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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).
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Mar 1, 2022 · A savvy political tactician, a schemer, a patron and a sex symbol, Caroline of Ansbach's formidable intellect and limitless ambition helped make her one of the most powerful queen-consorts in British history.
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 old, and following this, her mother took her to her native place, Eisenach.
May 1, 2014 · In her BBC4 documentary The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, made to mark the anniversary of the Hanoverian succession, historian Lucy Worsley calls Sophia “the greatest Queen we never had”.
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.
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In the autumn of 1704, the twenty-one-year-old Princess Caroline of Ansbach met Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who was visiting Sophie Charlotte and her mother Sophie (1630-1714), the electress of Hanover, at Sophie Charlotte's palace at Lützenburg (later, Charlottenburg) outside Berlin. Leibniz, who already enjoyed a close friendship with Sophie ...
