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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.
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.
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. The prince of Wales continued to try to shed his wife, even after their only daughter Charlotte Augusta died in childbirth in 1817, age 20, leaving no heirs.
Jun 2, 2020 · On 8 th April 1795, Prince George of Wales, first son of King George III, had reluctantly married his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The marriage between Caroline and George was strained from the very beginning.
He was so drunk on their wedding night that he collapsed into the bedroom grate and remained there until dawn. Nevertheless, their only child Princess Charlotte was conceived, so he obviously managed to do what was required of him by his country.
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.
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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.
