Caroline of Ansbach Caroline of Ansbach Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was Queen of Great Britain as the wife of King George II. Her father, Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach, belonged to a branch of the House of Hohenzollern and was the ruler of a small German state, the Principality of Ansbach. Caroline was orphaned at a young age and moved to the enlightened court of her guardians, King Frederick I and Queen Sophia Charlotte of Prussia. At the Prussian court, her previously limited education was widened, and she adopted the liberal outlook possessed by
Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Viceroy of Valencia death Germaine of Foix remarried Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of Calabria. Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach became in 1516 a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Viceroy of Valencia Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach (January 9, 1493 in Plassenburg – July 5, 1525 in Valencia) was the second husband of Germaine de Foix and viceroy of Valencia from 1523 until his death in 1525. He was a son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his wife Sophia of Poland. He married on June 17, 1519 with Germaine de Foix (1490–1538), second wife and widow of King Ferdinand II