Prince Octavius of Great Britain
British prince · Lived 1779 to 1783 · aged 4
Prince Octavius of Great Britain was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince Alfred, Octavius was inoculated against the smallpox virus. Several days later, he became ill.
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Charlotte, Princess Royal
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom
George IV of the United Kingdom
William IV of the United Kingdom
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
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His death at the age of four devastated his parents, and in particular his father. George III had been very fond of Alfred and Octavius, his two youngest sons, and his later bouts of madness involved hallucinations of them.