The death of George IV and Caroline's daughter sent shockwaves through the nation, but what did it do to the succession?
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Images taken from Wikimedia Commons (unless otherwise stated):
Princess Charlotte with her mother, Caroline of Brunswick, by Thomas Lawrence (1801). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, heiress presumptive of the British crown by George Dawe (c.1817). Held by theMuseum of New Zealand.
Portrait of Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1804). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians by William Thomas Fry, after George Dawe (based on a work of 1817). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
“The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg” by Thomas Sutherland, after Charles Wild, and after James Stephanoff (published 1818). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
A royal visit to the monument to Princess Charlotte in the chapel of St. Georg. Lithograph by A.J. B. Bayot after E.H.T. Pingret, 1846. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
Portrait of George, Prince Regent and Prince of Wales; later George IV by Thomas Lawrence (1816). Held by the Vatican Museums.
“The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York” by Henry Singleton (1791). Held by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Portrait of Charlotte, Princess Royal by William Beechey (between c.1795 and 1797). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Ernst August von Hannover by Edmund Koken (after 1842). Held by the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum.
Portrait of Mary of Great Britain, duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh by Thomas Lawrence (1824). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex by Guy Head (1798). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of George V, King of Hanover by Conrad L'Allemand (1861). Held by the Hannover History Museum.
Portrait of Princess Elizabeth by William Beechey (1797). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of King William IV by Sir Martin Archer Shee (c.1800). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Queen Adelaide by John Simpson (1832). Held by Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries.
Portrait of William IV by Martin Archer Shee (1833). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Sir William Beechey (1818). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Princess Alexandrina Victoria aged four by Stephen Poyntz Denning (1823). Held by the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Portrait of Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge by William Beechey (1808). Held by the National Trust.
Portrait of Princess Augusta after William Beechey (between c.1819 and c.1840). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Princess Sophia by Thomas Lawrence (between 1800 and 1824). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes by Henry Pierce Bone after George Hayter (1843). Held by the Royal Collection.
“The Marriage of Queen Victoria, 10 February 1840” by George Hayter (1840-1842). Held by the Royal Collection.
Consulted texts:
Relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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