jueves, 8 de marzo de 2012

Caroline of Brandenburg. Queen Caroline of Great Britain.

Caroline of Brandenburg, whose full name was Wilhelmina Caroline Of Brandenburg(1683 - 1737) Queen consort of George II of Great Britain.

She was the eldest of three sons of Margrave John Frederick Of Brandenburg andSaxony Erdmuthe Leonor, his second wife.

Her father died when 3 years old and a mother at 13, grew up as a brilliant woman, educated and intelligent, which made ​​her a highly coveted princess among the European courts. But when she got the chance to become Queen of Spain, refused the proposal because it would in no way renounce her Protestant faith. Soon after, she metGeorge of Brunswick (future King George II of Great Britain), with whom she married inHanover in 1705.

On ascending the throne the father in law of Caroline as George I of Great Britain, her husband became Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, becoming Princess of Wales.As her father in law had divorced his wife several years ago, there was no queen, what made Caroline was the most important woman in the kingdom. She soon forged a close friendship with Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister, and was its influence on the king, which allowed the princes of Wales continue their lifestyle after Jorge Augustodistance himself from his father.

The remarkable intelligence Carolina exasperated her husband soon. For example, inher youth she maintained an active correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz, theintellectual colossus who was courtier of the House of Hanover, being the correspondence published in the nineteenth century. However, the marriage of Caroline and George was somewhat successful, despite several lovers who used to have theprince.

Carolina became queen when her father in law in 1727, During the following years, she and her husband had to battle against his eldest son, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, who had been left in Germany when they left to the United Kingdom, and who returned tosee only in 1728, as an adult and had formed many bad habits. Friction betweenFrederick and his parents, especially her mother, were consistent and demonstrated in several ways.

The Prince of Wales opposed the policy of his father, and was married once, asked theParliament a financial gain in the pension that her father had refused. Although Carolinahad personally selected his new daughter, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, seemed determinedthat the union was not happy, and was shocked when he learned in 1736 that Augustawas pregnant.

A particular episode happened when Prince Frederick, discovering that his wife hadstarted labor contractions, was smuggled out of the Hampton Court in the middle of the night toward the Palace of St. James, to make sure his mother was not hated present at birth.

Similar fights with his son occurred after the birth of the first daughter of the princes ofWales, and a complete withdrawal occurred in the months before the death of Carolina.Queen Caroline wielded powerful positions: he was named "Guardian of the Kingdomof Great Britain, and Lieutenant of His Majesty the King's absence," which allowed him to act as regent when her husband was on his travels in Hannover.

It is also worth noting that was co-heiress of Sayn-​​Altenkirchen County (but never inheritthe title) through his mother Eleanor, whose mother Johannetta held the title of Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-​​Altenkirchen.

She died in the palace of St. James on November 20, 1737, at 54 years of age, beingburied in Westminster Abbey.

Her husband ordered a couple of coffins that had one side of a removable, so that whenhe followed to the grave twenty-three years later, could be together again.

She gave birth to 9 children between 1707 and 1724 and suffered a breakdown broughtmatrix fatal complications. Their children were:

- Frederick Louis (1707 - 1751) Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall.

- Anne (1709 - 1759) Princess Royal, Princess of Orange-Nassau and stadtholder ofthe Netherlands.

- Amelia Sophia Eleanor (1711 - 1786) Princess Royal of Great Britain.

- Carolina Elizabeth (1713 - 1757) Princess Royal of Great Britain.

- A son (1716).

- William (1717 - 1718) Crown Prince of Britain.

- William Augustus (1721 - 1765) Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Kennington.

- Mary (1723 - 1772) spouse Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

- Louise (1724 - 1751) Queen consort of Denmark and Norway.

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