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George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

George III of Great Britain

Born:June 4, 1738

Died:January 29, 1820

Age at death:81

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Disease

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Children:15

Born in:Norfolk House, United Kingdom

Buried in:United Kingdom

Languages:German, English

RulerPoliticianMonarchArt CollectorAristocratPatron Of The Arts

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Son: George IV of the United KingdomSon: Ernest Augustus, King of HanoverSon: William IVGranddaughter: Victoria of the United Kingdom
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Proclamation of Rebellion

Awards

Knight of the Garter (1749)

Biography

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. He was concurrently duke and prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the first monarch of the House of Hanover who was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King George II, as the first son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Following his father's death in 1751, Prince George became heir apparent and Prince of Wales. He succeeded to the throne on George II's death in 1760. The following year, he married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, with whom he had 15 children. George III's life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, Britain lost 13 of its North American colonies in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In 1807, the transatlantic slave trade was banned from the British Empire. In the later part of his life, George had recurrent and eventually permanent mental illness. The exact nature of George's illness is not known definitively, but historians and medical experts have suggested that his symptoms and behaviour traits were consistent with either bipolar disorder or porphyria. In 1810, George suffered a final relapse, and his eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, was named Prince Regent the following year. The King died aged 81, at which time the Regent succeeded him as George IV. George III reigned during much of the Georgian and Regency eras. At the time of his death, he was the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, having reigned for 59 years and 96 days; he remains the longest-lived and longest-reigning male monarch in British history.

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Quotes

“The pride, the glory of Britain, and the direct end of its constitution, is political liberty.”

— Essay (late 1750s), quoted in John Brooke, King George III (1972; 1974), p. 108

“[Freedom of speech] is not only the natural privilege of liberty but also its support and preservation, every man therefore here is allowed to declare his sentiments openly, to speak or write whatever is not prohibited by the laws.”

— Essay (late 1750s), quoted in John Brooke, King George III (1972; 1974), p. 108

“We may therefore infer from this long reign that this people will never refuse anything to a sovereign who they know will be the defender of their liberties.”

— Essay on Edward III of England (late 1750s), quoted in John Brooke, King George III (1972; 1974), p. 110

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "George III of Great Britain", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

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George III of the United Kingdom

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George III of the United Kingdom

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George III of the United Kingdom

Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van George III van het Verenigd Koninkrijk George the Third, King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. (titel op object) Objecttype: prent Objectnummer: RP-P-OB-19.280 Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228 Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: prentmaker: William Wynne Ryland (vermeld op object), naar schilderij van: Allan Ramsay (vermeld op object), uitgever: William Wynne Ryland (vermeld op object) Plaats vervaardiging: Londen Datering: mar-1761 Materiaal en Techniek Materiaal: papier Techniek: etsen Afmetingen: plaatrand: hoogte 590 mm × breedte 381 mm Onderwerp Wat: king, historical persons Wie: George III (koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk) Verwerving en rechten: Verwerving: onbekend 2006 Copyright: Publiek domein

George III of the United Kingdom

A lock of hair, reputedly from King George III King George III (1738-1820) ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was also king of Hanover – part of mainland Europe – from 1760 to 1820. He was prone to episodes described as ‘madness’ by contemporaries. Recent tests on the hair found an unexpectedly high concentration of arsenic. Heavy metals such as arsenic can make the symptoms of the hereditary condition called porphyria worse. Some researchers believe George had this condition. Porphyria can lead to severe mental imbalance and episodes of apparent ‘madness’. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, dislike of bright light, and purple urine. Henry Wellcome bought this lock of hair at auction in 1927, enclosed within a slip of paper documenting its origin. Medical Photographic Library

George III of the United Kingdom

A lock of hair, reputedly from King George III King George III (1738-1820) ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was also king of Hanover – part of mainland Europe – from 1760 to 1820. He was prone to episodes described as ‘madness’ by contemporaries. Recent tests on the hair found an unexpectedly high concentration of arsenic. Heavy metals such as arsenic can make the symptoms of the hereditary condition called porphyria worse. Some researchers believe George had this condition. Porphyria can lead to severe mental imbalance and episodes of apparent ‘madness’. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, dislike of bright light, and purple urine. Henry Wellcome bought this lock of hair at auction in 1927, enclosed within a slip of paper documenting its origin. Medical Photographic Library

George III of the United Kingdom

A lock of hair, reputedly from King George III King George III (1738-1820) ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was also king of Hanover – part of mainland Europe – from 1760 to 1820. He was prone to episodes described as ‘madness’ by contemporaries. Recent tests on the hair found an unexpectedly high concentration of arsenic. Heavy metals such as arsenic can make the symptoms of the hereditary condition called porphyria worse. Some researchers believe George had this condition. Porphyria can lead to severe mental imbalance and episodes of apparent ‘madness’. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, dislike of bright light, and purple urine. Henry Wellcome bought this lock of hair at auction in 1927, enclosed within a slip of paper documenting its origin. Medical Photographic Library

George III of the United Kingdom

A lock of hair, reputedly from King George III King George III (1738-1820) ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was also king of Hanover – part of mainland Europe – from 1760 to 1820. He was prone to episodes described as ‘madness’ by contemporaries. Recent tests on the hair found an unexpectedly high concentration of arsenic. Heavy metals such as arsenic can make the symptoms of the hereditary condition called porphyria worse. Some researchers believe George had this condition. Porphyria can lead to severe mental imbalance and episodes of apparent ‘madness’. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, dislike of bright light, and purple urine. Henry Wellcome bought this lock of hair at auction in 1927, enclosed within a slip of paper documenting its origin. Medical Photographic Library

George III of the United Kingdom

Sujet : Angleterre (GB) Grande-Bretagne Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MonnAng Langue : latin

George III of the United Kingdom

Sujet : Angleterre (GB) Grande-Bretagne Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MonnAng Langue : latin

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