George III, at the height of his…
January 1820 CE
George III, at the height of his popularity but already virtually blind with cataracts and in pain from rheumatism, had become dangerously ill in late 1810.
In his view, the malady had been triggered by the stress he had suffered at the death of his youngest and favorite daughter, Princess Amelia.
He had accepted the need for the Regency Act of 1811, and the Prince of Wales has acted as Regent for the past decade.
George III had become permanently insane by the end of 1811 and now lives in seclusion at Windsor Castle.
Following the British victory in the Napoleonic Wars, the subsequent Congress of Vienna had led to significant territorial gains for Hanover, which had been upgraded from an electorate to a kingdom.
Meanwhile, George's health has deteriorated.
He suffers from dementia and has become completely blind and increasingly deaf.
He was incapable of knowing or understanding either that he was declared King of Hanover in 1814, or that his wife died in 1818.
Over Christmas 1819, he had spoken nonsense for 58 hours, and for the last few weeks of his life is unable to walk.
He dies at Windsor Castle at 8:38 PM on January 29, 1820, six days after the death, from pneumonia, of his fourth son, the Duke of Kent.
His favorite son, Frederick, Duke of York, is with him.
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