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The Prince Octavius (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1783) was a member of the British Royal Family
British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in his or her Commonwealth realm#The Crown in the Commonwealth realmss, thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family....
, the thirteenth child and eighth son of George III.

ce Octavius was born, on 23 February, 1779, at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. His father was George III, his mother Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the List of British consorts as spouse of King George III of the United Kingdom.Queen Charlotte was a patroness of the arts, known to Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among others....
. His name derives from Latin octavus, the eighth, showing that he was the eighth son of his parents.

The Prince Octavius died, on 3 May 1783, at Kew Palace
Kew Palace

Three buildings at Kew, which is now a western suburb of London, have been known as Kew Palace. One of them survives and is open to visitors....
, London, aged four years old.






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The Prince Octavius (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1783) was a member of the British Royal Family
British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in his or her Commonwealth realm#The Crown in the Commonwealth realmss, thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family....
, the thirteenth child and eighth son of George III.

Life

Prince Octavius was born, on 23 February, 1779, at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. His father was George III, his mother Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the List of British consorts as spouse of King George III of the United Kingdom.Queen Charlotte was a patroness of the arts, known to Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among others....
. His name derives from Latin octavus, the eighth, showing that he was the eighth son of his parents.

The Prince Octavius died, on 3 May 1783, at Kew Palace
Kew Palace

Three buildings at Kew, which is now a western suburb of London, have been known as Kew Palace. One of them survives and is open to visitors....
, London, aged four years old. Octavius's death devastated his father. Shortly afterward, King George said "There will be no heaven for me if Octavius is not there."

Titles, styles, honours and arms


Titles and styles

  • 23 February 1779–3 May 1783: His Royal Highness The Prince Octavius

Legacy


Film

Prince Octavius was mentioned in The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George is a 1994 in film film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own Play The Madness of George III ....
 in the scene when King George wakes his children up when he claims London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 is flooded, and says that his son
George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV was the king of Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III of the United Kingdom, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later....
 has killed him (Octavius was long dead by the time of the film's setting).

Ancestry



See also