Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom
Princess Amelia was the fifteenth and last child and sixth daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was their third child to die before them.
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1797
Princess Amelia in 1785
Infant Amelia with her sisters Sophia and Mary, portrait by John Singleton Copley, 1785
1820 print depicting the apotheosis of Amelia with her brothers Octavius and Alfred
Prince Octavius of Great Britain
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. His subsequent death at the age of four devastated his parents, and in particular his father. King George III had been very fond of his two youngest sons, Alfred and Octavius, and his later bouts of madness involved hallucinations of them.
Portrait by Benjamin West, 1783
Octavius in 1782, by Thomas Gainsborough
The Apotheosis of Prince Octavius in 1783, by Benjamin West. He is at right, with Alfred at left.