This Week in Royal History: January 29 - February 4
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to This Week in Royal History, where we're exploring the world of royal history from one century to another - stopping on events that may be of interest to you. In this episode we look at the week of January 29-February 4th and focus on a few interesting stories, including:
George III, Anne Clifford, Charles I, Henry of Portugal, Edward III, Anne of York, and Owen Tudor!
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| 0:00.0 | What is it about the royal family that intrigues us so much? |
| 0:05.3 | I think it's the drama, isn't it? |
| 0:08.0 | Well, this week we once again hop through the centuries |
| 0:11.2 | to learn the interesting, juicy tidbits |
| 0:14.3 | about how some of the other royal families lived. |
| 0:18.9 | The Tudor's Dynasty podcast. |
| 0:24.5 | Welcome to this week in Royal History. |
| 0:27.3 | I am your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:31.1 | Best known as the monarch who lost the colonies, |
| 0:35.2 | George III died on the 29th of January 1820. Born at Norfolk House in London |
| 0:43.0 | in June 1738 to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxgotha. He was the first king |
| 0:50.0 | from the House of Hanover to be born in Great Britain and spoke English as his first language. |
| 0:56.8 | He was the first king from the House of Hanover to be born in Great Britain and spoke English as his |
| 1:04.3 | first language. While he is considered a Hanoverian, George actually never visited Hanover. |
| 1:12.6 | He was educated with his younger brother, Edward, by private tutors and was interested in the natural sciences. |
| 1:20.5 | George's father died unexpectedly in 1751, and 13-year-old George was created Prince of Wales that same year by his grandfather, George II. |
| 1:31.8 | On the 25th of October 1760, George the 2nd died, and our George then became George the 3rd at 22 years old. |
| 1:42.3 | In September 1761, George married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg |
| 1:47.0 | Strelitz. They met for the first time on their wedding day and were crowned together that month at |
| 1:53.4 | Westminster Abbey. George and Charlotte had 15 children together, and George was loyal to his wife throughout their marriage. |
| 2:04.6 | George also inherited the ongoing war between Britain and France in North America. |
| 2:09.6 | When the war was over, the British Empire was deeply in debt and sought to regain revenue |
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