Octavius I of Great Britain

So here's something I've been considering, otl George III had nine sons, with two of them dying as children due to smallpox. What happens if the eighth son Octavius survives?

My idea is that he comes to the throne after a period where his father and his brothers have succeeded to the thrones of Britain and Hannover and have died in turn, starting with his father's death in 1792.

What would be needed for Octavius to succeed at a young age of say twenty/twenty-five?

What would the reaction of the public and other nations be?
 
Prince Octavius would be 20 in 1799, so unless, his father, brother's George of Wales, Frederick of York and Albany, William of Clarence, Edward of Kent and Strathearn, Ernest of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Augustus of Sussex and Adolphus of Cambridge all died together it is unlikely he will be king here.
Even 1804 is a push to get him on the throne.

Don't forget that as well as having seven older brothers, he also has their legitimet children ahead of him. So unless you can kill all seven off and all their children, i.e. Princess Alexandria of Kent (OTL Victoria), Prince George of Cumberland (olt George V of Hanover), Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck.

So all in all, you need the Grim Reaper to wave an awfully big scythe, to get Octavius on the throne, the only thing you can hope for him, is to form his own line that intertwines with other major royal families, or marry onto a throne?
 
What about Octavius, marring Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796–1881), daughter of Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and neice of Charles August, the adopted Crown Prince of Sweden and then being elected as King of Sweden and Norway in 1818, after the death of King Charles XIII/II
 
Alright interesting, hmm I suppose having a few of his brothers die before they could sire children would be one thing, would it not?

And interesting, would the Parliament allow that?
 
I suppose one could also have a great illness pandemic around which offs a few of the royal family before they sire issue. George, Fred, William, Edward that sort of thing perhaps?
 
Alright interesting, hmm I suppose having a few of his brothers die before they could sire children would be one thing, would it not?
Well:
- Victoria was born on 24 May 1819, so killing Edward with pneumonia at the age of 50 rather than 52 is not a complete stretch
- Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany had no issues and was dead at 63, so isnt an issue
- William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews only has illegitimate children with Dorothea Jordan
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, again only has illegitimate children with Lady Augusta Murray

so this just leaves Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

And interesting, would the Parliament allow that?
As the eighth son, by 1810, he is not much of a hinderouns to the succession plan. It would help Britain's relations with Sweden following the Revolutionary War, it is mainly foreign governments like Prussia and Russia, who will put a spanner into the works

I suppose one could also have a great illness pandemic around which offs a few of the royal family before they sire issue. George, Fred, William, Edward that sort of thing perhaps?
Illness pandemic can also affact Octavius.
 
Here's what I was sort of thinking . Otl George iv would die before his father in 1792. Frederick duke of York would die in the field of battle. William and Edward would both die of the same thing their father does. Ernest succeeds in 1792 before being assassinated in 1794 alongside his brother and heir presumptive Augustus duke of Sussex. Adolphis succeeds to the throne and rules until 1799 his wife giving him a son who dies in the influenza epidemic of 1799 alongside adolphis and his wife
 
Due to the extreme Mediterranean heat, Edward requested to be transferred to Canada, specifically Quebec, in 1791. While traveling, the boat is capsized and the young prince is lost at sea.

On 12 April 1793 Prince Frederick, Duke of York, was promoted to full general. That year, he was sent to Flanders in command of the British contingent of Coburg's army destined for the invasion of France. Frederick and his command fought in the Flanders Campaign under extremely trying conditions. He won several notable engagements, such as the Siege of Valenciennes in July 1793, however, his life was cut short, due to a stray bullet killing him at the age of 30, during the British defeat at the Battle of Hondschoote in September 1793.

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale is married to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The marriage is said to be a unhappy one, no issues were born before his assassination in 1794.

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge stays as Commander of the Weser Army, during the War of the Second Coalition and is killed during a battle in 1799.
 
On 12 April 1793 Prince Frederick, Duke of York, was promoted to full general. That year, he was sent to Flanders in command of the British contingent of Coburg's army destined for the invasion of France. Frederick and his command fought in the Flanders Campaign under extremely trying conditions. He won several notable engagements, such as the Siege of Valenciennes in July 1793, however, his life was cut short, due to a stray bullet killing him at the age of 30, during the British defeat at the Battle of Hondschoote in September 1793.

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge stays as Commander of the Weser Army, during the War of the Second Coalition and is killed during a battle in 1799.

With one Prince already dead I doubt a second would be put in command of an army and sent into harms way.
 
Alright looks good :)

Now, only to see, how this might influence Octavius' reign and public perception
Seeing eight of his brothers die without children ... maybe he will want to have loads of sons and breed them soon :)

So who might be potential brides for Octavius?
Augusta of Prussia?
August isnt a bad choice and as I said before, there is Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg.

There is also:
- Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (IOTL married Archduke Joseph of Austria, Governor of Hungary, the only Romanov-Habsburg marital alliance that ever occurred)
- Infanta María Amalia of Spain
- Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira
- His cousin, Princess Catharina Frederica of Württemberg
- His other cousin, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, daughter of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the third eldest son of The Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales.
 
So now we've got an eighth son who no one ever thought would succeed to the throne on the throne. The Royal family has been decimated, parliament likely will try and force things through so they now dominate the relationship. However, public sympathy might well be more with the new king than parliament due to his circumstances
 
Also, re Infanta Maria Amalia, wouldn't a marriage to her discount him from the succession due to the act of settlement?
 
The Russian marriage makes things quite interesting
It would, and it isn't unlikely, as I said, she married an Austrian lol
So now we've got an eighth son who no one ever thought would succeed to the throne on the throne. The Royal family has been decimated, parliament likely will try and force things through so they now dominate the relationship. However, public sympathy might well be more with the new king than parliament due to his circumstances
I think that the ruling parliament will try and treat him the same way the government did with Victoria. By moving in quickly and making him reliant on their friendship.
Also, re Infanta Maria Amalia, wouldn't a marriage to her discount him from the succession due to the act of settlement?
If she converted to an Anglican before the time of their marriage, him marrying Maria, I do not think this would be an issue, however it depends solely on the government at the time and how they feel about it, if they believe that she will convert back to Catholicism and raise the children catholic than this would be an issue.
 
Alright that makes sense.

I do think, there might well be either an upsurge in sympathy and perhaps popularity for the monarchy, in the aftermath of so many royal deaths, especially if one goes with Ernest Augustus being assassinated by a Whig supporter.
 
Also re napoeloen for this, what consequences might there be for France and Europe and the world if he dies in around the beginning of the 1800s
 
I think we can rule Maria Amalia out, as a Spanish Princess abandoning the One True Faith would not be an option, even to become Queen of the United Kingdom.
 
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