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H.M.
Queen Charlotte

1744-1818

  
 

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  full name:   Sophia Charlotte
  birth: 1744.05.19 at Mirow, Germany
  father:   Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  mother:   Elizabeth of Saxe-Hildburghausen
  marriage: 1761.09.08 King George III
at Chapel Royal, St.James's Palace, London
  children: 1762 George IV Augustus Frederick, King of Great Britain
    1763 Frederick Augustus, Duke of York & Albany
    1765 William IV Henry, King of Great Britain
    1766 Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal
    1767 Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent
    1768 Augusta Sophia
    1770 Elizabeth
    1771 Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
    1773 Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
    1774 Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge
    1776 Mary
    1777 Sophia Matilda
    1779 Octavius
    1780 Alfred
    1783 Amelia
  death: 1818.11.17 at Kew Palace, Richmond, Surrey
(buried: St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire)
       
       
  Titles, Orders and Awards
     
  Titles:
  H.H. Sophia Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  1760 H.M. Queen Charlotte
     
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1760.10.15 granted her title to 105th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders) on the occasion of her marriage
1760.10.28 granted her title to 102nd Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Voluntiers) on the occasion of her marriage
1761.10.16 granted her title to 107th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Voluntiers)
1761.10.14 granted her title to 110th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)
1766 granted her title to 2nd (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons [later 16th Lancers]
17uu allegedly presented "Regimental Slow March of the 16th Lancers" to the regiment
1776.08.06 granted her title to The Queen's Rangers
1788.06.23 granted her title to 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
1802 granted her title to The Queen's Own Germans
 
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