Buckingham Palace

During the reign of King George III, he purchased Buckingham House (now Buckingham Palace), as a family home for his wife, Queen Charlotte.

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.501364000000
Longitude: -0.141890000000

Timeline of Events Associated with Buckingham Palace

Date Event Manage
25 Oct 1760 to 29 Jan 1820

Reign of King George III

King George III reigned from October 25 1760 to January 29, 1820, the entirety of Austen's life (1775-1817). During this time, he was married to Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with whom he had 15 children: George IV (future king of England) (1762), Frederick (1763), William IV (future king of England) (1765), Charlotte (1766), Edward (1767), Augusta Sophia (1768), Elizabeth (1770), Ernest Augustus (1771), Augustus Frederick (1773), Adolphus (1774), Mary (1776), Sophia (1777), Octavius (1779), Alfred (1780), and Amelia (1783). During his reign, America gained independence from England through the American War of Independence, the French had their French Revolution followed by the defeat of Napoleon, and the transatlantic slave trade was banned in England (1807).

“George III.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III.