Prince Octavius of Great Britain

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Prince Octavius of Great Britain was a young British royal, the son of King George III, whose early death in childhood deeply affected his parents and the royal family.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British prince
member of the House of Hanover
ageAtDeath 4
associatedWithResidence Buckingham House
Kew Palace
baptismDate 1779-03-23
baptismPlace St James's Palace, London
birthDate 1779-02-23
birthPlace Buckingham House
surface form: Buckingham House, London
burialChurch Henry VII Lady Chapel
surface form: Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
burialDate 1783-05-10
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath smallpox (probable, following inoculation)
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1783-05-03
deathPlace Kew Palace
surface form: Kew Palace, Surrey
era Georgian era
father George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: King George III
fullName Prince Octavius of Great Britain self-link
gender male
givenName Octavius
grandfather Frederick, Prince of Wales
grandmother Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
knownFor being deeply mourned by King George III
dying in early childhood
maternalGrandfather Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
maternalGrandmother Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
monarchDuringLifetime George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
mother Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
surface form: Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
namedAfter Latin word "octavus" meaning "eighth"
positionInSiblingOrder eighth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte
religion Church of England
royalHouse House of Hanover
sibling Charlotte, Princess Royal
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
surface form: Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

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surface form: George IV

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surface form: Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
surface form: Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
surface form: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
surface form: Prince Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

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surface form: Princess Augusta Sophia

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
surface form: Princess Elizabeth

Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
surface form: Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

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surface form: Princess Sophia

William IV
style His Royal Highness
title Prince of Great Britain

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George III of the United Kingdom child Prince Octavius of Great Britain
Prince Octavius of Great Britain fullName Prince Octavius of Great Britain self-link
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh sibling Prince Octavius of Great Britain