On This Day In History . 10 December 1820 . Princess Elizabeth of Clarence was born . . Princess Elizabeth of Clarence was the second daughter & third child of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later King William IV) & his wife (later Queen), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. . ◼ She was a granddaughter of King George III of the United Kingdom & a first cousin of Queen Victoria. . ◼ After having had one child who died on the day of her birth, Princess Charlotte (27 March 1819) & suffering a stillbirth, the third pregnancy of the Duchess of Clarence also did not go as expected. The Duchess delivered a girl, almost six weeks premature, on 10 December 1820 at St James’s Palace. She was christened on the day of her birth at the Palace by William Howley, then Bishop of London. . ◼ The Duke & Duchess of Clarence had wanted to name her Georgina, but King George IV asked that she be named Elizabeth instead. The couple agreed & christened her “Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide” (or Elizabeth-Georgiana-Adelaide). . ◼ She lived the remainder of her days at St James’s Palace. After “being suddenly seized with the fatal disease, an intro-susception of the bowels” she died shortly thereafter on 4 March 1821, aged 12 weeks. After her death, her mother suffered three more stillbirths. . ◼ Elizabeth was buried at Windsor Castle, in St George’s Chapel, on 10 March 1821. During her short life, she was ahead of her cousin, the future Queen Victoria, in the line of succession. . 👑 Had the Princess lived she may have become Queen Elizabeth II. . 📷 The picture is a recumbent effigy of Princess Elizabeth of Clarence by William Scoular (died 1854) in the Grand Corridor of Windsor Castle. . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #Theyear1820 #d10dec #PrincessElizabeth #HouseofHanover #stjamespalace #KingWilliamIV #QueenAdelaide #History #Britishmonarchy #otd #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #RoyalFamily #Theking #williamiv #thisday #Britishroyals #Britishroyalfamily #royalfamilyuk #Britishroyalty #Royalart #Artwork #portraitpainting #windsorcastle #buckinghampalace #kensingtonpalace #royals #royalty (at St James’s Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIoQRG4j8uT/?igshid=5mlgqj5gb8us