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On This Day In Royal History . 26 March 1819 . Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge was born . . ◼ Prince George was born at Cambridge House in Hanover, Germany. . ◼ His father was Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the 10th child & seventh son of King George III & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His mother was the Duchess of Cambridge (née Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel). . ◼ Prince George was Queen Victoria’s cousin & almost exactly the same age as she. He spent his childhood in Hanover, where his father was the governor-general, but in 1830 he was sent to live with William IV & Queen Adelaide in England. . ◼ In August 1835, he was made a knight of the Order of the Garter & re-joined his parents in Hanover in 1836. . ◼ On the accession of Queen Victoria, in June 1837, the Duke of Cambridge returned with his family to England. . ◼ On the Queen’s wedding day, 10 February 1840, George met the beautiful actress & dancer Miss Sarah – usually known as Louisa – Fairbrother (1816–1890), daughter of Robert Fairbrother, a London theatrical printer. They began an affair & had two children before marrying on 8 January 1847. Known as Mrs FitzGeorge, Louisa bore the Prince another son on 12 June 1847. . ◼ Prince George had a distinguished military career & was extremely popular within the army. He commanded the 1st Division during the Crimean War, including at the Battles of Alma, Balaklava & Inkerman. He later served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army from 1856 until 1895. . ◼ He was also a keen sportsman, an excellent after-dinner speaker, & acknowledged by contemporaries to be a kind & considerate man. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #d26mar #theyear1819 #PrinceGeorge #DukeofCambridge #History #houseofsaxecoburgandgotha #BritishMonarchy #otd #royals #royalty #duke #Cambridge #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #RoyalFacts #historyfacts #RoyalCollection #Britishroyalty #hanover (at Hanover, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NyTdhjbb2/?igshid=1omqncevtlu92

On This Day In Royal History . 26 March 1687 . Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born . . 👑 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was the only daughter of George Louis of Hanover, later King George I of Great Britain, & Sophia Dorothea of Celle. . ◼ Sophia Dorothea married her cousin, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, heir apparent to the Prussian throne, on 28 November 1706. They had met as children under the care of their grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, & had disliked each other ever since. Sophia Dorothea differed from her husband in every aspect & the marriage suffered as a result. . ▪ One of the most important differences between them was that Sophia Dorothea, unlike her husband, loved entertainment. Frederick William contemplated to divorce her the same year they married, & judging by the letters of Sophia Dorothea, he accused her of not wanting to be married to him. . ◼ Her husband ascended the throne in 1713 & Sophia Dorothea became queen. She was nicknamed “Olympia” for her regal bearing. Her children were terrorized & frequently beaten by Frederick William, who may have suffered from porphyria. . ◼ She had a good relationship with her son, Frederick, later known as “Frederick the Great”, who was very attached to her & deeply mourned her death. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1687 #D26mar #SophiaDorothea #History #Royalty #HouseofHanover #QueenofPrussia #Britishmonarchy #OnThisDay #historyfacts #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Monarchy #KingGeorge #GeorgeI #KingGeorgeI #Hanover #Britishroyalty #BritishRoyals (at Hanover, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NxaLSDGom/?igshid=e2k9d3b5cj5f