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Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover from 11 June 1727 until her death in 1737 as the wife of King George II.
5 de feb. de 2024 · Queen Caroline. Caroline was born on 11th March 1683, a daughter of John, Margrave of Brandenberg-Ansbach. She played a large role in affairs of State and the king was distraught when she died after primitive surgery at St James' Palace on 1st December 1737 (New Style dating). She was buried on 17 December.
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the wife of King George II of Great Britain (reigned 1727–60). Beautiful and intelligent, she exercised an influence over her husband that was decisive in establishing and maintaining Sir Robert Walpole as prime minister (1730–42). The daughter of a German.
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The coronation of George II and his wife Caroline as King and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 11/22 O.S./N.S. October 1727. For the coronation, George Frideric Handel was commissioned to write four new coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest , has been sung at British ...
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In 1705, George married Princess Caroline of Ansbach, with whom he had eight children. After the deaths of George's grandmother and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in 1714, George's father, the Elector of Hanover, ascended the British throne as George I.
- 11/22 June 1727 – 25 October 1760
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Caroline married George Augustus, the future George II, in 1705 and moved to England with him in 1714 when he became Prince of Wales. She became Queen on his accession in 1727. Caroline spent her teenage years at the Prussian court in Berlin, renowned for its patronage of artists and architects and its lively intellectual life.
1 de mar. de 2022 · A savvy political tactician, a schemer, a patron and a sex symbol, Caroline of Ansbach's formidable intellect and limitless ambition helped make her one of the most powerful queen-consorts in British history. Matthew Dennison traces the rise of George II's brilliant wife... Published: March 1, 2022 at 6:05 AM.
