Charlotte I of the United Kingdom (Charlottic Era)

'''{{Template:Infobox royalty|image = CharlotteI.jpeg Elizabeth of Sweden and Norway House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
 * caption = Princess Charlotte of Wales by Dawe (1817)
 * succession = Queen of the United Kingdom
 * reign = 26th June 1830 - 6th November 1872
 * consort = Leopold I
 * coronation = 12th December 1830
 * predecessor = George IV
 * successor = George V & I
 * issue = George V & I
 * full name = Charlotte Augusta
 * era name = Charlottic Era
 * house = House of Hanover
 * father = George IV
 * mother = Caroline of Brunswick
 * date of birth = 7th January 1796
 * place of birth = Carlton House, London, England
 * date of death = 6th November 1872
 * place of death = Claremont House, Surrey, England
 * date of burial = 19th November 1872
 * place of burial = St George's Chapel, Windsor, England
 * religion = Anglican}}Queen Charlotte I (Charlotte Augusta; 7 January 1796 – 6 November 1872) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later to become King George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte succeeded her father on June 26th 1830 to become Queen-Regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Kingdom of Belgium on July 21st 1831 when the newly independent nation offered the throne to the Queen's consort, Prince-Consort Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha therefore making him Leopold I of Belgium. '''

Princess of Wales
When her father ascended the throne as George IV on January 29th 1820, Charlotte was invested as Princess of Wales in her own right and officially recognised as heir presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom. With the style her husband, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and their child, Prince George were elevated also. Fiercely opposed to her father for the treatment of her mother, Queen Caroline, the Princess spent a majority of her time in her company. Following her death on August 7th 1821, the Princess placed the blame firmly at her father's feet. The chasm between the King and his heir was a source of public scandal involving several interventions by the Prime Minister.

George IV ignored his daughter's displays of snubbery and was remembered for having uttered, ''"Something must be done about the Wales family." ''Charlotte went on to give birth to a second child, Princess Elizabeth on January 14th 1824 without any complications and spent the rest of her tenure as Princess of Wales in relative obscurity following a stern word from the Prime Minister about her behaviour towards the King.

Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
When her father passed away on June 26th 1830, Charlotte ascended the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom however due to salic law she could not inherit the Kingdom of Hanover. Seen as an appropriate time for the union of the kingdoms to end, due to the new ruling house, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Charlotte's uncle ascended as King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.

Charlotte's coronation, while not as expensive as her father's lavish ceremony was a rousing success. Although in her mid-thirties Charlotte's youthful beauty had remained and the people universally loved her for her stern stance against her father whom the population now referred to as '''George the Fat. 'Charlotte's first Prime Minister, the Earl Grey remarked, "Not since Charles II has an English monarch been so accepted after the reign of a questionable character." ''

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

 * 7th January 1796 - 29th January 1820: Her Royal Highness, The Princess Charlotte
 * 29th January 1820 - 29th June 1830: Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales
 * 29th June 1830 - 6th November 1872: Her Majesty The Queen

Kingdom of Belgium
21st July 1831 - 10th December 1865: Her Majesty The Queen of the Belgians