![]() Fortunately for modern scholars, George’s physicians kept detailed accounts of the king’s illnesses and symptoms. The last bout of illness left the king incapacitated, prompting his son the Prince of Wales to take over as regent in 1811. These problems recurred in 18, and finally again in 1810. His first major attack, consisting of severe pains in the stomach, occurred in 1788, continuing over a period of months and resulting in weakness of the limbs and eventually delirium. King George III certainly suffered from many ailments, including a series of attacks, during his long reign (from 1760 to 1820), most of which at the time were undiagnosed. In Britain, he is perhaps remembered most as the “mad” king who lost the American colonies. ![]() ![]() George III is best known to Americans as the king whose army the colonists fought during the Revolutionary War. ![]()
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