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Caroline of Ansbach, destined to become the Queen Consort of George II, was born on 1st March 1683 in the small German state of Ansbach, she was the daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and his second wife, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach. Her father died of smallpox at the age of 32, when Caroline was but ...
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. Records relating to the Queen Consort comprise no more than a handful, with ...
Caroline of Ansbach. (Former Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1727 - 1737)) Caroline of Ansbach was the wife of King George II and served as the queen consort of Great Britain from 1727 to 1737. She was born into an affluent family. Her father, John Frederick, was the ruler of a small state in Germany. He died when Caroline was just 3 years ...
Sep 23, 2017 · In her book Courtiers, Lucy Worsley describes Caroline as ‘fat, funny and adorable … plump but pin-sharp… the cleverest queen consort ever to sit upon the throne of England’. Early life Wilhelmine Karoline of Ansbach was born on 1 March 1683, the daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his second wife, Eleanore of Saxe-Eisenach.
Caroline of Ansbach: The queen, collecting and connoisseurship at the Early Georgian court: Identifier: PQ ETD:593008: Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery: Language: English: Additional information: Thesis digitised by ProQuest. Third party copyright material has been removed from the ethesis.
Nov 1, 2014 · Caroline of Ansbach was born on 1st March 1683. Her parents were John Frederick, the Margrave of the small German state of Ansbach, and his wife Eleonore. Her father died when she was only three ...
Born 1683, Herrenhausen Palace [Hanover] Died 1760, Kensington Palace. George II was the only son of George I; like his father, after his accession he continued to spend much time in Hanover. In 1705 he married Caroline of Ansbach (died 1737); their children included Frederick, Prince of Wales, and William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
