Caroline of Brunswick

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Caroline of Brunswick

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(Biography) 1768–1821, wife of George IV of the United Kingdom: tried for adultery (1820)
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Which king of the United Kingdom married Caroline of Brunswick? A George III B William IV C George V D George IV 13.
Douglas, 1900), 75]), George I in Hanover (the most private and remote ceremony covered in the book), and Queen Caroline of Brunswick (George IV's estranged wife, who was buried in Brunswick).
Princess Charlotte was the only legitimate child of the then Prince Regent, who became George IV, and Caroline of Brunswick, and presumed heir to the British throne.
| April 8 IT WAS this day in 1795 that the future King George IV married Caroline of Brunswick, but this was a loveless marriage and when Caroline was with child, George wanted nothing to do with her.
George IV secretly got married to Catholic Maria Fitzherbert, then wed Caroline of Brunswick.
In 1795 he married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, though he loathed her on sight.
He said the street was named after Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of King George IV.
Murray analyzes a number of James Gillray's political cartoons depicting the Prince's raucous life, his secret--and illegal--marriage to Maria Fitzherbert in 1785, for example; his marriage (to pay debts) in 1795 to Princess Caroline of Brunswick, and his dumping of her the following year; his sexual exploits and illegitimate children (134-37).
This is a town on whose streets John Wesley once preached, and where George IV was reportedly delighted when told of the death of his wife Caroline of Brunswick.
Savage caricatures with satirical verse were reserved for George IV and his ill-fated marriage to Caroline of Brunswick and these mementoes seem remarkably similar to the way we treat such topics today.
But the hapless Caroline of Brunswick was reputedly so dirty and smelly that George claimed he could not bear to touch her.
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