On This Day In History . 7 August 1821 . Caroline of Brunswick died . ◼ Caroline died at Brandenburg House in Hammersmith at 10:25 p.m. on 7 August 1821 at the age of 53. Her physicians thought she had an intestinal obstruction, but she may have had cancer, although there were rumours at the time that she had been poisoned. . ▪ Caroline was buried in Brunswick Cathedral on the 25th. . . About Caroline; . ◼ Born Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel on 17 May 1768, she was best known as Caroline of Brunswick, & was Queen of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George IV from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821. Between 1795 & 1820, she was the Princess of Wales. . ◼ Caroline married George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) in 1795, they had one child, Princess Charlotte of Wales. Shortly after Charlotte's birth, George & Caroline separated. . ◼ In 1817, Caroline's daughter Charlotte died in childbirth; she heard the news from a passing courier as George had refused to write & tell her. . ◼ In 1820, George became king of the United Kingdom & Hanover. George hated her, vowed she would never be the queen, & insisted on a divorce, which she refused. . ◼ Caroline returned to Britain to assert her position as queen. She was wildly popular & the new king was despised for his immoral behaviour. . ◼ In July 1821, Caroline was barred from the coronation on the orders of her husband. She fell ill in London & died three weeks later on 7 August 1821; her funeral procession passed through London on its way to her native Brunswick, where she was buried. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1821 #7Aug #CarolineofBrunswick #QueenConsort #Royalty #HouseofBrunswickBevern #HouseofHanover #History #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #Queencaroline #Instahistory #Royalhistory #thequeen #HistoricArt #historyfacts #royalfamily #Hammersmith #Brandenburg #Greatbritain Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 (at London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) https://www.instagram.com/p/B04HYnsAOF7/?igshid=49dvl6m0kkcn















