A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Charlotte, Princess of Wales

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CHARLOTTE, PRINCESS OF WALES,

Daughter of George the Fourth, and heir-apparent to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, was born in 1795, and died November 6th., 1817, aged twenty-two. She was married to Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Cobourg. The untimely death of the princess and her infant, clothed the nation in mourning, and changed the succession of the throne. When informed of her child's death, shortly before her own, she said, "I feel it as a mother naturally should"—adding "It is the will of God! praise to him in all things!" She was a pious, intelligent, energetic, and benevolent princess, often personally visiting and relieving the poor; and her loss was deeply felt. Robert Hall preached a most eloquent sermon on her death.