Prince Frederick of Great Britain

For his father, see Frederick, Prince of Wales. For his nephew, see Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.

Prince Frederick
Frederick aged 4 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Born	13 May 1750 Leicester House, Westminster, England
Died	29 December 1765 (aged 15) Leicester House, Westminster, England
Burial	4 January 1766 Westminster Abbey, London
Names Frederick William
House	Hanover
Father	Frederick, Prince of Wales
Mother	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Prince Frederick William of Great Britain (13 May 1750 – 29 December 1765) was a grandchild of King George II and the youngest brother of King George III. He was the youngest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

He died at the young age of 15. He was buried at Westminster Abbey, London.

Life

Frederick William as a toddler in 1751, before breeching

Frederick was born on 13 May 1750, at Leicester House, Westminster, London. His father was Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach. His mother was The Princess of Wales (née Augusta of Saxe-Gotha).

He was christened on 17 June of the same year,^[1] at the same house, by the Bishop of Oxford, Thomas Secker. His godparents were his brother Prince George, his maternal uncle Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his sister Princess Augusta.^[2]

The young prince died on 29 December 1765, at Leicester House.^[3]

Arms

Frederick was posthumously granted the arms of the kingdom differenced by a label argent of five points, the centre bearing a fleur-de-lys azure, the other points each bearing a rose gules.^[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Prince Frederick of Great Britain[5]

8. George I of Great Britain 4. George II of Great Britain 9. Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle 2. Frederick, Prince of Wales 10. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 5. Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 11. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 1. Prince Frederick William of Great Britain 12. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 6. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13. Princess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels 3. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 14. Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst 7. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst 15. Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels

References

1. Robert Huish (1821). The public and private life of His late...Majesty, George the Third: embracing its most memorable incidents. Printed for T. Kelly. pp. 46.
2. Arthur Collins (1756). Peerage of England. p. 31.
3. Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. 1772. p. 40.
4. Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family
5. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 4.