page_title: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
section_title: Issue
hierarchical_section_title: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz / Issue
caption_attribution_description: Português: Jorge III, Rainha Carlota e seus Seis Filhos Mais VelhosEnglish: George III, Queen Charlotte and their Six Eldest Children
context_page_description: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from her marriage to King George III on 8 September 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which she was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1818. She was also electress consort of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until the promotion of her husband to king of Hanover on 12 October 1814, after which she was also queen consort of Hanover.
  Charlotte was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. She was distressed by her husband's bouts of physical and mental illness, which became permanent in later life and resulted in their eldest son George's appointment as Prince Regent in 1811. George III and Charlotte had 15 children in total, 13 of whom survived to adulthood. They included two future British monarchs, George IV and William IV; Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the father of Queen Victoria; and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover.
caption: King George III with his consort Queen Charlotte and their six eldest children, by Johan Zoffany, 1770
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