HRH The Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Homburg
HRH The Princess Elizabeth
House of Hanover
Buckingham Palace, Westminster
Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse
| Princess Elizabeth | |
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| Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg | |
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| Spouse | Frederick VI |
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| HRH The Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg HRH The Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Homburg HRH The Princess Elizabeth |
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| Royal house | House of Hesse-Homburg House of Hanover |
| Father | George III of the United Kingdom |
| Mother | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Born | 22 May 1770 Buckingham Palace, Westminster |
| Died | 10 January 1840 (aged 69) Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse |
| Burial | Mausoleum of the Landgraves, Homburg |
The Princess Elizabeth (22 May 1770 – 10 January 1840) was a member of the British Royal Family, the 7th child and 3rd daughter of George III of the United Kingdom.
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The Princess Elizabeth was born at Buckingham Palace, London. Her father was the reigning British monarch, George III, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Her mother was Queen Charlotte (née Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).
The Princess' upbringing was very sheltered and she spent most of her time with her parents and sisters. King George and Queen Charlotte were keen to shelter their children, particularly the girls. However, in 1812, Princess Elizabeth purchased The Priory at Old Windsor in Berkshire as her private residence.
During a ball in the British royal court in 1814 Elizabeth got to know the German Prince Frederick of Hesse-Homburg. When Elisabeth saw the Austrian officer in his elegant Hussar's uniform, she is supposed to have said: "If he is single, I will marry him!". Against all resistance the wedding took place on 7 April 1818 in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace in Westminster. It wasn't a real "love match", in spite of the mutual understanding and respect; in fact it was an agreement with which both well managed. Elisabeth moved to Germany with her husband.
On 20 January 1820, Frederick succeeded his father as the Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg. Thanks to Elizabeth's dowry and annual allowance, he was able to remodel the palace in Homburg. For her part, Elisabeth (now Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg), could bid farewell to the rigid court etiquette she had disliked in England and as one would say today, "find herself", as she could do much as she liked in her new environs.
She died on 10 January 1840 at age 69 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany. She was buried in the Mausoleum of the Landgraves, Homburg, Germany.
As of 1789, as a daughter of the sovereign, Elizabeth had use of the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points, the centre point bearing a cross gules, the outer points each bearing a rose gules.[2]
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