Charlotte Augusta of Wales
1796 – 1817 · Generation XXXIII
Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796–1817). Married Leopold I of Belgium in 1816. Heir presumptive to the throne; her death in childbirth at twenty-one set off the succession scramble that produced Victoria.
Place in the family
- Charlotte Augusta of Wales was a first cousin of Queen Victoria.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → Elizabeth Stuart → Sophia of Hanover → King George I → King George II → Frederick Prince of Wales → King George III → King George IV → Charlotte Augusta of Wales.
Parents
- King George IV (1762 – 1830)
- Caroline of Brunswick (1768 – 1821)
Partners
- Married Leopold I of Belgium (1790 – 1865) in 1816
Life
- 1796 — Born
- 1816 — Married Leopold I of Belgium
- 1817 — Died