Sophie Charlotte zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Deutsch: Sophie Charlotte zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz (* 19. Mai 1744 in Mirow; † 17. November 1818 im Kew Palace in den Royal Botanic Gardens) war eine deutsche Prinzessin, die durch die Heirat mit König Georg III. als Königin Charlotte zur Königin von Großbritannien und Irland und Kurfürstin (später Königin) von Hannover wurde.
English: Queen Charlotte, (née Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820). She is the grandmother of Queen Victoria, and the great-great-great-great grandmother of the current Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II.
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Thomas Lawrence: Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1789-1790 |
Sophie Charlotte zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz aka Queen Charlotte, Gemälde von Esther Denner 1761 |
Königin Sophie Charlotte, Gemälde 1744, von Allan Ramsay |
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Sophie Charlotte with two of her children, portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1765 |
Queen Charlotte "Patroness of Botany, and of the Fine Arts" (The queen also was a well-educated amateur botanist and helped establish what is today Kew Gardens) |
James Gillray: King and Queen sitting in latrine, looking in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gustav III of Sweden |