Caroline of Ansbach

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Caroline of Ansbach was a highly influential early 18th-century Queen consort of Great Britain, noted for her political acumen, patronage of the arts and sciences, and close partnership with leading thinkers like Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Princess of Wales
Queen consort of Great Britain
electoral princess
human
queen consort
birthDate 1683-03-01
birthPlace Ansbach
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
child Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Prince George William of Great Britain
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Princess Caroline of Great Britain
Princess Louisa of Great Britain
Princess Mary of Great Britain
closeAssociate Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1737-11-20
deathPlace London
St James's Palace
educatedBy Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
father John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
fullName Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
givenName Caroline
marriageDate 1705-09-02
monarchDuringConsort George II of Great Britain
mother Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
notableFor patronage of the arts
patronage of the sciences
political influence in early Georgian Britain
support of religious toleration
patronOf George Frideric Handel
positionHeld Princess of Wales
Queen consort of Great Britain
Queen consort of Ireland
predecessorAsQueenConsort Caroline of Ansbach (as Princess of Wales to Queen consort)
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1737-11-20
reignAsQueenConsortStart 1727-06-11
religion Anglicanism
Lutheranism
residence Hampton Court Palace
Kensington Palace
St James's Palace
spouse George II of Great Britain
successorAsQueenConsort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
supported George Frideric Handel
Isaac Newton


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