Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

**Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz** (19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the queen of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III. She was queen consort of the United Kingdom from her marriage on September 8, 1761 to her death on November 18,1818. Charlotte and George III had 15 children, of whom 13 survived to adulthood. She was the longest consort, serving 58 years. She died in 1818, and George III died two years later.

## Ancestors

|rowspan="8" align="center"|**Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz**|rowspan="4" align="center"|**Father:** Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Paternal grandfather:** Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|align="center"|**Paternal great-grandfather:** Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|
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|align="center"|**Paternal great-grandmother:** Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Paternal grandmother:** Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen|align="center"|**Paternal great-grandfather:** Christian Wilhelm I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen|||||
|align="center"|**Paternal great-grandmother:** Antoine Sybille of Barby-Muhlingen|||||||
|rowspan="4" align="center"|**Mother:** Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Maternal grandfather:** Ernest Frederick I of Saxe-Hildburghausen|align="center"|**Maternal great-grandfather:** Ernest III of Saxe-Hildburghausen|||
|align="center"|**Maternal great-grandmother:** Sofie of Waldeck|||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Maternal grandmother:** Sofie Albertine of Erbach-Erbach|align="center"|**Maternal great-grandfather:** Georg Ludwig I of Erbach-Erbach|||||
|align="center"|**Maternal great-grandmother:** Amelie Katherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg|||||||

## Infobox (royalty)

- **consort**: yes
- **name**: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- **image**: Charlotte gainsborough.jpg
- **succession**: List of British royal consorts, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover
- **reign**: 8 September 1761 – 17 November 1818
- **coronation**: 22 September 1761
- **spouse**: George III
- **issue**: George IV of the United Kingdom, George IV
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Frederick, Duke of York
William IV of the United Kingdom, William IV
Charlotte, Princess Royal
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Princess Augusta Sophia
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Princess Mary
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Princess Sophia
Prince Octavius of Great Britain, Prince Octavius
Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Prince Alfred
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom, Princess Amelia
- **house**: Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House of Hanover (by marriage)
- **full name**: Sophia Charlotte
- **father**: Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
- **mother**: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- **birth place**: Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
- **death place**: Kew Palace, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- **burial date**: 2 December 1818
- **burial place**: St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor