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[naath]

Died on this day in 1840 aged 69 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom(my toy,wikipedia). Daughter of George II. She married the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, I'm not clear on what a Landgrave is...

Born on this day in 1741 to Frederick Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain(my toy,wikipedia). Sister of George III, granddaughter of George II (their father died before George II and thus was never King). This Princess Elizabeth was the niece of the other Princess Elizabeth, apparently in the intervening time the country changed name (from UK to GB), I don't understand why.

Elizabeth clearly a popular name with the house of Hanover.

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[pseudomonas]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom#Etymology_and_terminology

Your later one lived beyond 1801, though she was born and a Princess before then. I don't quite understand all this though there's allusion to a discussion and some interesting links at one of the Talk pages of Wikipedia.

[mctabby.livejournal.com]

The Princess Elizabeth who died in 1840 was a daughter of George III, not George II.

And it's more a case of "Elizabeth" being a really popular name with the English/British monarchy in general, including the House of Hanover.

All goes back to Elizabeth Woodville in the 15th Century, wife of Edward IV. Her daughter, another Elizabeth, married Henry VII and was the mother of Henry VIII... and then there was his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I.

[naath.livejournal.com]

you're right, apparently I got very confused.