Cruel Facts About Frederick, The Doomed Prince Of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales was in line for the throne of England...until it all went wrong in the most catastrophic way.
1. He Has A Doomed Legacy
Frederick, Prince of Wales should have been King—instead, he fathered one of the most infamous mad monarchs in history, George III. But when it comes to Frederick, that’s only the beginning of his story. From his jaw-dropping feud with his parents to his shocking and sudden end, Frederick had his own disturbing legacy.
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2. He Wasn’t English Royalty
Born in 1707 in Hanover, Germany, Frederick didn’t always sit so close to the English throne. His parents, George of Hanover and Caroline of Ansbach, only became Prince and Princess of Wales when Frederick was seven—and even then, only thanks to some complicated family trees and good old-fashioned luck.
All the same, Frederick and his family were now British royalty. Only…this spelled disaster for poor Frederick.
3. His Parents Abandoned Him
As the Prince and Princess of Wales, Frederick’s parents had various duties over in England. That’s when they made an incredibly callous decision. Although they brought two of Frederick’s siblings along with them, they left the boy at home in the care of an uncle, without any idea of when they would see them again.
Well, it would be a very long time, and the consequences were unimaginable.
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4. His Mother Put Him In Danger
Even as he spent his most formative years away from his parents, Frederick still felt their influence from afar—sometimes in unsettling ways. His mother Caroline was a sharp woman with a scientific mind, so when the brand-new smallpox vaccine came around, she didn’t hesitate to sign up her son for it, despite few people at the time fully understanding the effects.
I mean, she was right about vaccines—but it was still alarming how willing she was to put Frederick in harm’s way. When he grew up, he didn’t thank her for it.
