Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737

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Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach married Duke Georg August of Hanover in 1705. Upon the death of his father, George I of Great Britain, and his accession to the throne, Caroline became the queen consort.

From the description of [Letter] 1724 Jan. 31 / Caroline. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 184741615

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referencedIn Townley, W. R. (Wellington Reid), b. 1861. The bookplates of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries : with selected passages from the Letters of Horace Walpole and illustrated by over 100 book plates of the friends to whom the letters referred, Chicago, 1923 / the selections made and the whole arranged in this form by Wellington R. Townley. Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library
creatorOf Dryden, John, 1631-1700. King Arthur, or, Merlin : the British inchanter. University of California, Los Angeles
referencedIn Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776,. Scene from Don Quixote : engraving. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Collections of Mary Anne Everett Green, 19th century Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Lloyd, Charles, 1775-1839. Letters to Bernard Barton, 1821-1833. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. On her majesty's birth day : a poem on Queen Caroline's birthday, by Stephen Duck. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
creatorOf Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737. [Letter] 1724 Jan. 31 / Caroline. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732. Letter signed : Turin, to Queen Caroline of Great Britain, 1729 Mar. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn South Church (Portsmouth, N.H.). Subscription for mourning decorations, 1738. Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum
creatorOf Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. Letter signed : Versailles, to "madame ma soeur" [Caroline, wife of George II, king of England], 1737 May 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn On her majesty's birth day : a poem on Queen Caroline's birthday, by Stephen Duck, ca. 1735 GB 206 Leeds University Library
referencedIn [Commonplace book], [late 17th to mid 18th century]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn [Commonplace book], [early 18th century]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753. Richard Waldron correspondence and notes, 1725-1749. Library of Congress
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associatedWith Boswell, James, 1740-1795 person
associatedWith Dryden, John, 1631-1700. person
associatedWith Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. person
associatedWith Lloyd, Charles, 1775-1839. person
associatedWith Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. person
associatedWith South Church (Portsmouth, N.H.) corporateBody
associatedWith Townley, W. R. (Wellington Reid), b. 1861. person
associatedWith Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, person
associatedWith Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732. person
associatedWith Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753. person
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Birth 1683-03-01

Death 1737-11-20

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