The True Story Behind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
As Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz first met George III in 1761. as one observer reported. Black Britons in Bridgerton Like its sister series. Queen Charlotte takes considerable liberties with historical recording. portraying Charlotte as a black woman . whose marriage opened doors for people of color in 18th century England.As the black aristocrat Lady Agatha Danbury says in Bridgerton. We were two separate societies. separated by race. until a king fell in love with one of us. Mario de Valdés and Cocom. Writing for PBS Frontline in 1997. he argued that Charlotte was directly descended from Margarita de Castro y Sousa. a 15th century Portuguese noblewoman who was herself related to the 13th century ruler Afonso III and his Moorish mistress Madragana Relatives of George and CharlotteBorn on May 19. 1744. Charlotte was the youngest daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz. an area in what is now northern Germany. When Charlotte was 17. the new King of England. 22 year old George III. sought her hand in marriage. According to History Extras Catherine Curzon. George needed a queen badly and an heir. so he chose Charlotte from a shortlist of suitable and suitable Protestant ladies. She was not a traditional beauty. but nonetheless had. as one contemporary put it. a lively but even tempered temperament.
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