Before Meghan Markle, the late 18th-century Queen Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz may have been the country’s first biracial royal. Charlotte, who was born May 19, 1744, was the youngest daughter of Duke Carl Ludwig Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. In 1752, when she was eight years old, Sophie Charlotte's father died. 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.. Sophia Charlotte ( Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; May 19 1744 – November 17 1818) was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of … Six different lines can be traced from Princess Sophie Charlotte back to Margarita de Castro y Sousa. Married to King George III (who is portrayed by James Fleet on the series), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1761 to … Charlotte Mecklenburg-Strelitz, by studio of Allan Ramsay, 1762. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), queen of George III. Charlotte, original name Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, (born May 19, 1744—died November 17, 1818), queen consort of George III of England.In 1761 she was selected unseen after the British king asked for a review of all eligible German Protestant princesses. The marriage was a success, and the couple had 15 children, including George IV. Charlotte was born to the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg at the Palace of Mirow, in the small principality of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (now part of Germany), in 1744. Her education was mediocre, and though she learned how to manage a household, she was kept distant from the politics of royal life. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the wife of King George III.She was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from her wedding in 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms in 1801, after which she was queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1818. She was considered by many to be rather dull and distinctly plain, but George was devoted to her and their routine domestic life set a pattern for the future. Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of the English King George III (1738-1820), was directly descended from Margarita de Castro y Sousa, a Black branch of the Portuguese royal house. Portret van Charlotte van Mecklenburg-Strelitz, RP-P-1910-1151.jpg 1,869 × 2,500; 1.4 MB Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich, September 1761 RMG BHC0405.tiff 4,690 × 2,996; 40.2 MB Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744 – 1818).jpg 575 × 800; 153 KB Though Charlotte was chosen unseen from lists of German princesses in 1761, her marriage to George III proved a great success. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a small northern German duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, and Charlotte was born and brought up at Untere Schloss (Lower Castle) in Mirow.. As princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Sophie Charlotte was descended directly from an African branch of the Portuguese Royal House, Margarita de Castro y Sousa.