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She was Princess of Wales from 1795 to 1820. The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Caroline was engaged in 1794 to her cousin George, Prince of Wales, whom she had never met. He was already illegally married to Maria Fitzherbert.
Nov 23, 2021 · Princess Caroline, the much-injured but foolish and frivolous Consort of George IV., was living here at Montagu House. This was after the birth of her child, the Princess Charlotte, whom she saw once every week at the house of the Duchess of Brunswick close by.
They separated after the birth of their only child Princess Charlotte (1796–1817) and Caroline spent much of her time in Italy. When George III died, she became nominally Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and quickly returned to England to assert her rights and position.
Caroline of Brunswick was born on 17 May 1768, the daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Augusta Frederica of Wales, the daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales (eldest son of George II) and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. She was christened with the names Caroline Amelia Elizabeth.
Nov 13, 2023 · Caroline raised their three children as a single mother until 1999, when she married Prince Ernst August of Hanover, with whom she had her fourth child, Princess Alexandra of Hanover....
And soon after, the Prince wrote a letter to Caroline stating the terms of their separation and allowing her to live wherever she wanted. She chose Montagu House in Blackheath, next to what is now Ranger’s House and close to Greenwich Park. Her daughter, Princess Charlotte, was allowed to visit.
In 1814, Caroline left England with her adopted children to escape the persecutions of the king and his friends and traveled on the Continent, living principally in Italy.