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Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) the future Queen of Great Britain was born to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Frederick, and his wife, Eleonore of Saxe-Eisenach. Caroline was the daughter-in-law of George I, wife of George II, and grandmother of George III.
Caroline of Ansbach. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover from 11 June 1727 until her death in 1737 as the wife of King George II. Caroline's father, Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach, belonged to a branch ...
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Queen Caroline of Ansbach by Christian Friedrich Zincke, RCIN 421820 ©. Widely characterised as the power behind her husband's throne during her lifetime, it is somewhat surprising to find little evidence of this in the surviving records held in the Royal Archives.
Caroline of Ansbach had married Prince George Augustus of Hanover in 1705, becoming Princess of Wales in 1714 when the British throne passed from the Stuart Queen Anne to Caroline’s father-in-law, George I.9e11 It would be another 13 years before Caroline and her husband came to the throne themselves, but already their lives acquired greater political signi ficance. They helped to de fine ...
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Feb 26, 2024 · Caroline was born to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach on 1 March 1683. Her father died when she was three and her mother when she was thirteen, and thus she went to live at King Frederick I and Queen Sophia Charlotte of Prussia’s court.
