Princess Charlotte of Clarence facts for kids

Princess Charlotte of Clarence Born on 27 March 1819, Hanover. She died the same day as her birth. She was the oldest daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom and his wife Adelaide. She had four younger siblings- Elizabeth of Clarence, two stillborn brothers and a stillborn sibling of unknown sex.

Images for kids

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  William aged thirteen (left) and his younger brother Edward, painted by Benjamin West, 1778

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  William in dress uniform painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, c.1800

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  Cartoon by James Gillray of William and Mrs. Jordan: A large, cracked chamber-pot represents Mrs. Jordan, and the Duke has thrust himself into a fissure in the 'Jordan'.

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  Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, mezzotint by John Jones of London, 1791, after a painting by John Hoppner

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  "The Disconsolate Sailor", 1811: a cartoon by Charles Williams about Catherine Tylney-Long's choice between the Duke of Clarence (right) and William Wesley-Pole (left)

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  Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen by Sir William Beechey, c. 1831

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  William, as Lord High Admiral, print by William James Ward, after Abraham Wivell's painting, first published in 1827

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  William IV in Masonic insignia. Portrait by James Lonsdale, 1830

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  Political cartoon supporting the Reform Act: King William sits above the clouds, surrounded by Whig politicians; below Britannia and the British Lion cause the Tories to flee.

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  Portrait by Sir David Wilkie, 1837

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  Half-Crown of William IV, 1836. The inscription reads GULIELMUS IIII D(EI) G(RATIA) BRITANNIAR(UM) REX F(IDEI) D(EFENSOR) (William IV by the Grace of God King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith)

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  William IV drawn by his daughter Sophia de L'Isle and Dudley in early 1837

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  Statue of William IV in Göttingen, Germany. The Latin inscription reads: "William the Fourth, King, Father of the Fatherland".