Caroline of Brunswick
Portrait c. 1820 by James Lonsdale , "Principal Painter in Ordinary to the Queen". Her wedding ring is displayed prominently to emphasise fidelity to marriage vows .
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover
Tenure	29 January 1820 ? 7 August 1821
Born	( 1768-05-17 ) 17 May 1768 Brunswick , Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel , Holy Roman Empire
Died	7 August 1821 (1821-08-07) (aged 53) Hammersmith , Middlesex , England
Burial	25 August 1821 Brunswick Cathedral
Spouse	George IV of the United Kingdom ( m.  1795; separated 1796)
Issue	Princess Charlotte of Wales
Full name Caroline Amalie Elisabeth
House	Brunswick-Bevern
Father	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Mother	Princess Augusta of Great Britain

Caroline of Brunswick (17 May 1768 ? 7 August 1821) was the wife of King George IV . Her parents were Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Augusta of Great Britain .

Caroline married George on 8 April 1795, when he was the Prince of Wales . That made Caroline the Princess of Wales. When George became king on 29 January 1820, Caroline became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom . Caroline and George had one child, Princess Charlotte of Wales . They separated in 1796.

Caroline died on 7 August 1821 at the age of 53. Her physicians thought she had an intestinal obstruction , ^[1] but she may have had cancer . ^[2] There were also rumours at the time that she had been poisoned . ^[3]

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• Plowden, Alison (2005). Caroline and Charlotte: Regency Scandals 1795?1821 . Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. ISBN   0-7509-4173-1 .
• Robins, Jane (2006). Rebel Queen: How the Trial of Caroline Brought England to the Brink of Revolution . Simon & Schuster. ISBN   978-0-7434-7826-7 .

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caroline of Brunswick .

• Caroline of Brunswick-Luneburg at the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Pictures of Caroline of Brunswick from London's National Portrait Gallery
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caroline Amelia Augusta"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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