Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Daughter of Johann Friedrich Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654-1686) and his second wife Eleanor Princess of Saxe-Eisenach (1662-1696)

Born: Ansbach, Germany 1. Mar 1683

Married: Hanover 22. Aug 1705 Georg August Electoral Prince of Hanover (1683-1760), who became, as George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland in 1727

Issue:

• Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) m.1736 Auguste Princess of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772)

• Princess Anne of Great Britain and Ireland (1709-1759) m. 1734 Willem IV. Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751)

• Princess Amelia of Great Britain and Ireland (1711-1786)

• Princess Caroline of Great Britain and Ireland (1713-1757)

• Prince George of Great Britain and Ireland (1717-1718)

• Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)

• Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland (1723-1772) m.1740 Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785)

• Princess Louisa of Great Britain and Ireland (1724-1751) m.1743 Frederik V. King of Denmark and Norway (1723-1766)

Died: St. James Palace, London 20. Nov 1737 from complications following a rupture of the womb

Buried: Westminster Abbey

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Marita A. Panzer: „Englands Königinnen“ Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2001