CHARLOTTE OF MECKLENBURG, QUEEN CONSORT OF GEORGE III.
Arms.—On two separate shields, side by side.
Dexter shield: Quarterly.
1st and 4th, France and England, quarterly.
2nd, Scotland.
3rd, Ireland. All as used by James I. (q.v.).
Sinister shield, the arms of Charlotte of Mecklenburg. Quartered.
1. Arg., a bull's head in pale sa. (crowned gu.), armed and ringed arg. Mecklenburg.
2. Az., a griffin segreant or. Wenden.
3. Vert, in chief az., a griffin segreant or. Principality of Schwerin.
4. Gu., a cross pattée arg. Ratzeburg.
5. Gu., an arm armoured ppr., holding a ring or, issuing from a cloud. County of Schwerin.
6. Or, a bull's head sa., in bend sinister (crowned gu.), armed and ringed arg. Rostock.
Over all, on an escutcheon of pretence, the arms of Stargard, per fess, gu. and or.
The two shields are ensigned with the Royal Crown of England.
This stamp is probably of foreign design, as it will be noted that the Royal coat-of-arms of England is as that used by Queen Anne before 1706, and not that used by George III., for whom it is intended.
[Ceffalonie. Monument élevé à la gloire de Pierre-le-Grand. Paris, 1777.]
Charlotte Sophia (born 16th May 1744, died 17th November 1818) was the youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
In 1761 the Princess married George III., King of England, and her married life was uneventful. As Queen she devoted herself entirely to domestic matters.
