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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 of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the wife of King George II of Great Britain (reigned 1727–60). Beautiful and intelligent, she exercised an influence over her husband that was decisive in establishing and maintaining Sir Robert Walpole as prime minister (1730–42). The daughter of a German.
Born Caroline Elizabeth in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, on June 10, 1713; died at St. James' Palace, London, England, on December 28, 1757; buried at Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of George II (1683–1760), king of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1727–1760) and Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737).
Oct 3, 2017 · Find out more about this clever Queen by visiting the exhibition, Enlightened Princesses at Kensington Palace until November 12th. George Augustus of Hanover and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach arrived in London in 1714, in the train of the new king, George I, George Augustus's father.
Long neglected in studies of the eighteenth century, Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737) has come to be seen as an outstanding figure who was key to the development of early Hanoverian court culture.1 A Protestant and German princess, she started a new life in Britain when her father-in-law, the Elector of Hanover, succeeded to the British throne as...
Description. Caroline of Ansbach married George Augustus, the Electoral Prince of Hanover, the future George II, in 1705. She was seen as a protestant heroine in Britain as she had earlier turned down marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor because she could not bring herself to convert to Catholicism.
Nov 19, 2017 · She formed an alliance with Robert Walpole, despite his calling her that “fat old bitch”; and first minister and consort faulted nationally only once, when promoting an excise on the spirits to...
