The family ruled over Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a small north-German duchy situated in what was then the Holy Roman Empire.
Her wedding to King George III took place just six hours after her arrival in the country.
George is even said to have instructed his teenage bride to not to meddle in matters of state.
Corey Mylchreest as Young King George and India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in Netflix’sQueen Charlotte.
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte inBridgerton
Yet things were not to be so simple.
Georges reign was fraught with military conflicts, some more successful than others.
As George grew older, a different kind of turbulence began to blight his reign.
Portrait of Queen Charlotte with her two eldest sons, the future George IV (left) and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (right), 1769
Despite speaking no English when she first arrived in England, Charlotte learned fast.
She was also a keen botanist and a champion of a number of garden projects at Kew.
Much like her descendant Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved corgis, Charlotte had a number of Pomeranians.
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte inBridgerton
The two ultimately reconciled, however, on Charlottes initiation.
She was buried at St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle.
He himself died a little over a year later.
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte inBridgerton
This post was originally published inTatler.
India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte.
Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1773
