biography
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Caroline of Brunswick, Amelia Elizabeth
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1768–1821)
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| biography:
| Queen consort of George IV of Great Britain, born in Brunswick, NC Germany, the daughter of George III's sister, Augusta. She married the Prince of Wales in 1795, but the marriage was disagreeable to him, and although she bore him a daughter, Princess Charlotte, they lived apart. When George became king (1820), she was offered an annuity to renounce the title of queen and live abroad; when she refused, the king persuaded the government to introduce a Divorce Bill. Although this failed, she was not allowed into Westminster Abbey at the coronation (1821). |
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