Elizabeth (1770–1840)
Elizabeth (1770–1840)
English princess, artist, and landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. Name variations: Elizabeth Guelph. Born on May 22, 1770, at Buckingham House, London, England; died on January 10, 1840, at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; interred in the Mausoleum of Land-graves, Homburg, Germany; daughter of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) and George III (1738–1820), king of England (r. 1760–1820); married George Ramus (a page at the palace); married Frederick VI, landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, on April 7, 1818 (died 1829); children: (first marriage) Eliza Ramus (b. around 1786).
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of England's Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) and George III, had an artistic bent; she designed a series of pictures titled The Birth and Triumph of Cupid in 1795. In 1808, she established a community at Windsor to provide dowries for poor girls. She moved to Germany upon her marriage to Frederick VI, land-grave of Hesse-Homburg, in 1818. Following his death 11 years later, Elizabeth set aside £6,000 per year to reduce the debts of her adopted principality. In 1834, she reissued her sketches under the title Power and Progress of Genius with proceeds earmarked to benefit the poor of Hanover.