George III was not an absolutist monarch, to use the language of the day for a power-hungry ruler. The English had struggled in the previous century over the extent of the king’s power.

The document not only proclaimed the sovereignty of the United States, but it also cast King George III of Great Britain as the chief villain in America’s origin story. As a constitutional ...

Though the show is fictional, the real King George III did likely suffer from mental illness. George ascended to the throne at age 22, and was King of Great Britain until his death in 1820 at age 81.

In season one of Netflix's "Bridgerton," King George III (James Fleet) has a mysterious illness. The new spinoff series delves further into the king's disorder, loosely based on the real monarch's ...