Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
1751 – 1775 · Generation XXXI · Queen consort of Denmark and Norway · House of Hanover
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751–1775). Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. Married Christian VII of Denmark in 1766; the marriage was dissolved in 1772. Married into the Danish court at fifteen; exiled after the Struensee affair and dead at twenty-three.
Place in the family
- Caroline Matilda of Great Britain was a great-aunt of Queen Victoria.
- Caroline Matilda of Great Britain was the youngest of 9 children of Frederick Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha recorded in this archive.
One of 35 people of House of Hanover (from 1700) in this archive. Called from Germany by the Act of Settlement; the Georges, then Victoria.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → Elizabeth Stuart → Sophia of Hanover → King George I → King George II → Frederick Prince of Wales → Caroline Matilda of Great Britain.
Parents
- Frederick Prince of Wales (1707 – 1751)
- Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719 – 1772)
Siblings
- Augusta of Great Britain (1737 – 1813)
- King George III (1738 – 1820)
- Edward Duke of York (1739 – 1767)
- Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741 – 1759)
- William Henry Duke of Gloucester (1743 – 1805)
- Henry Duke of Cumberland (1745 – 1790)
- Louisa of Great Britain (1749 – 1768)
- Frederick of Great Britain (1750 – 1765)
Partners
- Married Christian VII of Denmark (1749 – 1808) in 1766; the marriage was dissolved in 1772
Life
- 1751 — Born
- 1766 — Married Christian VII of Denmark
- 1772 — Separated from Christian VII of Denmark
- 1775 — Died