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| | A Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
 | | Princess Sophie Charlotte was born on May 19, 1744--the eighth child of the Prince of Mirow, Charles Louis Frederick, and his wife, Elisabeth Albertina of Saxe-Hildburghausen. |
 | | In August of 1761, he and Sophie Charlotte's dying mother signed the marriage contract with the English King George III of the House of Hanover. |
 | | Her oldest son George, Prince of Wales, finally was named regent in 1812, at the age of fifty and, in 1820, upon the death of his father, ascended the throne as George IV, King of Great Britain and Hanover. |
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