Paternal Family Tree: Mecklenburg
On 18th September 1768 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz [aged 26] and [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 16] were married. He would, six years later, marry her younger sister [her step-mother] Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 12]; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 3rd March 1778 Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover was born to Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz [aged 36] and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 25].
On 22nd May 1782 [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 29] died.
28th September 1784 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz [aged 42] and [her step-mother] Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 28] were married. She the sister of his first wife [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
Before 1789. Johann Heinrich Tischbein [aged 66]. Portrait of Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [aged 10].
In 1815 Ernest Augustus King Hanover [aged 43] and Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale. He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 76] and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 70]. They were first cousins.
Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville. To Lady G. Morpeth [aged 32]. Saltram: September 1, 1815,
I went yesterday to the slate quarry and all over the beautiful wood in which it is. The day was delicious, and this part of the country is beautiful. It puts me in mind of Bolton and some of the valleys between Theux and Spa.
We had a dinner, Sir John Duckworth, another Sir Something, and a sensible, pleasing physician whom they swear by here.
The Boringdons saw the Pole who has been allowed to go with Buonaparte. He seems really attached to him. Amongst other things he said of him, ' Mais il ne pense jamais k lui,' a new view of his character. There are different versions of all the stories of him and his companions. Some say that Madame Bertrand1 is very much in love with him, others that she detests him, and never calls him anything but I'homme.
Borino [aged 43]2 is so long manoeuvring and marshalling us that I have time to tell you that I had a letter from my aunt. She had just seen the Hollands, Lady H. in grief at the failure of some presents she wanted to send to Buonaparte and Madame Bertrand.
No women were present at the Duchess of Cumberland's [aged 37] marriage. The Dowager Lansdowne proposed herself, and was refused. Caroline William [aged 29] writes me word that she detests Paris, which she says is gay without interest, noisy beyond bearing; that she is magnificently but uncomfortably lodged, alone or in a crowd; and that every countenance bears the stamp of suppressed ill-humour if native, pique if Austrian or Russian, open insolence or vulgar wonder if English, with the only exception of Hart, who sees everything couleur de rose and enjoys himself extremely. The Louvre, she says, is the prey of the spoiler, and Denon3 looking as Jenny's mother did when 'she looked in her face till her heart was nigh to break.' Good-bye.
Note 1. Wife of Comte Bertrand, Buonaparte's secretary. They both accompanied him to St. Helena and were present at his death.
Note 2. Lord Boringdon.
Note 3. Celebrated for his knowledge of art. He accompanied Buonaparte to Egypt, and was on his return named Director- General of the Museums, and retained the place till 1815. He had collected in the conquered countries a great number of works of art, with which he enriched the museums of France.
On 22nd July 1816 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 40] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 40] were married at St James's Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 78] and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 72]. He the son of William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 6th November 1816 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz [aged 75] died.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 29th May 1818 [her brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 50] and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 31] were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 61]. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 79] and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 74]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 1st June 1818 [her brother-in-law] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge [aged 44] and Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 79] and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 74]. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 11th July 1818 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 52] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 25] were married at Kew, Surrey. She by marriage Duchess Clarence and St Andrews. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 80].
On 27th May 1819 [her son] George V King Hanover was born to [her husband] Ernest Augustus King Hanover [aged 47] and Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [aged 41]. He a grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.45%. He married 18th February 1843 Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover and had issue.
On 23rd January 1820 [her brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 52] died at Woolbrook Cottage Sidmouth, Devon.
On 29th January 1820 [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 81] died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His reign the third longest after Victoria and Elizabeth II. His son [her brother-in-law] George [aged 57] succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [aged 51] by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 26th June 1830 [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 67] died. His brother William [aged 64] succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Duke Clarence and St Andrews merged with the Crown. Queen Adelaide of England [aged 37] by marriage Queen Consort England.
He was attended by Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 60].
On 27th December 1830 Lucius Cary 10th Viscount Falkland [aged 27] and Amelia Fitz-Clarence Viscountess Falkland [aged 23] were married at the Brighton Royal Pavilion. [her brother-in-law] King William IV [aged 65] gave away his daughter. The service was conducted by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner. She the illegitmate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 2nd May 1831 [her brother-in-law] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex [aged 58] and Cecilia Gore aka Underwood Duchess of Inverness [aged 46] were married contrary to the Royal Marriages Act. On the same day she assumed the surname Underwood by Royal Licence. She did not assume the title Duchess of Sussex. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran and Elizabeth Underwood Countess of Arran. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England.
On 8th September 1831 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 66] was crowned IV King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham [aged 63] attended as Deputy Earl Marshal as a result of Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard being ill.
Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 35] was created 1st Earl Lichfield. Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 31] by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 20th June 1837 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 71] died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His niece Victoria [aged 18] succeeded I Queen Great Britain and Ireland. His brother [her husband] Ernest [aged 66] succeeded King Hanover. Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [aged 59] by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
At 5am Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham [aged 40] and Archbishop William Howley [aged 71] went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess she was now Queen. Frances Conynham was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'.
On 29th June 1841 Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [aged 63] died.
On 18th November 1851 [her former husband] Ernest Augustus King Hanover [aged 80] died. His son George [aged 32] succeeded V King Hanover, 2nd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale. Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 9 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 9 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophia Hohenzollern 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine Hesse 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 11 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Julius Ernst Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Katharina 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 12 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Günther I Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anton Günther I Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian William I Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Father: Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 10 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Gotha 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 5 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Albert Count of Erbach-Schönberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Louis I Count of Erbach-Erbach
Great x 1 Grandmother: Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover 11 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 6 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Eleonore of Saxony 5 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Grandfather: Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Mother: Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Grandmother: Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg