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- At the age of one year, Caroline accompanied her mother and elder sisters, the Princesses Anne and Amelia, to Great Britain, and the family resided at St James's Palace, London.
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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.
On this day (25 August) in 1821, the funeral of Queen Caroline, George’s estranged wife, took place in the cathedral of her hometown of Brunswick, Germany. Caroline had died in Hammersmith on 7 August 1821 aged 53, just three weeks after George’s coronation.
Thus, Caroline, princess of Wales, resided alone at Blackheath, entertaining writers and artists, selling produce from her garden to subsidize the education of nine local orphans. To replace the loss of her daughter, she adopted William Austin, the four-month-old son of a destitute woman, and a girl, Edwina Kent .
In 1806 rumours began to circulate that a four year-old child in her entourage, William Austin, was her son. His father was said to be a footman. A Royal Commission was set up called the ‘Delicate Investigation’, but nothing could be proved against her.
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.
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.
Jun 10, 2014 · She was adored by her parents and when Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought variolation against smallpox to England, Caroline’s mother ensured that her children were treated against the infection. However, Princess Caroline never found happiness in her personal life.
