Caroline of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Caroline of Brunswick-Lüneburg

▪ queen of United Kingdom
in full  Caroline Amelia Elizabeth , German  Karoline von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , or  Karoline Amalie Elisabeth 
born May 17, 1768, Braunschweig [Germany]
died Aug. 7, 1821, London, Eng.
 wife of King George IV of the United Kingdom who—like her husband, who was also her cousin—was the centre of various scandals.

      The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Caroline married George (then prince of Wales) on April 8, 1795, but they separated soon after the birth of their only child, Princess Charlotte (Jan. 7, 1796). In December 1805 a committee of the Privy Council acquitted her of the charge of having given birth to a son by another man.

      Excluded from the court while her husband was regent (1811–20) for his insane father, George III, Caroline lived chiefly in Italy from 1814 and allegedly maintained an adulterous relationship with her Italian courier, Bartolomeo Pergami (in England often called Bergami). After his accession on Jan. 29, 1820, George IV tried to pay her to remain on the European continent, but in June she returned to England. Thereupon the government introduced a bill to dissolve the marriage and deprive her of the title of queen. After a lengthy hearing (August 17–November 10), the House of Lords abandoned the bill. She was prevented from entering Westminster Abbey at George's coronation (July 19, 1821), became ill, and died 19 days later.

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