Mar 17, 2025
Princess Amelia Sophia Eleonore of Great Britain
Artist: Thomas Hudson (English, 1707–1779)
Date: ca. 1745
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States
Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Princess Amelia Sophia Eleonore of Great Britain (10 June 1711 – 31 October 1786) was the second daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline. Born in Hanover, she moved to England when her grandfather George I became king. Amelia lived a solitary existence and died in 1786, the last surviving child of her parents.
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