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Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
1770May, 22

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (22 May 1770 – 10 January 1840) was the seventh child and third daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After marrying the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick VI, she took permanent residence in Germany as landgravine.

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