What did King George lll do that was really important in his life?

He ignored the advice of some ministers and in so doing partially completed the English Revolution of the previous century. This time, the revolution was among the English of the American Colonies. Sadly, the revolution has not to date been competed in the land of its origin.

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. He was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and King of Hanover. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, and the first of Hanover to be born in Britain and speak English as his first language and he never visited Germany.

Prince George of Wales was born in London, England at Norfolk House and was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of George II. Prince George's mother was Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. As Prince George was born two months premature and was thought unlikely to survive.

On 8 September 1761, the King married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he met on their wedding day. A fortnight later, both were crowned at Westminster Abbey. George remarkably never took a mistress and the couple enjoyed a genuinely happy marriage. They had 15 children – nine sons and six daughters.

George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom and much of the rest of Europe. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American Revolutionary War, which led to the establishment of the United States. Later, the kingdom became involved in a series of wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France, which finally concluded in the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. In addition, during George's reign the realms of Great Britain and Ireland were joined, forming the United Kingdom.

Later in his reign George III suffered from recurrent and, eventually, permanent mental illness. This baffled medical science at the time, although it is now generally thought that he suffered from the blood disease porphyria.

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Prince George of Wales was born in London, England at Norfolk House and was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of George II. Prince George's mother was Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. As Prince George was born two months premature and was thought unlikely to survive, he was baptised the same day by the Rector of St James's.[2] He was publicly baptised by the Bishop of Oxford, Thomas Secker, at Norfolk House on 4 July 1738 (New Style). His godparents were the King of Sweden (for whom Lord Baltimore stood proxy), the Duke of Saxe-Gotha (for whom the Duke of Chandos stood proxy) and the Queen of Prussia (for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin, a daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, stood proxy).

In 1759 George was smitten with Lady Sarah Lennox,daughter of the Duke of Richmond, but Lord Bute advised against the match and George abandoned his thoughts of marriage. "I am born for the happiness and misery of a great nation," he wrote, "and consequently must often act contrary to my passion." Nevertheless, attempts by the King to marry George to Princess Sophia Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel were resisted by him and his mother.

The following year, George succeeded to the Crown when his grandfather, George II, died suddenly on 25 October 1760. The search for a suitable wife intensified. On 8 September 1761, the King married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he met on their wedding day. A fortnight later, both were crowned at Westminster Abbey. George remarkably never took a mistress (in contrast with both his Hanoverian predecessors and his sons), and the couple enjoyed a genuinely happy marriage.They had 15 children – nine sons and six daughters.

His Tiltles:

4 June 1738 – 31 March 1751: His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales

31 March 1751 – 20 April 1751: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

20 April 1751 – 25 October 1760: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820: His Majesty The King

He lost the colonies. Yipee!!