On This Day In Royal History . 25 April 1776 . Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was born . ◼ Princess Mary was born, on 25 April 1776, at Buckingham Palace, London. Her father was the reigning British monarch, George III. Her mother was Queen Charlotte, the daughter of Charles, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. . ◼ Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was the 11th child & fourth daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom. . ◼ She married her first cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, when both were 40, & was his widow in later life. . ◼ In her last years, her niece, Victoria, was on the throne as the fourth monarch during Mary’s life, after her father & two of her brothers. . ◼ Princess Mary was the longest-lived (at 81 years) & last survivor of George III’s fifteen children; of those fifteen issue, thirteen lived to adulthood. . ◼ She died on 30 April 1857 at Gloucester House, London. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1776 #Princessmary #DuchessofGloucester #DuchessofEdinburgh #HouseofHanover #History #BritishMonarchy #d25apr #otd #OnThisDay #historyinpictures #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Royalty #Royals #BritishRoyals #BuckinghamPalace #london #GreatBritain #Britain #BritishRoyalFamily #Britishroyalty #Princess #Royal #lovehistory #Historyfacts #Familyhistory Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 (at Buckingham Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/COGb5SpMtQR/?igshid=1dzg3hqs9i1ub
