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- Her marriage to the dissolute and much-opposed George, prince of Wales (future King George IV), was arranged in 1795 by his father George III who was also her uncle.
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Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Caroline Amelia Elizabeth; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821 as the estranged wife of King George IV. She was Princess of Wales from 1795 to 1820.
The marriage was conducted in secrecy in her house where a Church of England clergyman performed the ceremony for a fee of £500. They were very happy together for eight years but by then Prinny was in debt to the tune of £630,000, a tremendous sum in those days.
Jan 29, 2020 · The couple wed on the evening of 8 April at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace with all the trimmings of a glorious royal wedding. King George III and Queen Charlotte led the guests while the ...
Caroline had died in Hammersmith on 7 August 1821 aged 53, just three weeks after George’s coronation. In 1795, in order to pay his debts, George was obliged to marry his German cousin, Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821). They had never met before they married and disliked each other at first sight.
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.
Jul 19, 1998 · The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Caroline married George (then prince of Wales) on April 8, 1795, but they separated soon after the birth of their only child, Princess Charlotte (Jan. 7, 1796).
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland who was locked out of Westminster by her husband George IV on coronation day. Name variations: Caroline Amelia Augusta; Caroline Amelia Elizabeth; Queen Caroline; Caroline Amelia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel; Princess of Wales. Born Caroline Amelia Augusta on May 17, 1768, in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany ...