Editing George III (section)

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
* 4 June 1738 – 31 March 1751: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince George<ref>''The London Gazette'' consistently refers to the young prince as "His Royal Highness Prince George" {{London Gazette|issue=8734|page=3|date=5 April 1748}} {{London Gazette|issue=8735|page=2|date=9 April 1748}} {{London Gazette|issue=8860|page=2|date=20 June 1749}} {{London Gazette|issue=8898|page=3|date=31 October 1749}} {{London Gazette|issue=8902|page=3|date=17 November 1749}} {{London Gazette|issue=8963|page=1|date=16 June 1750}} {{London Gazette|issue=8971|page=1|date=14 July 1750}}</ref>
* 31 March 1751 – 20 April 1751: ''His Royal Highness'' The Duke of Edinburgh
* 20 April 1751 – 25 October 1760: ''His Royal Highness'' The Prince of Wales
* 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820: ''His Majesty'' The King

In Great Britain, George III used the official [[Style (manner of address)|style]] "George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, [[Defender of the Faith]], and so forth". In 1801, when [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] united with [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], he dropped the title of king of France, which had been used for every English monarch since [[Edward III of England|Edward III's]] [[British claims to the French throne|claim to the French throne]] in the medieval period.<ref name=weir286/> His style became "George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith."<ref name="p390">Brooke, p. 390.</ref>

In Germany, he was "Duke of [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and [[Lüneburg]], [[Arch-Treasurer]] and [[Prince-elector]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]" (''Herzog von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, Erzschatzmeister und Kurfürst des Heiligen Römischen Reiches''<ref>{{cite book |last=Marquardt |first=Bernd |title=Universalgeschichte des Staates: von der vorstaatlichen Gesellschaft zum Staat der Industriegesellschaft |url={{GBurl|id=3D7S8qxVz4MC|p=326}} |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |year= 2018 |isbn=978-3643900043 |via=Google Books}}</ref>) until the end of the empire in 1806. He then continued as duke until the [[Congress of Vienna]] declared him "King of Hanover" in 1814.<ref name=p390/>

===Honours===
* {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}: [[Order of the Garter|Royal Knight of the Garter]], ''22 June 1749''<ref name="p44">Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) ''The Knights of England'', '''I''', London, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n133/mode/2up p. 44].</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Royal Standard of Ireland (1542–1801).svg}} [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]: Founder of the [[Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick|Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick]], ''5 February 1783''<ref name="pIX">Shaw, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n33/mode/2up p. ix].</ref>

===Arms===
Before his succession, George was granted the [[royal arms]] differenced by a [[Label (heraldry)|label]] of five points [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], the centre point bearing a [[fleur-de-lis]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] on 27 July 1749. Upon his father's death, and along with the dukedom of Edinburgh and the position of heir-apparent, he inherited his difference of a plain label of three points [[Argent]]. In an additional difference, the crown of Charlemagne was not usually depicted on the [[Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales|arms of the heir]], only on the Sovereign's.<ref>{{cite web |last=Velde |first=François |title=Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family |url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm |website=Heraldica |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>

From his succession until 1800, George bore the royal arms: [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]], I [[Gules]] three lions [[passant guardant]] in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] Or ([[Royal Arms of England|for England]]) [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaling]] Or a lion [[rampant]] within a [[tressure]] flory-counter-flory Gules ([[Royal coat of arms of Scotland|for Scotland]]); II Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or (for France); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent ([[Coat of arms of Ireland|for Ireland]]); IV [[Division of the field|tierced per pale and per chevron]] (for Hanover), I Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), II Or a [[semy]] of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (for Lüneburg), III Gules a horse [[Attitude (heraldry)#Courant|courant]] Argent ([[Saxon Steed|for Saxony]]), overall an escutcheon Gules charged with the [[Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire|crown of Charlemagne]] Or (for the dignity of Archtreasurer of the Holy Roman Empire).<ref>See, for example, {{cite book |last=Berry |first=William |author-link=William Berry (genealogist) |title=An introduction to heraldry containing the rudiments of the science |url=https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont00berrgoog |date=1810 |pages=110–111}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pinches |first1=John Harvey |last2=Pinches |first2=Rosemary |title=The Royal Heraldry of England |publisher=Hollen Street Press  |series=Heraldry Today |location=Slough, Buckinghamshire |date=1974 |pages=215–216 |isbn=978-0-900455-25-4}}</ref>

Following the [[Acts of Union 1800]], the royal arms were amended, dropping the French quartering. They became: Quarterly, I and IV England; II Scotland; III Ireland; overall an escutcheon of Hanover surmounted by an electoral bonnet.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15324|page=2|date=30 December 1800}}</ref> In 1816, after the [[Electorate of Hanover]] became a kingdom, the electoral bonnet was changed to a crown.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17149|page=1|date=29 June 1816}}</ref>

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File:Coat of arms of George William Frederick, Duke of Edinburgh.svg|Coat of arms from 1749 to 1751
File:Coat of Arms of the Hanoverian Princes of Wales (1714-1760).svg|Coat of arms from 1751 to 1760 as Prince of Wales
File:Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg|Coat of arms used from 1760 to 1801 as King of Great Britain
File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg|Coat of arms used from 1801 to 1816 as King of the United Kingdom
File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg|Coat of arms used from 1816 until death, also as King of Hanover
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