[House of Hannover AH] - Marriage Prospects for King George III's Daughters?

The six daughters of King George III of Hanover and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, were Charlotte (the Princess Royal), Augusta Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia and Amelia. Of these six (who had nine additional brothers), only three married in Charlotte, Elizabeth and Mary and they did so later than typical. The reasons are various but certainly not for lack of interest from the six women, who suffered their father's madness, their mother's strict control and a distancing from more eligible bachelors (with some of the sisters famously pursuing married or much older men simply because it was who was around them).

So. Supposing that their brothers are able to excercise and effect more freedom on behalf of their sisters, or that George III is not crazy or died early or that their mother is much less co-dependent on her daughters or anything else that you might fancy...

Who might be their prospective beaus, either in British high society or overseas in Europe? Three of these women of course married OTL, but one did so to her cousin while all three who did marry had no issue. Were there perhaps handsome young officers or noblemen that could have tried to court them, or royals of Scandinavia or Germany that might have proven suitable? Perhaps a grim and bearded Russian fellow from the east, dressed in furs? Or perhaps even some colonial or commonwealth fellow, full of good fortune but very little in terms of prestigious ancestry?
 
no problem. So... Any ideas?

When George III had his first attack of madness in the 1780s, it effectively scuppered the marriage prospects of the girls. Of course, nobody knew it at the time. George had promised them that he would take them to Hannover and start looking for husbands for them (later in the year or the next year), however his porphyria intervened and that was the end of that.

As to who or where they would marry, no Britisher lord or colonial gentleman is even going to get a look-in. Queen Charlotte won't allow it to go over if she's got charge of them (think Queen Victoria's reluctance to let her daughters wed), and George would probably have a relapse were he to recover and find all his daughters married to diplomatic nobodies while he was "absent".

Likely matches, based on who was considered OTL:
Charlotte - the crown prince of Denmark (although, mindful of what had happened to his sister, George III might be a bit leery of wedding his eldest daughter to Denmark)
Elizabeth was actually proposed to by Louis Philippe, future king of the French, but her mother forced her to turn the match down for fear it would cause George to have a relapse (even though the Prince of Wales and the duke of KEnt were in favour of the match).
Mary (OTL duchess of Gloucester) was supposed to wed either the Prince of Orange (or his younger brother) as part of a double match with the Netherlands wherein the Prince of Wales would marry to Princess Luise Friederike (who later married his cousin, the Erbprinz of Brunswick).
Augusta was courted by the youngest brother of Gustaf III, Adolf Frederik. OTL the marriage proposal was sanctioned neither by Stockholm nor by London, so it went exactly nowhere.
As to Amelia and Sophia IDK. The usual Hannoverian shuffle amongst the German princes (which seems likely if pappa was going to wed them from Hannover rather than London) means we'd possibly see Brunswick (if the PoW marries the OTL Erbprinzessin), Prussia (if the PoW weds Luise of Mecklenburg instead of Karoline of Brunswick), Kassel or Württemberg cropping up.

Actually, a double match with Prussia (the duke of York and one of his sisters to Princess Friederike and Friedrich Wilhelm IIII), a double match with the Netherlands (Mary to Willem VI and the PoW to the Dutch princess), and then some other matches elsewhere, doesn't sound half bad TBH.
 
I've actually done quite a bit of research on this subject with the idea of doing a George III TL (I know the Jacobite guy thinking about the Hanoverians? SHOCKER!). So this is what I've found out and guessed at from my research:

1. Charlotte, Princess Royal - The only major proposed match I can find is one with the Prince Royal of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III. The idea seems to have originated with the Prince of Wales (who was negotiating with the Prussians for a loan and thought such a marriage would open the Prussian checkbook) and was eagerly supported by the Princess Royal herself. Supposedly King Friedrich Wilhelm II was also open to the idea of a British alliance. However, when the two broached the idea to their father's favorite the Duke of York, who was in Berlin at the time and preparing to marry the Prince's sister Frederica, thought that he was more interested in sister Mary and in any event had no interest in pushing the matter, devastating Charlotte and infuriating Wales. Plus the four year age difference also played against her. So if George III didn't go mad in 1788 then this marriage could become a much more realistic possibility. The only other idea I can find, other than the OTL marriage to Würtemberg, was an idea for her to marry Wales' friend the Duke of Bedford.

2. Princess Augusta -Augusta was consider the more beautiful of the older sisters and received much more proposals than her older sister, but the King was insistent that his oldest daughter must be married first. The major proposal for her hand was her first cousin the Prince Regent of Denmark, Frederik VI. However, considering what happened to his sister Caroline during her tenure in Copenhagen, it's unsurprising that George III had no real interest in the match. My idea was to have the Prince Regent visit his uncle when the later is in Hanover and personally appeal to him for the match, maybe court his cousin a bit as well. Get him to charm George into agreeing to the match; maybe send his step-grandmother the Queen Dowager Juliana and her son Frederik into exile in Norway (make the later it's governor and insist that his mother accompany him?) to sweeten the deal (the Queen Dowager having played such a major role in Caroline Matilda's downfall). I think this is the best match possible for Augusta, if she can get over her painful shyness.

3. Princess Elizabeth - The only prospect I can find for Elizabeth was the OTL proposal from Louis Philippe III, Duc d'Orléans and future King of the French. However that's obviously unacceptable, him being Catholic and all. The only idea I can come up with is a match with one of her Brunswick cousins; either Hereditary Prince Karl (who either had learning disabilities or was out and out mentally retarded) or the future Black Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. Probably the later. Also, depending on when the POD is, there's the oldest son of Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassal, Friedrich. OTL he died at age 12 in 1784 but if the POD is before that or the same year then he could survive and take Elizabeth as Consort.

4. Princess Mary - I'd say have Mary marry either Prins Frederik van Oranje, the one she wanted to OTL but whom died before George III could be convinced, or her OTL husband and cousin Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Supposedly the two had been in love for decades before the marriage but the Duke was kept single first over George III's reluctance due to his mother (an illegitimate widow) and later over to be a "backup" consort for Princess Charlotte.

5. Princess Sophia - Here we're fully ATL as I can't find any proposed spouses for either Sophia or Amelia. So for Sophia I would propose one of the Landgrafs of Hesse; either Louis XI of Hesse-Darmstadt or Landgraf Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassal. Or if one has Wilhelm's older brother survive then he would be the Hessian candidate.

6. Princess Amelia - For Amelia I think an interesting match could be the future Gustav IV Adolf. It could tie in well with her oldest sister as Queen of Denmark and would be a great replacement for Gustav's failed Russian match. Amelia is the one I've done the least research on so I might find out more later.

BTW the reason I haven't mentioned any other Dutch matches is because of the 1787 Patriot revolution; Stadhouder Willem V was nearly overthrown by revolutionaries and was only restored due to aid from Prussia, Brunswick and Great Britain. Willem I arranged his son's marriage to a Prussian Princess and his daughter's marriage to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick as a way to show his gratitude for their assistance. Not sure if the proposed match between Princess Mary and Prins Frederik van Oranje was related to this or not. So I can't see the Dutch pulling the match with the Hohenzollerns for a marriage to a British Princess.

As for any domestic matches, really hard to say. Queen Charlotte was totally against them for some reason or another but I'm not entirely sure what George III's opinion was pre-crazy. Considering that he wanted to keep his daughters close, domestic matches might be a compromise. But Again not sure at all.
 
My apologies if I'm necro'ing. There wasn't a notice up.

I read recently that the Prince Regent asked an uncle in Mecklenburg/Oldenburg to push one of his sisters (I almost think it was Charlotte) candidacy for the prince of Oldenburg shortly after George III's FIRST madness episode in the late 1780s.

So given the Oldenburgs standing at the Russian/Swedish court, could this have fulfilled @Droman's request for a Russian in furs?
 
To the domestic match for some, they seem to have wanted some rather well-connected boys, who, although not exactly internationally renowned, would've been suitable for Queen Victoria's tastes I'd imagine - although I haven't read the chaps' bios yet:

Charlotte:
Bored by her isolation, ready to start her own family and well-aware it was high time she was wed, she appealed to her elder brothers to help sway their parents. In 1791 she told the Prince of Wales that she wanted to marry Francis, Duke of Bedford, but her brother told her it was out of the question – the King would never agree.

Amelia fell for a Fitzroy. While Augusta and Sophia either jumped the broom (as did Amelia) with Sir Brent Spencer (I'm not sure if and how he was related to the Earls of Sunderland Spencers) and Major-General Thomas Garth.

But George III said:
I cannot deny that I have never wished to see any of them marry: I am happy in their company, and do not in the least want a separation.

George III had suffered from his first bout of mental illness in 1765, and although he recovered, he suffered several recurrences throughout his reign. Queen Charlotte, in an attempt to keep her husband’s mind calm and undisturbed, discouraged any mention of his daughters marrying. In fact, the Queen herself was opposed to the idea of losing any of her daughters to marriage, particularly as the King’s illness progressed, and she found herself without company except that of the princesses

Kellan, the duke of Oldenburg seems chronologically misaligned for Charlotte (b.1766)? The duke of Oldenburg being born in 1754. The regent of Oldenburg was born in 1755, and married Friederike of Württemberg, but she died in 1785. His sons, August (b.1783) and Georg (b.1784, who married Ekaterina Pavlovna). If George IV is asking, did he maybe not mean the widower regent rather than August or Georg? I can't think that George IV would suggest a marriage between his sister and the mentally ill duke of Oldenburg
 
Kellan, the duke of Oldenburg seems chronologically misaligned for Charlotte (b.1766)? The duke of Oldenburg being born in 1754. The regent of Oldenburg was born in 1755, and married Friederike of Württemberg, but she died in 1785. His sons, August (b.1783) and Georg (b.1784, who married Ekaterina Pavlovna). If George IV is asking, did he maybe not mean the widower regent rather than August or Georg? I can't think that George IV would suggest a marriage between his sister and the mentally ill duke of Oldenburg

I'm guessing they meant either the duke or the regent (since they were born around the same time). Here's the post:
Even so, the Prince felt bad for his sister, who had grown into a plain, bitter and generally disliked character within the family. She had a tense relationship with the Queen, was painfully shy and had a bad reputation among her sisters for “telling tales.” In 1795, the same year that he married, the Prince prodded their maternal uncle, the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, to arrange a match between Charlotte and the Duke of Oldenburg. It came to nothing.
 
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