Father of the empire. When 22-year-old King George III inherited his grandfather’s throne in 1760, he also inherited an empire that extended from North America to Asia.

The death of Queen Elizabeth and the coming coronation of King Charles III on May 6 have focused attention on the institution of the British monarchy at the same time that we Americans have been ...

The Royal Family website details King George III's role in the fight for American Independence. It explains: "[The King] opposed their bid for independence to the end, but he did not develop the ...

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

King George III has been portrayed as the ailing yet dashing monarch on Netflix’s Bridgerton spinoff “Queen Charlotte,” a comic fop in the Broadway hit “Hamilton” and dramatized in Alan ...

On Jan. 29, 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III, who lost the American colonies, died at the age of 82.

Stateside, our official ties with the commonwealth ended with King George III and the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. But George wasn’t necessarily America’s last “king”: A man… ...