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Andrew Hanham. George of Denmark, Prince (1653–1708), consort of Queen Anne. The younger son of Frederick III of Denmark, George was affable but dull. ‘I have tried him drunk,’ Charles II once remarked, ‘and I have tried him sober and there is nothing in him.’. Trained in science and warfare, he saw action against the Swedes in the ...
Younger son of Frederik III of Denmark, and consort to Queen Anne (r. 1702–1714), history has not treated Prince George of Denmark kindly or fairly. Charles II is reputed to have said of him ‘I have tried him drunk and I have tried him sober and there is nothing to him’, and even today George is often characterised by historians as little more than an ‘amiable but bone-headed gentleman’.
Sep 16, 2022 · She had married Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), the son of Frederick III of Denmark (r. 1648-70) on 28 July 1683. King William made George the Duke of Cumberland, but he was largely ignored until Anne became queen, and even then his disinterest in political life ensured he remained a marginal figure.
Prince George, Duke of Kent. Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Prince George served in the Royal Navy in the 1920s and then briefly ...
Google Scholar. See Lois G. Schwoerer, “Women and the Glorious Revolution,” Albion, 18, 2 (Summer 1986) 195–218. In his declaration to the convention parliament, William of Orange reiterated his suspicion that “the pretended prince of Wales was not born by the Queen — many both doubted of the Queen’s bigness and the birth of the ...
Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland. after John Riley oil on canvas, based on a work of 1687 49 in. x 40 in. (1245 mm x 1016 mm) Purchased, 1871
John Riley emerged as leading court portraitist during the period between the death of Peter Lely in 1680 and the ascendency of Godfrey Kneller, with whom he was appointed joint Principal Painter to William III and Mary II in 1688.Prince George of Denmark was the younger brother of Christian V of Denmark. He married Queen Anne in 1683 and was described by the diarist John Evelyn as having ...
