born May 19, 1744, his Ma¬ 
jefty has the following ilfue : 
1. George-Augustus-Frederjc, Prince of Wales. 
2. Frederic, Bifliop of Ofnaburg., Duke of York. 3. 
William-Henry, Duke of Clarence. 4. Charlotte-Au¬ 
gufta-Matilda. 3. E«dward, Duke of Kent. 6. Sophia-. 
Augufta, 7. Elizabeth. 8. Ernelt-Auguftus, Duke 
of Cumberland. 9. Augiiftus-Frederic, Duke of Suf- 
fex. 10. Adolphus-Frederic, Duke of Cambridge, xr. 
Mary. 12. Sophia. 13. Octavius, died on May 3, 
1783. 14. Alfred, died on Auguft 20, 1782. 15. Amelia. 
