On Jan. 29, 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III, who lost ...

King George III had the third-longest reign in British history (behind Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria) and has ...

As Roberts writes in the closing sentence of this tremendous book, ‘George III more than filled the role of King of Great Britain worthily; he filled it nobly.’ Only a selection of our reviews and ...

France was eager to retaliate against Great Britain following their defeat during the Seven Years' War. Various conflicts against Napoleonic France started in 1793 and led to the Battle of Waterloo in ...

King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw the relationship of Britain and America as that of a parent to a child. A disobedient child, of course, must be punished.

Prince of Wales 1751-60; King 1760-1820. The Meidias Hydria: The rape of the daughter of Leucippus by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, attic hydria (colour plate) ...

When King George III of Britain succeeded to the throne in 1760, he was 22 and unmarried and the 17 year old Princess Charlotte was an obvious choice for a wife. The King announced to his council in ...

King George III of Britain loves his queen but alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, as his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day.

From car races and food festivals to public art and picturesque scenery, the Queen City (named for King George III of Great Britain's wife, Queen Charlotte) becomes what you make of it.

The loss of the American colonies was a great blow to the King and the Napoleonic Wars, with threat of invasion, dominated the end of his reign. His son George acted as Prince Regent during the years ...