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Prince Octavius of Great Britain

Prince Octavius
Painting of Octavius as a young boy with long blonde hair, wearing brown overalls and a blue hat
Portrait by Benjamin West, 1783
Born(1779-02-23)23 February 1779
Buckingham House, London, England
Died3 May 1783(1783-05-03) (aged 4)
Kew Palace, Surrey, England
Burial10 May 1783
Westminster Abbey
11 February 1820
Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
HouseHanover
FatherGeorge III
MotherCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prince Octavius of Great Britain (23 February 1779 – 3 May 1783)[1] was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince Alfred, Octavius was inoculated against the smallpox virus. Several days later, he became ill. His subsequent death at the age of four devastated his parents, and in particular his father. King George III had been very fond of his two youngest sons, Alfred and Octavius, and his later bouts of madness involved hallucinations of them.

  1. ^ Curzon 2020, p. XII.

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