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The Tragic Tale Of The First Princess Charlotte Of Wales

ByLauren Cahn

There's a lot we've come to know about the present-day Princess Charlotte of Wales.

But whom she was named after remains shrouded in mystery.

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    • Sure, her middle names (Elizabeth Diana) honor her paternal grandmother and great-grandmother while "Charlotte" honors both her grandfather, King Charles III, and her seventh great-grandmother, Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, aka Queen Charlotte during King George III's reign.

    But there's yet another namesake.

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    More than two centuries before the current Princess Charlotte's birth, another young princess came into the world with the same name and title. Born January 7, 1796, the first Princess Charlotte of Wales (aka Charlotte Augusta) was the only child of Prince George of Wales and the sole legitimate grandchild of King George III.  Like Prince William, the current Prince of Wales, the first Princess Charlotte of Wales stood second in line