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1796-1817. Only child of [[George IV]] and [[Caroline of Brunswick]]. | |||
== 5. | == Birth == | ||
Princess Charlotte Augusta was born on 7 January 1796 by Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her father was [[George IV]] (Parissien 228). | |||
Princess Charlotte Augusta did not enjoy a carefree childhood because her parents were in a permanent quarrel. She became a very tomboyish girl and so her father separated her from her frequently bad-tempered mother. (http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html) Her father wanted to raise her in ‘order and regularity’. Later Caroline of Brunswick was allowed to see her daughter again due to [[George III]]’s intervention (Parissien 229). | |||
== Childhood == | |||
The princess took a lot after her father. As a matter of fact, she was careless in contact with people and with possessions too. She was a notorious liar and had a very nasty temper. Moreover, the princess was very passionate as for love (Parissien 231). She even had affairs with a few men and she struck the public because of her immense lack of manners. Swearing in public and using her sleeve as handkerchief was definitely not the proper behaviour of a member of the British Royal Family (Parissien 231). | |||
== Marriage == | |||
Princess Charlotte Augusta rejected all of her father’s potential suggestions of men and married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a German prince serving as a senior officer in the Russian army (Parissien 237). She met him during her negotiations with her then future husband William of Orange. She had also been in love with Prince Frederick, the King of Prussia's nephew. (http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html) Nonetheless, Princess Charlotte Augusta fell in love with Prince Leopold Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and married him on 2 May 1816 (Parissien 237). After their marriage, the couple moved to Claremont in Surrey. The two were a very contrasting couple and so complemented one another: she was a very vivacious and he a very calm character (Parissien 238). | |||
== Death == | |||
Princess Charlotte Augusta had two miscarriages and became pregnant for the third time. She delivered a son on 5 November 1817 after suffering labour of two days. The princess, who had been suffering from inherited porphyria, died after her delivery on the same day (Parissien 239). And so did her son. | |||
= Sources = | |||
Georgian Index. “Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold”. 2001. http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html. | Georgian Index. “Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold”. 2001. http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html. | ||
Parissien, Steven. George IV: The Grand Entertainment. London: John Murray | Parissien, Steven. ''George IV: The Grand Entertainment''. London: John Murray, 2001. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:29, 19 October 2016
1796-1817. Only child of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick.
Birth
Princess Charlotte Augusta was born on 7 January 1796 by Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her father was George IV (Parissien 228). Princess Charlotte Augusta did not enjoy a carefree childhood because her parents were in a permanent quarrel. She became a very tomboyish girl and so her father separated her from her frequently bad-tempered mother. (http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html) Her father wanted to raise her in ‘order and regularity’. Later Caroline of Brunswick was allowed to see her daughter again due to George III’s intervention (Parissien 229).
Childhood
The princess took a lot after her father. As a matter of fact, she was careless in contact with people and with possessions too. She was a notorious liar and had a very nasty temper. Moreover, the princess was very passionate as for love (Parissien 231). She even had affairs with a few men and she struck the public because of her immense lack of manners. Swearing in public and using her sleeve as handkerchief was definitely not the proper behaviour of a member of the British Royal Family (Parissien 231).
Marriage
Princess Charlotte Augusta rejected all of her father’s potential suggestions of men and married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a German prince serving as a senior officer in the Russian army (Parissien 237). She met him during her negotiations with her then future husband William of Orange. She had also been in love with Prince Frederick, the King of Prussia's nephew. (http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html) Nonetheless, Princess Charlotte Augusta fell in love with Prince Leopold Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and married him on 2 May 1816 (Parissien 237). After their marriage, the couple moved to Claremont in Surrey. The two were a very contrasting couple and so complemented one another: she was a very vivacious and he a very calm character (Parissien 238).
Death
Princess Charlotte Augusta had two miscarriages and became pregnant for the third time. She delivered a son on 5 November 1817 after suffering labour of two days. The princess, who had been suffering from inherited porphyria, died after her delivery on the same day (Parissien 239). And so did her son.
Sources
Georgian Index. “Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold”. 2001. http://www.georgianindex.net/Prn_Charlotte/P_Charlotte.html.
Parissien, Steven. George IV: The Grand Entertainment. London: John Murray, 2001.