GEORGE III, William Frederick, King of Great Britain and Ireland; born at Norfolk House, Westminster, 4 June 1738, succeeded his father as Duke of Cornwall, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Kurprinz of Hanover, 20 March 1751, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 20 April, 1751, succeeded his grandfather as King of Great Britain, and Duke of Hanover and Elector, 25 Oct 1760, Sovereign Prince of Osnabrück and Munster, 1803, King of Hanover and Sovereign Prince of East Friesland, 1814; Crowned 22 September 1761, married 8 Sept 1761, Princess Sophia Charlotte (born at Mirow, 19 May 1744; died at Kew Palace, 17 November 1818, buried at Windsor), youngest daughter of Charles I. Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and had issue,

1. GEORGE IV AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, KG, Prince and Bishop of Osnaburg (1764 –l803), Field Marshal and C.-in-C., born 16 August 1763, married 29 September 1791, Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherine (died 6 August 1820), daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia, and died without issue 5 January 1827.

3. WILLIAM IV HENRY, Duke of Clarence, afterwards King.

4. Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin, KG, Field Marshal, born 2 November 1767, married 20 May 1818, Princess Victoria Mary Louise (died 16 March 1861), widow of Emich Charles, Prince of Leiningen, and daughter of Francis Frederick Antony, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and died 23 January 1820, leaving issue, an only child,

ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, afterwards Queen

5. ERNEST AUGUSTUS, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, KG, Field Marshal, born 5 June 1771, succeeded his brother, William IV, as King of Hanover, 20 June 1837, married 29 May 1815, Princess Frederica Sophia Charlotte Alexandrina (died 29 June 1841), widow of (1) Prince Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and died 18 November1851, leaving issue,

GEORGE V Frederick Alexander Ernest Augustus, succeeded his father as King of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, KG, General in the British Army, born 27 May 1819, deposed 20 September 1866, married 18 February 1843, Princess Marie (died 9 January 1907), eldest daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and died 12 June 1878, leaving issue,

(1) Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, KG, Gen. of Cav. in the Austrian Army, born 21 September 1845, struck off the Roll of the Order of the Garter, 13 May 1915, deprived of his peerages and title of Prince of Great Britain by Order in Council, 28 March 1919, succeeded his kinsman, Duke Wilhelm, 1884, as Duke of Brunswick and Head of the House of Brunswick, impeded to succeed by Council of the German Empire and renounced in favour of his son, Ernest Augustus, 24 October 1913. He married 21 December 1878, Princess Thyra (died 26 Feb 1933), youngest daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, and died 14 November1923, having had issue,

la. George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Waldemar Ernest Adolphus, Earl of Armagh, G.C.V.O., Capt. 42nd Regt. of Austria, born 28 Oct 1880; died unmarried 20 May 1912.

2a. Christian Frederick William George Peter Waldemar, born 4 July 1885; died unmarried 3 September 1901.

3a. Ernest Augustus Christian George, Reigning Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, 1 November1913, Prussian and Bavarian General, born 17 November1887, deprived of his title of Prince of Great Britain by Order in Council, 28 March 1919. He married 24 May 1913, Princess Victoria Louise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte, has Grand Cross of Order of St. Olga and St. Sophia of Greece, only daughter of William II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, and died 30 January 1953, leaving issue,

1b Ernest Augustus George William Christian Ludwig Francis Joseph Nicholas, The Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, in whom is vested the right to petition for restoration of the peerages of Cumberland, Capt. German Army, has Order of the Elephant of Denmark, and Grand Cross Order of the Redeemer of Greece, born 18 March 1914 educated Univ. Coll. Oxford, married 4 September 1951, Princess Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig, daughter of Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, and has issue,

1c Ernst August, Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich Ferdinand Christian Ludwig, born 26 February 1954.

2c Ludwig Rudolf Georg Wilhelm Philipp Friedrich Wohlrath Maximilian born 21 November 1955.

3c Heinrich Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Gunther, born 29 April 1961.

1c Marie Victoria Luise Hertha Friederike, born 26 November 1952.

2c Olga Sophie Charlotte Anna, born 18 February 1958.

3c Alexandre Irene Margaritha Elisabeth Bathildis, born 18 February 1959.

2b George William Ernest Augustus Frederick Axel, LLD. Gottingen 1948, late Major l0th German Cav. Regt., has Grand Cross, Order of the Redeemer of Greece, sometime Headmaster of Salem School, born 25 March 1915, married 23 April, 1946, H.R.H. Princess Sophia, widow of Prince Christopher of Hesse, and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece, and has issue,

1c Guelf Ernest Augustus Andrew Philip George William Louis Berthold, born 25 January 1947.

2c George Paul Christian, born 9 Dec 1949.

1c Friederike-Elizabeth Victoria Luise Alice Olga Theodora Helena, born 15 Oct 1954.

3b Christian Oscar Ernest Augustus William Victor George Henry, late Capt of Cav German Army, has Grand Cross, Order of the Redeemer of Greece, born 1 Sept 1919, married 23 November 1963, Mireille, daughter of Armand Dutry, of Belgium, and has issue,

Caroline-Luise Mireille Irene Sophie, born 3 May 1965.

4b Guelf Henry Ernest Augustus George Christian Berthold Frederick William Louis Ferdinand, Dr. jur., has Grand Cross, Order of the Redeemer of Greece, born 11 March 1923, married 21 September 1960, Princess Sophie Alexandra, daughter of Otto Friedrich, 7th Prince of Isenburg-Budingen.

1b Frederika Louise Thyra Victoria Marguerite Sophie Olga Cecilie Isabella Christa, has Grand Cross Order of SS. Olga and Sophia of Greece, born 18 April, 1917, married 9 January 1938, Paul I, King of the Hellenes, KG, GCVO, and has issue (see below). He died 6 March 1964.

1a Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica, born 11 October 1879, married 10 July 1900, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, German Imperial Chancellor, Oct-November 1918 (died 6 November 1929), and died 31 January 1948, having had issue.

2a Alexandra Louise Marie Olga Elizabeth Therese Vera, born 29 Sept 1882, married 7 June 1904, Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1901-18 (died 17 November1945), and died 30 Aug 1963, leaving issue.

3a Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes, born 11 July 1884; died unmarried 21 September 1958.

(1) Frederica Sophia Marie Henrietta Amelia Therese, born 9 January 1848, married 24 April, 1880, Alphonse, 1st Baron von Pawel Rammingen, and died 16 Oct 1926, having had issue. He died 20 November 1932.

(2) Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Therese Elizabeth Alexandrine, born 2 Dec 1849; died unmarried 4 June 1904.

6. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow, KG, born 27 January 1773, married at Rome, 4 April 1793, and at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, 5 December 1793 (annulled by the Prerogative Court, August 1794, as contracted in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772,) Lady Augusta Murray, afterwards D’Ameland (assumed by Royal Licence, 1806) (died 5 March 1830), 2nd daughter of John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. He went through a form of marriage ( in violation of The Royal Act, 1772), circa 2 May 1831, with Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin, afterwards Underwood (surname assumed by Royal Licence, 2nd May 1831), created Duchess of Inverness (1840) (died 1 August 1873), widow of Sir George Buggin, Kt, and eldest daughter of Arthur Saunders, 2nd Earl of Arran, KP, by his 3rd wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Underwood, and died without legitimate issue 21 April 1843.

7. Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron Culloden, KG, Field Marshall, Viceroy of Hanover 1816-37, born. 24 Feb 1774, married at Cassel, 7 May and at Buckingham Palace, 1 June 1818, Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louise (died 6 April, 1889), 3rd daughter of the landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel, and died 8 July 1850, leaving issue,

1. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal and C-in-C. 1856-95, born at Hanover, 26 March 1819, went through a form of marriage in violation of the Royal Marriage Act, 1772, 8 January 1847, with Sarah (Louisa) Fairbrother ( Mrs. Fitz- George) (died 12 January 1890), and died without legitimate issue 17 March 1904.

1. Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louisa, born 18 July 1843, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, KG, and died 4 December 1916, having had issue. He died 30 May 1904.

2. Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, born 27 November1833, married 12 June 1866, Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Prince and Duke of Teck, Major-Gen. (born 27 August 1837, died 21 January 1900), only son of Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg, by his morganatic wife Claudine, Countess Rhedey, and died 27 October 1897, leaving issue,

Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislas, Duke of Teck, created Marquess of Cambridge, and died 24 October 1927 (see that title).

Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, Prince of Teck, Major 1st Dragoons, served in S. Africa 1899-1900, born 9 January 1870; died unmarried 22 October 1910.

Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Prince of Teck, KG, created Earl of Athlone, and died 16 January 1957

Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, Princess of Teck (Queen Mary), born 26 May 1867 married 6 July 1893, King George V, and died 24 March 1953, having had issue (see below). He died 20 January 1936.

8. Octavius, born 23 February 1779, died 3 May 1783.

9. Alfred, born 22 September 1780, died 20 August 1782.

1. Charlotte Augusta Matilda (Princess Royal), born 29 September 1766, married 18 May 1797, Frederick I, King of Wurttemberg, and died without issue 6 October 1828. He died 30 Oct 1816.

2. Augusta Sophia, born 8 November 1768; died unmarried 22 Sept 1840.

3. Elizabeth, born 22 May 1770, married 7 April, 1818, Frederick Joseph Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and died without issue 10 January 1840. He died 2 April, 1829.

4. Mary, born 25 April, 1776, married 22 July 1816, her first cousin, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, and died without issue 30 April, 1857. He died 30 November 1834.

5. Sophia, born 3 November 1777; died unmarried 27 May 1848.

6. Amelia, born 7 August 1783; died unmarried 2 November 1810.

GEORGE III died at Windsor, 29 January 1820 (buried there). He was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE IV to WILLIAM IV (1820 - 1837)