Princess Caroline of Great Britain

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Princess Caroline[1]
Titles and styles
HRH The Princess Caroline[1]
HRH Princess Caroline
HSH Princess Caroline of Hanover
Royal house House of Hanover
Father George II
Mother Caroline of Ansbach
Born 30 May 1713(1713-05-30)
Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover
Baptised 1 June 1713
Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover
Died 27 December 1757 (aged 44)
St. James's Palace, London
Burial Westminster Abbey, London

The Princess Caroline (Caroline Elizabeth; 30 May 1713 – 28 December 1757) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth child and third daughter of George II.

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[edit] Early life

Princess Caroline[1] was born in Hanover, Germany. Her father was The Hereditary Prince of Hanover, the eldest son of The Elector of Hanover . Her mother was Caroline of Ansbach, daughter of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. As a granddaughter of the Elector of Hanover, she was styled HSH Princess Caroline of Hanover at birth, rather than of Cambridge, the designation available to her through her father's British royal dukedom. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, she was 7th in the line of succession to the British throne. She was baptised, the day after her birth, at Herrenhausen Palace.[2]

[edit] Great Britain

In 1714, Queen Anne died, and Caroline's grandfather became George I and her father Prince of Wales. Caroline moved with her parents to Great Britain, and resided at St James's Palace, London. She was now styled as a Princess of Great Britain, and was known as HRH Princess Caroline, and later HRH The Princess Caroline when her father succeeded as George II in 1727.

[edit] Later life

Princess Caroline, unmarried and childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace. She was buried at Westminster Abbey.

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

[edit] Titles and styles

[edit] Arms

On 31 January 1719, as a grandchild of the sovereign, Caroline was granted use of the arms of the realm, differenced by a label argent of five points, each bearing three roses gules. On 30 August 1727, as a child of the sovereign, Caroline's difference changed to a label argent of three points, each bearing three roses gules.[3]

[edit] Ancestors

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d The London Gazette (i.e. those on and after her death) refers to her as only Princess Caroline
  2. ^ Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal Christenings
  3. ^ Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family
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