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Caroline of Brunswick

1768 - 1821

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Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Caroline Amelia Elizabeth; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821 as the estranged wife of King George IV. She was Princess of Wales from 1795 to 1820. The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Caroline was engaged in 1794 to her first cousin George, Prince of Wales, whom she had never met. He was already illegally married to Maria Fitzherbert. George and Caroline married the following year but separated shortly after the birth of their only child, Princess Charlotte, in 1796. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caroline of Brunswick is the 4,076th most popular politician (down from 3,147th in 2019), the 1,059th most popular biography from Germany (down from 844th in 2019) and the 306th most popular German Politician.

Caroline of Brunswick is most famous for being the wife of King George IV.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Caroline of Brunswick ranks 4,075 out of 19,576. Before her are György Dózsa, John Magufuli, Emperor Xuan of Han, Bachir Gemayel, and Peter II of Bulgaria. After her are Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Muhammad al-Nasir, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Emperor Seimu, and Pacatianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Caroline of Brunswick ranks 14. Before her are Karađorđe, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Louis Desaix, and Nakşidil Sultan. After her are Lazare Hoche, Tecumseh, Jean-Robert Argand, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1821, Caroline of Brunswick ranks 5. Before her are Napoleon, John Keats, Joseph de Maistre, and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans. After her are Franz Karl Achard, John William Polidori, William I, Elector of Hesse, Gregory V of Constantinople, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Johann Jacob Schweppe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Caroline of Brunswick ranks 1,059 out of 7,253. Before her are Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Charles De Coster (1827), Bert Trautmann (1923), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), and John McEnroe (1959). After her are Max Schreck (1879), Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), Carl von Linde (1842), and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Caroline of Brunswick ranks 306. Before her are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), William II of Württemberg (1848), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Joseph Berchtold (1897), and Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618). After her are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Franz Ziereis (1905), Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933), Peter Minuit (1589), and William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548).

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