Illegitimate Grandchildren
Princess Charlotte, the Prince of Wales's daughter, was the King's only legitimate grandchild for the entirety of her life. With her death in 1817, the King's unmarried sons scrambled to find appropriate wives from among the German princesses and produce heirs to the throne; but before this, many had been comfortable only to keep mistresses or marry invalidly. As a result, George III and Queen Charlotte had 56 illegitimate grandchildren.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleged children of Frederick, Duke of York | |||
| Captain Charles Hesse | 1786 | 1832 | |
| Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes | 30 March 1787 | 5 July 1873 | Legally his father was John Gibbes, his mother's husband. |
| Captain John Molloy | c. 1789 | 6 October 1867 | Said to be the son of Sarah Hussey, Countess of Tyrconnel, fostered and raised by the Molloys. |
| Frederick George Vandiest | 1800 | 1848 | |
| Louisa Ann Vandiest | 1802 | 1890 | |
| Children of William IV (then Duke of Clarence) by Dorothea Jordan | |||
| George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster | 29 January 1794 | 20 March 1842 | married 1819, Mary Wyndham; had issue |
| Henry FitzClarence | 27 March 1795 | September 1817 | |
| Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley | August 1796 | 10 April 1837 | married 1825, Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley; had issue |
| Lady Mary Fox | 19 December 1798 | 13 July 1864 | married 1824, General Charles Richard Fox; no issue |
| Lord Frederick FitzClarence | 9 December 1799 | 30 October 1854 | married 1821, Lady Augusta Boyle; had issue |
| Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll | 17 January 1801 | 16 January 1856 | married 1820, William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll; had issue |
| Lord Adolphus FitzClarence | 18 February 1802 | 17 Mary 1856 | |
| Lady Augusta Hallyburton | 17 November 1803 | 8 December 1865 | married 1827, the Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine; had issue; married 1854, Lord John Hallyburton; no issue |
| Lord Augustus FitzClarence | 1 March 1805 | 14 June 1854 | married 1845, Sarah Gordon; had issue |
| Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland | 21 March 1807 | 2 July 1858 | married 1830, Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland |
| Children of Augustus, Duke of Sussex, by Lady Augusta Murray | |||
| Sir Augustus d'Este | 1794 | 1848 | |
| Augusta Wilde, Baroness Truro | 1801 | May 1866 | married 1845, Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro; no issue |
| Alleged child of Princess Sophia by General Thomas Garth (or her brother Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland) | |||
| Thomas Garth | 1800 | ?? | Sophia probably had no child. |
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