Caroline

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Caroline of Ansbach was an 18th-century Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George II, noted for her political influence and patronage of the arts and sciences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf House of Hohenzollern
Princess of Wales
Queen consort of Great Britain
Queen consort of Ireland
human
queen consort
associatedWith Enlightenment thought
birthDate 1683-03-01
birthPlace Ansbach
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
child Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Prince George William of Great Britain
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Princess Caroline of Great Britain
Princess Louisa of Great Britain
Princess Mary of Great Britain
convertedTo Anglicanism
countryOfBirth Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1737-11-20
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England

St James's Palace
father John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
fullName Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
linked to: Caroline of Ansbach
givenName Caroline
knownFor patronage of the arts
patronage of the sciences
political influence in early Georgian Britain
languageSpoken English
German
marriageDate 1705-09-02
mother Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
patronOf George Frideric Handel
Isaac Newton
positionHeld regent of Great Britain
predecessorAsQueenConsort Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (as consort of the Prince of Wales)?
regencyOccasions during George II's absences in Hanover
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1737-11-20
reignAsQueenConsortStart 1727-06-11
religion Lutheranism
residence Kensington Palace
St James's Palace
spouse George II of Great Britain
spouseTitleAtMarriage George, Electoral Prince of Hanover
successorAsQueenConsort Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
title Princess of Wales
Queen consort of Great Britain
Queen consort of Ireland

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Caroline of Ansbach givenName Caroline
Caroline of Ansbach givenName Caroline
subject linked to: Caroline