HRH
Friedrich
Ludwig
(Frederick Louis)
"Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh"
of Great-Britain
KG
formerly Hannover aka Hanover, von Hannover
Born in Hannover, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland
Ancestors 
Son of Georg August (Hannover) of Great Britain
and Wilhelmine Charlotte Karoline (Hohenzollern) of Ansbach
Brother of
Anne (Hannover) van Oranje, Amelia Sophie Eleonore (Hanover) of Great Britain, Caroline Elisabeth (Hanover) of Great Britain, UNKNOWN Son, George William Hanover, William Augustus Hannover, Mary (Hannover) of Great Britain, Louise (Hannover) of Great Britain and Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn [half]
Husband of
Augusta (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) Hannover
— married
17 Apr 1736 in Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Augusta Frederica (Hannover) of Great Britain, George William Frederick (Hannover) Hanover, Edward Augustus (Hannover) of Great Britain, Elizabeth Caroline (Hannover) of Great Britain, William Henry (Hannover) Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Henry Frederick (Hannover) Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Louisa Anne (Hannover) of Great Britain, Frederick William (Hannover) of Great Britain and Caroline Matilda (Hannover) of Great Britain
Died
at age 44
in Leicester-House, London, England
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Biography
Frederick Louis (Hannover) of Great-Britain KG is a member of the House of Hanover.
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1 February 1707 [1] – 20 March 1751), was the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria. Under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament in 1701, Frederick was in the direct line of succession to the British throne. He moved to Great Britain following the accession of his father, and was created Prince of Wales. He predeceased his father George II, and upon the latter's death on 25 October 1760, the throne passed to Prince Frederick's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, who reigned as King George III from 1760 until 1820.
Parents:
- George II (1683 - 1760) & Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 - 1737)
- Spouse: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719 - 1772)*
Children:
- George III (1738 - 1820)*
- Prince Edward Augustus (1739 - 1767)*
- William Henry of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743 - 1805)*
Siblings:
- Frederick Prince of Wales (1707 - 1751)
- Anne Hanover von Nassau-Dietz (1709 - 1759)*
- Amelia Sophia Eleanor Hanover (1711 - 1786)*
- Caroline Elizabeth Hanover (1713 - 1757)*
- Prince William Augustus (1721 - 1765)*
- Princess Mary (1723 - 1772)*
- Louise Of Great Britain (1724 - 1751)*
His political ambitions unfulfilled, Frederick died at Leicester House at the age of 44 on 31 March 1751. In the past this has been attributed to a burst lung abscess caused by a blow from a cricket or a real tennis ball, but it is now thought to have been from a pulmonary embolism. He was buried at Westminster Abbey on 13 April 1751. He is the most recent Prince of Wales not to have acceded to the British throne.
His eldest son, George, succeeded to the throne as George III in 1760.
Frederick County, Virginia is named in his honour.
Sources
- ↑ The birth date of 1 February 1707 was when he was born in Hanover which had already adopted the Gregorian calendar. This equated to the British date of 21 January as the German states were 10 days ahead of Great Britain. The New Style new year had also been adopted in the German States.
- Wikipedia:Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Find A Grave: Memorial #11940063
- Burial: Westminster Abbey - Westminster, City of Westminster
- Greater London, England
- Wikidata: Item Q165349
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick Louis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick Louis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick Louis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick Louis:
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~0.39%
Sandra Makower
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~0.39%
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