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
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld her husband found her ugly, ignorant and boring. The marriage remained childless, he separated from his wife, who by that time lived at Schwaningen Castle in Unterschwaningen, and began to live with his mistress Elizabeth Craven. Frederica Caroline's brother, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, owed his sister admission to the regiment as captain, this starting point of his brilliant career military. After Frederica Caroline's death, her husband abdicated as Margrave and sold the Margravate to Prussia, he left the country and married his English mistress that year. Frederica Caroline is buried in the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach. Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld