Shut out of her own coronation
George IV tried to divorce his wife Caroline of Brunswick and had her turned away at the doors of Westminster Abbey at his coronation on 19 July 1821. She died less than three weeks later.
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Caroline of Brunswick
1768–1821 · Welf
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1821. Born at Schloss Richmond. Died at Hammersmith.
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Family
- Father
- Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Mother
- Princess Augusta of Great Britain
- Married
- George IV of the United Kingdom 1795
- Children (1)
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales 1796
- Siblings (3)
- Princess Auguste Karoline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1764
Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1766
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1771
Related to
- Caroline of Brunswick was the 28× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
- Caroline of Brunswick was the first cousin once removed of Victoria.
- Caroline of Brunswick was the third cousin 5 times removed of Louis XIV of France.