Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

For other people named Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, see Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (disambiguation).

Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth rests her left hand on a table. She holds a pen in her right hand, as if she is about to write something.
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, 1797
Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg
Tenure20 January 1820 – 2 April 1829
Born22 May 1770
Buckingham House, London, England
Died10 January 1840(1840-01-10) (aged 69)
Free City of Frankfurt
Burial17 January 1840
Mausoleum of the Landgraves, Homburg
Spouse
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(m. 1818; died 1829)​
HouseHanover
FatherGeorge III
MotherCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
SignaturePrincess Elizabeth's signature

Princess Elizabeth (22 May 1770 – 10 January 1840), called Eliza, was the seventh child and third daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.[1] After marrying the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick VI, she took permanent residence in Germany as landgravine.

  1. ^ Hall, Mrs. Matthew (1858). The Royal Princesses of England from the Reign of George I. London: Routledge. p. 333. Retrieved 8 November 2010. The Princess Elizabeth, destined in after years to become Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg, was the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte... born on the 22nd of May, 1770, between eight and nine o'clock A.M.