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22 de ene. de 2024 · Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, 1st Countess of Yarmouth (1 April 1704–19 or 20 October 1765) 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".
Biography Daughter of Johann Franz Dietrich von Wendt, a general in the Hanoverian army; mistress of George II whom she met in Hanover in 1735; she bore a child the following year but he was never formally recognised as the king's son; in 1738, the year after Queen Caroline's death, she was installed in St James's Palace; in March 1740, she was created countess of Yarmouth; her husband ...
29 de abr. de 2024 · Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden (née von Wendt), Countess of Yarmouth. by G. de Köning, after Peter van Hoogh mezzotint, mid 18th century
Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden (née von Wendt), Countess of Yarmouth. by G. de Köning, after Peter van Hoogh mezzotint, mid 18th century (327 x 225 ) paper size Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931 Reference Collection NPG D8850
28 de oct. de 2008 · English: So-called Portrait of Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth (1704-1765), mistress of George II of Great Britain. Questionable attribution as the woman portrayed is dressed in the fashion of around 1780, a period when Amalie was already an old woman.
Lord Yarmouth was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He notably served as Treasurer of the Household between 1687 and 1689. He had no surviving male issue and the titles became extinct on his death in 1732. The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1740 in favour of Amalie von Wallmoden, mistress of George II.
Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth, born Amalie von Wendt (1 April 1704 – 19 or 20 October 1765) was the principal mistress of King George II from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760. Born into a prominent family in the Electorate of Hanover, and married into another, in 1740 she became a naturalised subject of Great Britain and was granted a peerage for life, with ...
