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House. House of Hanover. Father. George III. Mother. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Octavius (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1783) was the eighth son of the British king George III and his queen, Charlotte. He died at the age of four. His father King George once said "There will be no heaven for me if Octavius is not there."
Prince Octavius is welcomed into heaven by his brother Alfred under the protective wings of an angel and watched by two cherubs. On the ground below there is a view of Windsor Castle from the South. The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated 'Royal Residences' of 1819, hanging in the King's State Bedchamber at Windsor Castle ( RCIN 922108 ).
Prince Alfred of Great Britain (22 September 1780 – 20 August 1782) was the fourteenth child and ninth and youngest son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1782, Alfred, who had never enjoyed robust health, became unwell after his inoculation against smallpox .
Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
Octavius was the 13th child and eighth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Six months after the death of his brother Prince Alfred after a smallpox inoculation, Octavius was also inoculated with the virus. He became ill, and died just a few days later. Queen Charlotte wrote to a friend: in less than eight and forty hours was my son Octavius, in perfect health, sick and struck with ...
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. Princess Elizabeth painted by Sir William Beechey (1797). Princess Elizabeth (22 May 1770 – 10 January 1840) was the 7th child of George III and Queen Charlotte. She married Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, in 1818. She had no children.
Prince Alfred of Great Britain (22 September 1780 – 20 August 1782) was the fourteenth child and ninth and youngest son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1782, Alfred, who had never enjoyed robust health, became unwell after his inoculation against the smallpox virus.
