Princess Caroline of Ansbach

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HM The Queen of the United Kingdom
Titles Queen of the United Kingdom

Princess of Ansbach

Reign 22 June 1727 – 20 November 1737
Coronation 22 October 1727
Predecessor Prince George of Denmark
Successor Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Biographical Information
Born 1 March 1683

Ansbach, Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire

Died 20 November 1737 (aged 54)

London, England, United Kingdom

Spouse King George II of the United Kingdom

(m. 1705; d. 1737)

Issue Frederick, Prince of Wales

Anne, Princess Royal

Princess Amelia

Princess Caroline

Prince George William

Prince William

Princess Mary

Princess Louise

Name Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline
House Hohenzollern (by birth)

Hanover (by marriage)

Father Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Frederick, Prince of Wales 31 January 1707 31 March 1751 (aged 44) Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (m. 1736); had issue
Anne, Princess Royal 2 November 1709 12 January 1759 (aged 49) William IV, Prince of Orange (m. 1734); had issue
Princess Amelia 10 June 1711 31 October 1786 (aged 75) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Caroline 10 June 1713 28 December 1757 (aged 44) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince George William 13 November 1717 17 February 1718 (aged 3 months) Died in infancy
Prince William 15 April 1721 31 October 1765 (aged 44) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Mary 5 March 1723 14 January 1772 (aged 48) Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (m. 1740); had issue
Princess Louise 18 December 1724 19 December 1751 (aged 27) King Frederik V of Denmark (m. 1743); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1683-1705 Princess Caroline of Ansbach
  • 1705-1714 Caroline, Hereditary Princess of Hanover
  • 1714-1727 Caroline, Princess of Wales
  • 1727-1737 Queen Caroline of the United Kingdom

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach Margrave Albert II of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen

Margrave Joachim Ernst of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach
Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
Countess Anna Sibylla of Solms-Sonnenwalde

Elector John George of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach
Countess Margaret of Schonburg-Glachau
Louis Eberhard, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
Countess Margaret of Erbach
Henry William I, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde
Countess Sophia Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein

Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach Duke John George I of Saxe-Eisenach

Johannetta, Countess of Sayn-Altenkirchen

Duke Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar

Princess Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau
Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Countess Louise Juliane of Erbach

Duke Johann of Saxe-Weimar

Princess Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Countess Dorothea of Simmern
Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Anna Elisabeth, Countess of Sayn
George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg
Countess Maria of Barby-Muhlingen