George III
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820, the monarch during the American Revolution.
His name became synonymous with British tyranny in American founding mythology—the Declaration of Independence catalogs grievances against him personally.
He suffered bouts of mental illness, likely porphyria, leading to a regency in his final decade.
The colonists blamed King George III for their oppression.
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