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Caroline of Brunswick

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Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821)

Queen consort of George IV of Great Britain. King George attempted to divorce her, unsuccessfully, on his accession to the throne in 1820.

After they separated 1796, he forbade her access to their daughter Charlotte and kept her from the coronation 1821; her death a few weeks later led to riots.



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It ended up in the hands of the British royal family through Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of George IV.
It ended up in the hands of the British royal family through Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of George IV.
[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] In the next decade, artists followed the Prince of Wales's ill-fated marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick and, most memorably, the royal couple's wedding night (Cruickshank, "Oh Che Boccone" [1795]).
 
 
 
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