Queen Caroline Elizabeth of Friskland
Caroline Elizabeth | |
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Queen Caroline shortly before her marriage in 1733. | |
Queen consort of Friskland | |
Reign | 30 March 1733 - 28 December 1757 |
Coronation | 19 August 1741 |
Predecessor | Johanna |
Successor | Ingeborg |
Spouse | Henrik II of Friskland |
Issue Detail |
Henrik III of Friskland Prince George of Friskland Princess Caroline of Friskland Princess Charlotte of Friskland Prince Frederick of Friskland Princess Elizabeth of Friskland Prince Leopold of Friskland Princess Josephine of Friskland Princess Mary of Friskland Prince William of Friskland Princess Sophia of Friskland Princess Louise of Friskland Princess Henrietta of Friskland Princess Johanna of Friskland |
Full name | |
Caroline Elizabeth Swedish: Carolina Elisabeth | |
House | Hanover (by birth) Gyllenborg (by marriage) |
Father | George II of Great Britain |
Mother | Caroline of Ansbach |
Born | Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover | 10 June 1713
Died | 28 December 1757 Jättenholm, Friskland | (aged 44)
Queen Caroline Elizabeth of Friskland (10 June 1713 - 28 December 1757) was Queen consort of Friskland from 1733 to 1757.
Early life
Princess Caroline was born at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, Germany, on 10 June 1713. Her father was George Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, the eldest son of George Louis, 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 Princess Caroline of Hanover at birth. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, she was seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. She was baptised the day after her birth at Herrenhausen Palace.
Great Britain
In 1714, Queen Anne died, and Caroline's grandfather became George I and her father Prince of Wales. At the age of one year, Caroline accompanied her mother and elder sisters, the Princesses Anne and Amelia, to Great Britain, and the family resided at St James's Palace, London. She was then styled as a Princess of Great Britain. A newly attributed list from January–February 1728 documents her personal expenses, including charitable contributions to several Protestant groups in London.
In 1722, at the direction of her mother, she was inoculated against smallpox by variolation, an early type of immunisation popularised by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Charles Maitland.
Princess Caroline was her mother's favourite, and became known as "the truth-telling Caroline Elizabeth" (or "the truth-loving"). When any disagreement took place among the royal children, her parents would say, "Send for Caroline, and then we shall know the truth!" According to Dr. John Doran, "The truth-loving Caroline Elizabeth was unreservedly beloved by her parents, was worthy of the affection, and repaid it by an ardent attachment. She was fair, good, accomplished, and unhappy."
Marriage and children
On 30 March 1733 at age 19, Caroline was married to the King of Friskland, Henrik II. They had fifteen children together:
- Prince Henry, Duke of Jättenholm (Henrik August; 3 January 1734 - 14 September 1808)
- Prince George, Duke of Söderstrand (Jörgen Carl; 26 April 1735 - 5 November 1809)
- Princess Caroline of Friskland (Caroline Wilhelmine; 13 April 1736 - 10 June 1738)
- Princess Charlotte of Friskland (Charlotte Amelia; 8 June 1738 - 1 May 1790)
- Prince Frederick, Duke of Välsingby (Frederik Ludvig; 25 December 1740 - 13 July 1805)
- Princess Elizabeth of Friskland (Elisabeth Augusta; 15 August 1742 - 19 May 1820)
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Forshamn (Leopold Jakob; 23 November 1743 - 8 February 1812)
- Princess Josephine of Friskland (Josefin Frederika; 8 January 1745 - 31 October 1828)
- Princess Mary of Friskland (Maria Johanna; 16 April 1746 - 23 April 1776)
- Prince William, Duke of Lillevik (Vilhelm Gustaf; 26 December 1748 - 24 May 1819)
- Princess Sophia of Friskland (Sofia Lucia; 18 March 1750 - 29 August 1814)
- Princess Louise of Friskland (Lovisa Margareta; 6 July 1752 - 16 February 1829)
- Princess Henrietta of Friskland (Hendrika Alice; 5 September 1754 - 6 September 1830)
- Princess Ingrid of Friskland (Ingrid Dorothea; 28 December 1757 - 31 December 1852)