Prince George, Duke of Southampton

Full name
	George Nicholas Frederick William

Prince George
Prince George
Duke of Southampton
Born	George Nicholas Frederick William; 22 May 1871; Buckingham Palace, London
Died	4 April 1970 (aged 98); Southampton, England
Burial	10 April 1970; Westminster Abbey, London
Spouse	Princess Viktoria of Prussia; (m. 1887; died 1929); Rita Hayworth (m. 1948)
Issue; Detail	Frederick William, Duke of Southampton; Henry, Duke of Gloucester; Victoria, Duchess of Södermanland; Princess Madeline; Princess Anne;
Full name
Full name
	George Nicholas Frederick William
House	Hanover
Father	William V
Mother	Charlotte of Belgium
Religion	Protestant

Prince George, Duke of Southampton (George Nicholas Frederick William; 22 May 1871 - 4 April 1970) was a British prince and explorer. He is the youngest out of four children of King William V and Queen Charlotte and is also the longest living, having outlived both his parents and siblings until his death in 1970.

Early Life

George was born on the 22nd of May 1871 as the fourth and youngest child of King William V. In contrast to his siblings, George's birth proved a difficult affair for his mother, though this would immediately bring him into the "spotlight" of his mother's affections. Noted for his striking similarities to the German Crown Prince Frederick, George's given name was also a subject of debate between his parents, for his father had insisted on a different name, while George's mother opted to name her newborn son in honour of her eldest living son and prematurely deceased son of the same name.

Like his siblings, George underwent a fairly stable and harmonious upbringing. As he was the youngest of his siblings and was deemed unlikely to ever succeed to the throne, the younger George's upbringing was left entirely in the hands of his mother, who avidly professed a liberal-minded upbringing. Regardless, George found solace in the activities of horse riding and archery, where his prowess in those activities were reportedly unmatched. At the same time, George was quick to embrace his exposure to the liberal arts.

Adulthood

As the youngest of his siblings, the younger George was allowed free rein in determining his own fate, unlike his brothers who were used by their [William V of the United Kingdom|father]] as diplomatic tools through the form of arranged marriages. For the young prince, he came to inhibit a deep sense of passion for exploration, much to the chagrin of his parents. However, this was initially cut short by a hasty marriage to the German princess Viktoria. Regardless, in 1888, George personally underwent a private trip to the northernmost part of Iceland, where his findings were extensively documented in his writings. Consequently, the prince further went on several conversative trips to the northern areas of Canada, Norway and Greenland. In 1900, an expedition consisting of the prince and a group of specialists to Antarctica was unexpectedly thwarted when the group were forced to return to Britain after nearly being shipwrecked while journeying through the Atlantic Sea.