CAROLINE OF ANSBACH

änsˈbäkh, 1683–1737, queen consort of George II of England, daughter of the margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. She married George in 1705 while he was electoral prince of Hanover and bore him three sons and five daughters. After his accession (1727) she gave active support to Sir Robert Walpole. Her political influence over the king lasted until her death.

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Princesses of Wales
Book by Deborah Fisher; University of Wales Press, 2005
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Wales, Princesses--Great Britain--Biography, Princesses--Wales--Biography, Wales--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, Wales--History
...Aragon (1485-1536) 43 Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) 55 Augusta...September 1714, when his wife, Caroline of Ansbach, assumed the title of Princess...to the most children was Caroline of Ansbach, who had ten, eventually dying...
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Women in Western European History: A Select Chronological, Geographical, and Topical Bibliography - Vol. 1
Book by Linda Frey, Marsha Frey, Joanne Schneider; Greenwood Press, 1982
Subjects: Women--Europe--History--Bibliography
...2 Individuals a Anne 6012-6024 b Caroline of Ansbach 6025-6029 c Caroline of Brunswick 6030-6036 d Charlotte 6037-6038...
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The Small German Courts in the Eighteenth Century
Book by Adrien Fauchier-Magnan, Mervyn Savill; Methuen, 1958
Subjects: Germany--Court And Courtiers
...if she also knew German. Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt used French exclusively...Souvenirs et Anecdotes. The Margrave of Ansbach, the Duke of Hanover, the Prince...pastor. 4 We shall see a Margrave of Ansbach shoot one of his huntsmen who had...
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Polymath of the Baroque: Agostino Steffani and His Music
Book by Colin Timms; Oxford University Press, 2003
POLYMATH OF THE BAROQUE Agostino Steffani as suffragan bishop of Munster: oil painting, 1714, by Gerhard Kappers (Bertha...Stiftung, Haus Welbergen, Ochtrup; by permission) POLYMATH OF THE BAROQUE Agostino Steffani and His Music COLIN...
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Napoleon the First: A Biography
Book by August Fournier, Margaret Bacon Corwin, Arthur Dart Bissell, Edward Gaylord Bourne; Henry Holt, 1903
Subjects: France--History--Consulate And First Empire, 1799-1815, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821
...BISSELL EDITED BY EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE Professor of History in Yale University NEW YORK HENRY HOLT...AND COMPANY. EDITORS PREFACE BEFORE the appearance of the recent Lives of Napoleon by Professor Sloane and Mr. J. H. Rose, the...
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magazine articles on: Caroline of Ansbach  - 1 result

 
 
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John Locke Icon of Liberty: Mark Goldie Traces the Ways in Which People across the Political Spectrum Have Used and Abused the Ideas of the Philosopher Who Died 300 Years Ago This Month
Magazine article by Mark Goldie; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Locke, John--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Locke, John--Evaluation, Locke, John--Public opinion, Locke, John--Works, Philosophers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Philosophers--Evaluation, Philosophers--Public opinion, Philosophers--Works, Philosophy--History, Philosophy--Works
...are born slaves? Despite Tory assaults, Locke became an icon. The trend set round 1730 by George IIs consort, Caroline of Ansbach, who commissioned a bust of Locke for her hermitage at Richmond. He was one of five heroes installed there, with...


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Leaders' Wives; They Can Be Both a Help and a Hindrance, a Distraction for Good or Bad from the Agenda of a Political Party. but Would the Wives of Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy Make Good Politicians Themselves? Post Style Editor Caroline Foulkes Assesses Their Chances, While (Overleaf) Lifestyle Editor Lisa Piddington Checks out Their Clothes
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 4, 2005
...Adams (wife of President John Adams), Jeanne Antoinette de La Motte (Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV) and Caroline of Ansbach (wife of George II) werent going to stop a little thing like not being able to vote stop them. And so we come...
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The Other Duchesses of Cornwall
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 11, 2005
...short periods before their husbands became Prince of Wales so they then became Princess of Wales. The first was Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II. The daughter of a German prince, she married George in 1705. When his father became George...
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Good Cheer from A to Z; BEER ALASTAIR GILMOUR
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 3, 2009
Subjects: Malt beverages
...after the most infamous of the dukes bearing that title; Prince William (1721-1765), a younger son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach (Bavaria). He is best remembered for his leading role in terminating the Jacobite Rebellion at the Battle of Culloden...


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encyclopedia articles on: Caroline of Ansbach  - 3 results

 
 
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Caroline of Ansbach
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CAROLINE OF ANSBACH ans bakh, 1683 1737, queen consort of George II of England, daughter of the margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. She married George in 1705 while he was electoral prince of Hanover...
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George II , King of Great Britain and Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hanover, of which he was elector, George was more active in the English government than his father had been. Caroline of Ansbach (whom he married in 1705), through the subtle influence she exerted over him, furthered the ascendancy of the...
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Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the confidence of both George I and George II, influencing the latter through his friendship with the queen, Caroline of Ansbach , and handled Parliament with unprecedented skill. His control of Parliament was due partly to the dispensation...


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