Sujet
HRH Princess Sophia, 1807. Creator: Andrew Robertson.
Légende
HRH Princess Sophia, 1807. Princess Sophia Matilda (1777 -1848) was the twelfth child and fifth daughter of George III. Like most of her sisters, she was forced to live her life as a companion of her mother, Queen Charlotte. The Princesses were not allowed to mix with anyone outside the Royal Court but Sophia rebelled against this circumscribed life and in her early twenties had an affair with her father's chief equerry, General Thomas Garth (1744 - 1829) an officer in the First Royal Dragoons. In 1800 Princess Sophia gave birth to an illegitimate son, Thomas Garth (1800-1875). The child was brought up by his father in Islington House, Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset, which was often visited by the royal family en route for Weymouth. After having been blind for over ten years, Princess Sophia died on 27 May 1848 at Vicarage Place, Kensington in London. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London rather than at Windsor Castle, as she wished to be near her brother, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM26A05_228
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33,6Mo (1,7Mo) / 24,8cm x 33,9cm / 2935 x 4000 (300dpi)