Frederick, Prince of Wales

Frederick
Prince of Wales (more...)
Portrait by Jacopo Amigoni
Born	(1707-01-31)31 January 1707 (New Style) Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Died	31 March 1751(1751-03-31) (aged 44) Leicester House, London, England
Burial	13 April 1751 Westminster Abbey, London
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ​ ​ (m. 1736)​
Issue	Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel George III Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany Princess Elizabeth Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn Princess Louisa Prince Frederick Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway
Names Frederick Louis German: Friedrich Ludwig
House	Hanover
Father	George II of Great Britain
Mother	Caroline of Ansbach
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Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis, German: Friedrich Ludwig; 31 January 1707 – 31 March 1751) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the father of King George III.

Under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament in 1701, Frederick was fourth in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, after his great-grandmother Sophia, Dowager Electress of Hanover; his grandfather George, Prince-Elector of Hanover; and his father, George. The Elector ascended the British throne in 1714. After his grandfather died and his father became king in 1727, Frederick moved to Great Britain and was created Prince of Wales in 1729. He predeceased his father, however, and upon the latter's death in 1760, the throne passed to Frederick's eldest son, George III.