Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide; 10 December 1820 – 4 March 1821) was a member of the
British royal family. She was the second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence and St Andrews, later
King William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
and
Queen Adelaide
, house = Saxe-Meiningen
, father = Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
, mother = Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy  ...
. Princess Elizabeth was a granddaughter of
King George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
.
Elizabeth was born on 10 December 1820 at
St James's Palace, and was christened that day at the Palace by
William Howley
William Howley (12 February 1766 – 11 February 1848) was a clergyman in the Church of England. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848.
Early life, education, and interests
Howley was born in 1766 at Ropley, Hampshire, w ...
, then
Bishop of London
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
.
After "being suddenly seized with the fatal disease, an
intro-susception of the bowels" she died shortly thereafter,
[ aged 12 weeks. She was buried at ]Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.
The original c ...
, in St George's Chapel, on 10 March 1821.
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1820 births
1821 deaths
19th-century British people
19th-century British women
British princesses
Children of William IV of the United Kingdom
House of Hanover
Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Royalty and nobility who died as children
Daughters of kings