Caroline Matilda of Great Britain

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Caroline Matilda of Great Britain was an 18th-century British princess and Queen of Denmark and Norway, known for her controversial marriage to King Christian VII and her involvement in the reformist Struensee affair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf House of Hanover ⓘ
human ⓘ
princess of Great Britain ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
ageAtDeath 23 ⓘ
arrested 1772 ⓘ
associatedWith Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
Johann Friedrich Struensee ⓘ
birthName Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
burialPlace St. Mary’s Church, Celle ⓘ
causeOfDeath scarlet fever ⓘ
child Frederick VI of Denmark ⓘ
Louise Auguste of Denmark ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1751-07-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1775-05-10 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
event Struensee affair ⓘ
exiledTo Celle in the Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
father Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
house House of Hanover ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
marriageDate 1766-11-08 ⓘ
marriagePlace Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen ⓘ
mother Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ⓘ
motherTongue English ⓘ
name Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Caroline Matilda of Wales ⓘ
notableFor involvement with Johann Friedrich Struensee ⓘ
marriage to Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
role in Danish reform politics of the early 1770s ⓘ
placeOfBirth Leicester House, London ⓘ
placeOfDeath Celle, Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of Denmark ⓘ
Queen consort of Norway ⓘ
reasonForArrest alleged adultery and political conspiracy with Struensee ⓘ
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1772 ⓘ
reignAsQueenConsortStart 1766 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Celle Castle ⓘ
Christiansborg Palace ⓘ
Hirschholm Palace ⓘ
separatedFrom Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
sibling George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
spouse Christian VII of Denmark ⓘ
title Her Royal Highness The Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Queen of Denmark and Norway ⓘ
linked to: Queen of Denmark

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Frederick VI of Denmark → mother → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Christian VII of Denmark → spouse → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
A Royal Affair → character → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn → sibling → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain → fullName → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain → name → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain → birthName → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Johann Friedrich Struensee → closeAssociate → Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → successorAsQueenConsort → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ
Louise Auguste of Denmark → mother → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ⓘ