George III of the United Kingdom

George III (born George William Frederick, 4 June 1738 - 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801. He was then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.

George III
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; King of Hanover; prev. King of Great Britain and Ireland; Elector of Hanover
Reign	25 October 1760 - 29 January 1820
Coronation	22 September 1761
Predecessor	George II
Successor	George IV
Born	4 June 1738 Norfolk House, London, Great Britain
Died	29 January 1820 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, UK
Burial	16 February 1820 St George's Chapel, Windsor, UK
Spouse	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Issue	George IV Frederick, Duke of York William IV Charlotte, Princess Royal Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent Princess Augusta Sophia Princess Elizabeth Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge Princess Mary Princess Sophia Prince Octavius Prince Alfred Princess Amelia
Full name George William Frederick
House	House of Hanover
Father	Frederick, Prince of Wales
Mother	Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

During George III's reign, his home country lost many of its colonies in North America (they became the United States), and his two kingdoms Great Britain and Ireland were merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Also during his reign Great Britain and its successor the United Kingdom were at war with republican and Napoleonic France and won the war against it. Also during George III's reign his land in Hanover, Germany became a kingdom. He suffered from periodic bouts of insanity. One of these caused a regency crisis in 1788 during which the kingdom of Ireland attempted unsuccessfully to nominate his son George IV as regent. He quickly recovered preventing this.^[1]

Because of "his plain, homely, thrifty manners and tastes", George III has been nicknamed Farmer George.

Ancestors

George III of the United Kingdom's ancestors in three generations

George III of the United Kingdom	Father: Frederick, Prince of Wales	Paternal Grandfather: George II of Great Britain	Paternal Great-grandfather: George I of Great Britain
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle
		Paternal Grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach	Paternal Great-grandfather: John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach
	Mother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha	Maternal Grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	Maternal Great-grandfather: Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst	Maternal Great-grandfather: Prince Charles of Anhalt-Zerbst
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels