Duke Ernest Gottlob of Mecklenburg
German duke (1742-1814) · Germany · On the map · Died at 71
Duke Ernest Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As a younger son of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Ernest was an elder brother of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom, who married King George III in 1761.
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![Ernest (left) with his brother Charles, sister Charlotte, and three of her children, most likely Charlotte, William, and baby Ernest (held by the royal nanny, Lady Charlotte Finch). Ernest had been baptised in July 1771, with his namesake, Prince Ernest, standing as godfather. Queen Charlotte with Members of Her Family by Johann Zoffany, c. 1771-72.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Charlotte_children_brothers1771-72.jpg/1280px-Charlotte_children_brothers1771-72.jpg)
Ernest (left) with his brother Charles, sister Charlotte, and three of her children, most likely Charlotte, William, and baby Ernest (held by the royal nanny, Lady Charlotte Finch). Ernest had been baptised in July 1771, with his namesake, Prince Ernest, standing as godfather. Queen Charlotte with Members of Her Family by Johann Zoffany, c. 1771-72.[1]
Extract from Observations on the Transit of Venus, a manuscript notebook from the collections of George III, showing Charlotte, Ernest and George among the observers.Awards
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Ernest followed his sister to England, where he unsuccessfully pursued marriage with the country's largest heiress, Mary Eleanor Bowes.