King George IV, as Prince Regent
Document signed, authorising Brook Taylor to conclude a treaty for the marriage of Edward, Duke of Kent, to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, 5 pages, folio, papered seal, stab-stitched with blue silk ribbon, Carlton House, 31 July 1818
A DOCUMENT AUTHORISING THE MARRIAGE THAT SECURED A DYNASTY. Although King George III and Queen Charlotte had fifteen children, by the late 1810s the succession was looking increasingly insecure. The King himself was completely blind and seriously ill with dementia. The Prince of Wales was Regent but he was separated from his wife and their only child, Princess Charlotte, had died in 1817. The Prince had eleven surviving siblings, now mostly in their forties, but none had any legitimate offspring. It was suddenly becoming important for the younger sons to marry and this document authorised the marriage of George III's fifty year-old fifth child, Edward, Duke of Kent. His fiancée was the widowed Victoria, Princess Dowager of Leinengen. Their daughter Victoria was born in May 1819. This may at the time have seemed a minor dynastic matter but when the Duke of Kent died on pneumonia in January 1820 he left his infant daughter as third in line to the throne. Victoria came to the throne at the age of 18 following the death of her uncles George IV and William IV, both without legitimate heirs.
King George IV, as Prince Regent
Document signed, authorising Brook Taylor to conclude a treaty for the marriage of Edward, Duke of Kent, to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, 5 pages, folio, papered seal, stab-stitched with blue silk ribbon, Carlton House, 31 July 1818
A DOCUMENT AUTHORISING THE MARRIAGE THAT SECURED A DYNASTY. Although King George III and Queen Charlotte had fifteen children, by the late 1810s the succession was looking increasingly insecure. The King himself was completely blind and seriously ill with dementia. The Prince of Wales was Regent but he was separated from his wife and their only child, Princess Charlotte, had died in 1817. The Prince had eleven surviving siblings, now mostly in their forties, but none had any legitimate offspring. It was suddenly becoming important for the younger sons to marry and this document authorised the marriage of George III's fifty year-old fifth child, Edward, Duke of Kent. His fiancée was the widowed Victoria, Princess Dowager of Leinengen. Their daughter Victoria was born in May 1819. This may at the time have seemed a minor dynastic matter but when the Duke of Kent died on pneumonia in January 1820 he left his infant daughter as third in line to the throne. Victoria came to the throne at the age of 18 following the death of her uncles George IV and William IV, both without legitimate heirs.
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