Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a full-ringled history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

Born the only child of a quarreling couple, she's raised virtually ignored by her parents yet adored by her country.

This pretentious and naughty princess finally met her prince turning, sat up house, and was on her way to Queendom, when her short life ended.

However, this sad lost set the stage for the birth of another future queen playing Victoria.

Let's talk about Princess Charlotte.

First, let's place her in history.

Napoleon Bonaparte married his wife Josephine.

The very first smallpox inoculation was administered by Edward Jenner.

The United States State Department issued the very first American passport ever.

The first regular Sunday newspaper in the country is published in Baltimore, Maryland.

Our curmudgeonly friend John Adams is elected president.

And Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales is born in 1796.

Welcome to the show. Yay!

We thought it would be a good idea to go back in time a little bit from Queen Victoria.

You know, if you have not yet listened to the Victoria podcast, I suggest that you go back and listen to those.

Or else this one may not make as much sense because we're going to skip over some genealogy that you may need to understand this podcast.

So go back and listen to that one and come right back.

Okay, well, Princess Charlotte of Wales was born in 1796.

She's the only child of Prince George of Wales and Princess Caroline of Brunswick.

Her father was the eldest son of Matt King George.

Again, the George that America wrote the letter to is saying, hey, no more kings. We don't like you.

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