What is Princess Mary, Duchess Of Gloucester And Edinburgh?

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Princess Mary
Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
SpousePrince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester
Titles
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
HRH The Princess Mary
Royal houseHouse of Hanover
FatherGeorge III
MotherCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born25 March 1776(1776--)
Buckingham Palace, London
Baptised19 May 1776
St. James's Palace, London
Died30 March 1857 (aged 81)
Gloucester House, London
Burial8 May 1857
St George's Chapel, Windsor
The Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (25 April 1776 - 30 April 1857) was a member of the British Royal Family, the eleventh child and fourth daughter of George III.

She was married to Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and was the longest living child of King George III.

Early life

Princess Mary was born, on 25 April 1776, at Buckingham Palace, London. Her father was the reigning British monarch, George III, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Her mother was Queen Charlotte (née Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), the daughter of Charles, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Around 1796 Mary fell in love with the Dutch prince Frederick, while he and his family where in exile in London. Frederik was the son of the Dutch stadholder William V, Prince of Orange, and brother to William I of the Netherlands. However Frederik and Mary didn't marry because George III let her older sisters marry first. In 1799 Frederik died in the army because of an infection, and Mary was allowed to mourn officially.

Marriage

Mary's upbringing was very sheltered and she spent most of her time with her parents and sisters. King George and Queen Charlotte were keen to shelter their children, particularly the girls. Mary, however, married on 22 July 1816, to her first cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the son of George III's brother, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace. On their wedding day, Mary's brother, The Prince Regent, granted William the style of His Royal Highness to give him an equal rank to Mary.

The couple lived together at Bagshot Park, but after William's death she moved to White Lodge in Richmond Park. They had no children together. Princess Mary was said to be the favourite aunt of her niece, Queen Victoria. At the time of her death, she was the last surviving child of George III and Queen Charlotte.

Princess Mary was quite close to her eldest brother, and she shared his dislike toward his wife Caroline of Brunswick. When the latter left for Italy, Princess Mary congratulated her brother "on the prospect of a good riddance. Heaven grant that she may not return again and that we may never see more of her" [Charlotte Zeepvat's "George III's Children", p.106].

Princess Mary was the last survivor of George III's fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to adulthood. She was eighty one when she died.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

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Ancestors

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16. George I of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. George II of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Sophia Dorothea of Celle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Frederick, Prince of Wales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Caroline of Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. George III of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Mary,
Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Christian William I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Antoine Sybille of Barby-Muhlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Sofie of Waldeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. George Louis I of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Amelie Katherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 

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