Trial of Queen Caroline

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The Trial of Queen Caroline was a highly publicized 1820 British parliamentary proceeding attempting to dissolve King George IV’s marriage on grounds of alleged adultery, which became a major political and constitutional crisis.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Queen Caroline affair 1
Trial of Queen Caroline canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional crisis ⓘ
parliamentary proceeding ⓘ
political trial ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
cause allegations of adultery against Queen Caroline ⓘ
attempt by George IV to dissolve his marriage ⓘ
chronology reign of George IV ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defendedBy Henry Brougham ⓘ
Thomas Denman ⓘ
describedBySource British parliamentary records ⓘ
linked to: Hansard

contemporary newspapers ⓘ
pamphlet literature of the 1820s ⓘ
endDate 1820-11-10 ⓘ
hasEffect boost to the Whig opposition ⓘ
constitutional controversy over royal and parliamentary powers ⓘ
damage to the popularity of King George IV ⓘ
major political crisis in Britain ⓘ
strengthening of public opinion as a political force ⓘ
hasPart second reading division in the House of Lords ⓘ
hasParticipant British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Henry Brougham ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
King George IV ⓘ
Lord Liverpool ⓘ
Queen Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ
Thomas Denman ⓘ
Tory Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
hasQuality highly publicized ⓘ
politically divisive ⓘ
sensational ⓘ
influenced development of British public opinion ⓘ
later debates on press freedom in Britain ⓘ
legalBasis Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 ⓘ
location House of Lords ⓘ
Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainSubject Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ
marriage of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive newspaper reporting ⓘ
opposedBy Whig politicians ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
outcome Pains and Penalties Bill abandoned ⓘ
marriage of George IV and Caroline not legally dissolved ⓘ
pointInTime 1820 ⓘ
prosecutedBy Attorney General of England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Liverpool ministry ⓘ
significantEvent mass public demonstrations in support of Queen Caroline ⓘ
processions and illuminations in London ⓘ
riots and disturbances in British cities ⓘ
withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill ⓘ
startDate 1820-08-17 ⓘ
supportedBy Tory government ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Trial of Queen Caroline ⓘ
Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Queen Caroline affair ⓘ
linked to: Trial of Queen Caroline