George married Margaret Kepler in 1772 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Margaret was born in 1752 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 05 Sep 1828 in Green County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in 1895 in New Jefferson Cemetery, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George III was the longest reigning of male British monarchs. Born onJune 4, 1738, he was th e son of Frederick, prince of Wales, and the grandson of George II. He succeeded his grandfat her in 1760, his father having died in 1751.

George had high but impractical ideas of kingship. On his accession he sought to rule withou t regard to party, to banish corruption from political practice, and to abandon the Hanoveria n preoccupations of his predecessors. The chief minister chosen to implement his new system o f politics, the third earl of Bute (1713-92), however, was an unpracticed politician who mere ly succeeded in disrupting the established politics of the day without creating a viable alte rnative. The result was 10 years of ministerial instability and public controversy, which end ed only in 1770 with the appointment of Frederick, Lord North, an able and congenial minister .

Although never an autocratic monarch in the sense that his opponents contended, George III wa s always a powerful force in politics. He was a strong supporter of the war against America , and he viewed the concession of independence in 1783 with such detestation that he consider ed abdicating his throne. At the same time, he fought a bitter personal feud with the Whig le ader Charles James Fox, and his personal intervention brought the fall of the Fox-North minis try in 1783. He then found another minister, William Pitt, the Younger, who suited him. Eve n as late as 1801 he preferred, however, to force Pitt to resign as prime minister rather tha n permit Catholic Emancipation, a measure that he interpreted as contrary to his coronation o ath to uphold the Church of England.

After 1801 George III was increasingly incapacitated by an illness ,sometimes identified as p orphyria, that caused blindness and senility. His recurring bouts of insanity became a politi cal problem and ultimately compelled him to submit to the establishment of a formal Regency i n 1811.The regent was his oldest son, the future George IV, one of 15 children borne him by h is wife, Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

George III was bitterly criticized by Whig historians of his own and later days. But 20th-cen tury scholarship has somewhat redressed the balance, and he is now seen as a strong-minded bu t public-spirited monarch who perhaps ascended the throne at an overly young and impressionab le age. He learned quickly, however, and developed into a shrewd and sensible statesman, alth ough one of conservative views. To the court he brought a sense of public duty and private mo rality that proved popular in a society already being transformed by the evangelical revival . He showed considerable interest in agricultural improvement and was an avid collector of pa intings and books. The best loved of the Hanoverian rulers, he enjoyed a personal reputatio n that stood his house in good stead during the disastrous reign of his son George. George II I died on Jan. 29, 1820.

> Can anyone point me to a good online source for the children of King
> George III of England including illegitimate, what's known of. I used
> to think there was a newsgroup for royalty but couldn't find one,
> apologies this being off-topic.

1) George, Prince of Wales, later George IV (1762-1830)
2) Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827)
3) William, Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837)
4) Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) (father of Queen Victoria)
5) Princess Augusta (1768-1840)
6) Princess Elizabeth, m. Frederick of Hesse-Homburg (1770-1840)
7) Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, later King of Hanover (1771-1851)
8) Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843)
9) Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850)
10) Princess Sophia (1777-1845)
11) Prince Octavius (1779-1783)
12) Prince Alfred (1780-1782)
13) Princess Amelia (1783-1810)
14) Princess Mary, m. the Duke of Gloucester (1776-1857)

George III had no illegitimate children, having a most un-Hanoverian fidelity to Queen Charlotte.

Birth:
Norfolk-House, St. James Square

Christened:
Norfolk-House, St. James Square

Buried:
St. George Chapel, Windsor Castle

Died:
Windsor Castle

George married Hannah Lightfoot on 17 Apr 1759. Hannah (daughter of Mathew Lightfoot and Mary Wheeler) was born on 12 Oct 1730 in St. John's, Wapping, London, England; and died in Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Westminster Abbey

Died:
Leicester-House

Frederick married Princess of Saxe-Gotha Augusta on 08 May 1736 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England. Augusta (daughter of Duke Frederick Of Saxe-Gotha, II and Princess of Anhalt Magdalene Auguste) was born on 30 Nov 1719 in Gotha, Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Thuringia; died on 8 Feb 1772 in Carlton House, Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried on 15 Feb 1772 in Westminster, Middlesex, London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Westminster Abbey

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Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James Palace

Mathew married Mary Wheeler on 13 Aug 1728 in Savoy. Mary (daughter of Samuel Wheeler and Hannah _____) was born in 1699 in England; died on 16 May 1760 in St. Jame's. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]