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  Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi, née Louvet) (30 September 1898 – 15 November 1977), styled HSH The Princess Charlotte, was the illegitimate daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the mother of Prince Rainier III.
Born Charlotte Louvet in Constantine, Algeria, she was the illegitimate daughter of Marie Juliette Louvet, a cabaret singer, and Prince Louis II.
Louis adopted Charlotte in Paris on 16 May 1919, bestowing on her the surname Grimaldi and the title Duchess of Valentinois; she was thus his heir apparent as Hereditary Princess from 1922 until 30 May 1944 (see below).
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 Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (January 7, 1796 – November 6, 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at that time the Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick.
Charlotte's death left the Prince of Wales without any direct heirs, and meant that her paternal grandfather George III of the United Kingdom had no legitimate grandchildren from his twelve surviving children--and most, if not all, of his daughters were either sterile or past childbearing.
Princess Charlotte, on seeing these polished men in their new uniforms, with scarlet coats and white breeches, pleaded that the regiment be made "hers", and later the title was officially granted.
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 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Elizabeth was born on December 10, 1820 at St.
Her mother was The Duchess of Clarence (nee Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen), the daughter of George I, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Her father, the Duke of Clarence, was the second in line to the throne following the death of Elizabeth's cousin, Princess Charlotte of Wales in 1817, and their grandfather George III in 1820.
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 Princess Charlotte of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Charlotte of Clarence (Charlotte Augusta Louisa) (March 21, 1819-March 21, 1819) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King George III.
Princess Charlotte was born on March 21, 1819 in Hannover.
Her mother was HRH The Duchess of Clarence (nee Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen), the daughter of George I, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
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All three had children, but the duke of Clarence's two baby daughters died in infancy, in 1819 and 1821; and the duke of Cambridge's son George, born on the 26th of March 1819, was only two months old when the birth of the duke of Kent's daughter put her before him in the succession.
The birth of the princess royal, on the 21st of November 1840, removing the unpopular King Ernest of Hanover from Birth the position of heir-presumptive to the British crown, of the was a subject of loud congratulations to the people.
In 1863 the prince of Wales married the princess Alexandra of Denmark.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Charlotte Augusta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (January 7, 1796 - November 6, 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at that time the Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick.
Charlotte's death left the Prince of Wales without any direct heirs, and resulted in a mad dash towards matrimony by most of her bachelor uncles (the marriage of her uncle Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, produced an heir—Queen Victoria).
Charlotte became engaged to Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen in 1876 and married in Berlin in February in Berlin.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: William IV of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Clarence's elder brother, the Prince of Wales, had been Prince Regent since 1811 because of the mental illness of their father, King George III.
As the new King had no surviving children (his daughter, Princess Charlotte, died in childbirth in 1817), the Duke of Clarence was second in the line of succession to the Throne, preceded only by his brother, Frederick, Duke of York.
Her Highness Princess Charlotte of Clarence (Charlotte Augusta Louisa) (March 21, 1819-March 21, 1819) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King George III.
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 Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold
Lady de Clifford, Princess Charlotte's governess, had allowed Hess who was reputed to be an illegitimate son of the Duke of York and therefore a cousin to often ride beside Charlotte's open carriage in the autumn of 1812.
Princess Charlotte's wedding dress was silver lama [lamé] on net, over a silver tissue slip, embroidered at the bottom with silver lama in shells and flowers.
Princess Charlotte miscarried twice in the early months of her marriage, but a third pregnancy in 1817 appeared to be going well.
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 Princess Charlotte of Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Born Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet in Constantine, Algeria, she was the illegitimate daughter of Marie Juliette Louvet (1867 - 1930), and Prince Louis II of Monaco (1870 - 1949).
Charlotte was adopted by Louis in 1919, andbecame Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, and Duchess of Valentinois.
A year after being recognized as princess, Charlotte's marriage was arranged to Count Pierre de Polignac (1895 - 1964) of Guidel, Morbihan, Brittany, France who, by ordinance of Louis II, took the Grimaldi nameand received the title of Prince of Monaco.
www.therfcc.org /princess-charlotte-of-monaco-95221.html   (412 words)

  
 ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN - Part 2
Charlotte’s grandmama sends her blessing and will whip her papa for not writing to her.
Charlotte’s expenses of £200 a year, though necessary, are sometimes found a good deal bySir William, but she must not be uncomfortable.
Charlotte is so well employed that she is ‘at least entitled to the sun shine of the breast’.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817)
Princess Charlotte Augusta, the only child of King George IV of Great Britain and Caroline of Brunswick, was born at Carlton House during the brief union of her parents, who had quarrelled before her birth and were never reconciled.
Princess Charlotte was betrothed, in 1813, to the Prince of Orange, heir to the throne of Holland, but broke off the match of her own accord the next year after hearing of his drunken escapades at Ascot Races.
Charlotte and Leopold spent a year and a half of great happiness at Claremont, but the Princess died in giving birth to a stillborn child in November 1817 and was buried in St.
www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/charlotte.html   (415 words)

  
 Princess charlotte of monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Channel 4 - History - The monarchs we never had
Charlotte was always to be kept under strong guard with attendants of her father's choosing.
When Charlotte was 16, the prince regent decided that the best way to deal with her was to marry her off, and a suitable candidate was found in the prince of Orange, heir to the Dutch throne.
Charlotte was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor, with her son at her feet.
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 William IV of The United Kingdom Encyclopedia @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
At the age of thirteen, he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was present at the Battle of Cape St. He served in New York during the American War of Independence.
When Princess Charlotte, his niece by the Prince Regent died in childbirth in 1817, the King was left with twelve children--and no legitimate grandchildren.
While in office, Clarence attempted to take independent control of naval affairs, although the law required him to act, under most circumstances, on the advice of at least two members of his Council.
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 Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Born at St. James's Palace, London, daughter of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, the third eldest son of King George III, and Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.
The Duchess of Clarence had several difficult pregnancies and Elizabeth's elder sister, Princess Charlotte of Clarence, died on the day she was born in 1819 while twin bothers were stillborn.
Her father, the Duke of Clarence, was the second in line to the throne following the death of his niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales in 1817, and his father George III in 1820.
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 Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Her Serene Highness '''Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois''' (Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi, née Louvet) (30 September 1898 – 15 November 1977), styled '''''HSH The Princess Charlotte''''', was the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the mother of Prince Rainier III.
From 1919 until 1944, she was the Hereditary Princess of Monaco, heiress to the throne.
Louis adopted Charlotte in Paris on 16 May, 1919, bestowing on her the surname Grimaldi and the titles of Hereditary Princess of Monaco and Duchess of Valentinois; she was thus his heir apparent from 1919 until 30 May 1944 (see below).
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 Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817), Daughter of George IV
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817), Daughter of George IV Sitter
Charlotte was brought up by governesses and saw little of her mother.
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick
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 Princess Charlotte, a Brief History of the Whitehaven merchant sailing ship
She was 514 tons register measure (which we are informed is more than 7 tons more than any ship hitherto built at this port), and is believed to be a vessel of uncommon strength and beauty.
In 1845 the Princess Charlotte was sold to Willis and Co. of Scarborough, and then was resold to the East Coast Scottish Whalers.
The Princess Charlotte was lost on the 14th June 1856.
www.mightyseas.co.uk /marhist/whitehaven/brocklebanks/princess_charlotte.htm   (425 words)

  
 Alixden
Alexandra caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia was born in Copenhagen on December 1st.
Alix, as the Danish Princess was familiarly called, was more deeply attached to her brother William (future King of Greece) and to her sister Dagmar (future Empress of Russia) than to her elder brother or her younger siblings.
Princess Alexandra was a genuine beauty, quick tempered and passionate, she was deplorably unpunctual, but also affectionate and honest.
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 Clarence House | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Clarence House was designed by architect John Nash, whose Regency-style buildings are found throughout central London, and was completed in 1827 as the London home of the Duke of Clarence, the third son of King George III.
Queen Charlotte, as a guide points out, bears an uncanny resemblance to both Princess Anne (who was born here in 1950) and the late Princess Margaret, who lived in Clarence House with her mother, the Queen Mum, for seven years, from 1953 to May 1960, when she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, later to become Lord Snowdon.
Formerly the Duke of Clarence's Breakfast Room, the Morning Room has numerous pieces of artwork of the royal family, including childhood portraits of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and several photos of the Queen Mother with her grandchildren.
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 Georgian Series
In the center of the conflict was the beautiful Princess, thrust suddenly into the cruel reality of marriage with the sullen, vindictive George Lewis of Hanover, future King of England and first of the Georges.
Princess Caroline of Brunswick was twenty-six years old and people were saying that she would never be married.
Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent and heiress to the crown, had died in childbirth, and not one of the sons of mad George III had produced a legitimate heir.
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 King George IV
In 1806 a charge against the princess of having given birth to an illegitimate child had been conclusively disproved, and the old king had consequently refused to withdraw her daughter, the princess Charlotte, from her custody.
The prince regent then referred the letter, together with all papers relating to the inquiry of 1806, to a body of twenty-three privy councillors for an opinion whether it was fit that the restrictions on the intercourse between the princess Charlotte and her mother should continue in force.
His only child by Queen Caroline, the princess Charlotte Augusta, was married in 1816 to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, afterwards King Leopold I of the Belgians, and died in childbirth on the 6th of November 1817.
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 queen_victoria
The Duke of Clarence married Princess Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen; the Duke of Cambridge married Princess Augusta of Hesse Cassel and the Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
The Duke of Clarence marriage was childless; in 1819, three newborns arrived to the Royal Family.
This little princess was now fifth in the line of succesion to the throne after the Prince Regent, the Duke of York, the Duke of Clarence and her own father the Duke of Kent.
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 Random House | Books | Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy
Charlotte, however, this flouter of conventions, this wild untamed girl, had won the hearts of all about her, and chiefly that of Prince Leopold, her young husband, whose character and temperament were so different from her own.
However, the story was that Charlotte was the hope of the nation for she was the Regent's only child, and heiress to the throne, for although his brothers had many children, they were illegitimate.
He was separated from the Princess Frederica almost as soon as he was married to her, and, as you know, the Duchess went to live at Oaklands Park with her dogs and other animals where she stayed till she died.
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 English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - William IV.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
William IV was the third son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, he was born at Buckingham House on 21st August, 1765 and christened William Henry.
A marriage was arranged with Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, daughter of George Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Louisa Eleanora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Both William and Adelaide were extremely fond of Princess Victoria of Kent, William's accepted heir, but her mother kept her away from court as much as possible and did not reciprocate the King and Queen's friendly overtures.
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 November 6th
These apprehensions were dispelled by the subsequent marriage of the Duke of Kent, and the birth of the Princess Victoria, who, in her actual occupancy of the throne, has realised all the expectations which the nation had been led to entertain from the anticipated accession of her cousin.
This melancholy circumstance, however, did not appear to affect the princess so seriously as to give any cause for alarm, and about midnight it was deemed expedient to leave her to repose, and the attentions of the nurse, Mrs.
It was said that the medical attendants of the princess had mismanaged the case, and a carelessness and neglect, it was affirmed, had been shewn which would have been scandalous had the fate of the humblest peasant-woman been concerned.
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