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Nov 1, 2014 · 1st November 2014. <! [CDATA [Lucy Worsley has called Caroline of Ansbach "the cleverest queen consort ever to sit on the throne of England". In many ways, she really was. The wife of King...
Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) Wilhelmine Caroline of Brandenburg - Ansbach was a daughter of Johann Friedrich, margrave of Brandenburg - Ansbach (d. 1686). She was born at Ansbach on 1 March 1683 and spent her youth primarily at Dresden and Berlin, where she formed a close friendship with Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705), queen of Prussia (from ...
Born Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline in Ansbach, Germany, on March 1, 1683; died at St. James' Palace, London, England, on November 20, 1737; daughter of John Frederick, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1686) and Eleanor of Saxe-Eisenach (1662–1696); married George II (1683–1760), king of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1727–1760), on ...
May 1, 2014 · Since the new court lacked a queen, George I’s daughter-in-law Caroline of Ansbach was able to occupy a much more prominent role than was typical for the sovereign’s daughter-in-law. Caroline was a woman very like her husband’s grandmother Sophia – intelligent, well-read, curious, and crucially, poised to become Queen of Great Britain.
Born 1683, Ansbach [Germany] Died 1737, St James's Palace. Caroline was the daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who died when she was three. Her mother, Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach married again (twice) but died when Caroline was thirteen.
Oct 3, 2017 · Virtue and Science! Lo they both unite, And blaze in Caroline with matchless light! Find out more about this clever Queen by visiting the exhibition, Enlightened Princesses at Kensington Palace until November 12th. By Dr Joanna Marschner. Senior Curator. Kings and queens Georgian Kensington Palace Queen Caroline Georgian.
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.
