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In 1738 Count von Wallmoden and Amalie were quietly and conveniently divorced. George awarded him a pension of a reputed £4000 per annum for the rest of his life. He died in 1752. In 1740 Amalie was given the titles of Countess of Yarmouth and Baroness Yarmouth of Norfolk after she legally became a naturalised British citizen.
In 1739, Amalie von Wallmoden divorced her husband. In 1740, she was naturalized and given the non-heritable title of Countess of Yarmouth, the last royal mistress to be so honoured. She was officially designated Amalie Sophie de Wallmoden to obscure the question of her marital status.
In 1739, Amalie von Wallmoden divorced her husband. In 1740, she was naturalised and given the non-heritable title of Countess of Yarmouth, the last royal mistress to be so honoured. She was officially designated Amalie Sophie von Wallmoden to obscure the question of her marital status.
Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden (née von Wendt), Countess of Yarmouth. printed for John Bowles, and printed for Carington Bowles mezzotint, circa 1750-1775 12 7/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (327 mm x 225 mm) plate size; 14 7/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (379 mm x 275 mm) paper size Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913 Reference Collection NPG D19996
Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, 1st Countess of Yarmouth was the mistress of George II of Great Britain from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760. Born into one prominent family in Hanover and wed into another, she became a naturalised citizen of Britain in 1740 and was granted the life peerage title of "Countess of Yarmouth".
