Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom

Full name
	Sophia Matilda

Princess Sophia
Princess Sophia
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom
Born	2 November 1777; Buckingham Palace, London
Died	27 May 1848 (aged 70); Kensington Palace, London
Burial	Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Full name
Full name
	Sophia Matilda
House	House of Hanover
Father	George III
Mother	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Princess Sophia (Sophia Matilda; 2 November 1777 – 27 May 1848) was the fifth daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte.

Ancestors

*Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom*'s ancestors in three generations
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom	Father: George III of the United Kingdom	Paternal Grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales	Paternal Great-grandfather: George II of Great Britain
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
	Mother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Maternal Grandfather: . Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow	Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

Princess Sophia, aged 5 in 1782
Sophia (right) with her sisters Mary and Amelia, c. 1785
Portrait of Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777-1848)
Princess Sophia (1777-1848), John Linnell painting
Her tomb at Kensal Green Cemetery, London (February 2025)
Her tomb at Kensal Green Cemetery (February 2025)
As of 1789, as a daughter of the sovereign, Sophia had use of the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing a heart gules, the outer points each bearing a rose gules.