Caroline County, Virginia Caroline County, Virginia Caroline County is a United States county located on the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern boundary of the county borders on the Rappahannock River, notably at the historic town of Port Royal. The Caroline county seat is Bowling Green. Caroline County was established in 1728 and was named in honor of Caroline of Ansbach, wife of the then reigning king, George II of Great Britain. It is the birthplace of the renowned racehorse Secretariat, winner of the 1973 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes; the Triple Crown. As of the 2010 census,
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. On 3 August 1757, Charles Alexander became the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The "Residenz" of the principality was at Ansbach, but Charles Alexander preferred his hunting estate and country seat in Triesdorf. Here, he renovated the "White Castle" for his mistress Hippolyte Clairon, the "Red Castle" for himself, and built the "Villa Sandrina" for another mistress, "Fräulein Kurz", and the "Round Villa" ("Villa Rotunda") for his mistress (and later wife) Elizabeth Craven. In 1758, Charles Alexander founded the porcelain factory in Ansbach and made ventures into agriculture by importing sheep. In 1769, he acquired the principality of Bayreuth pursuant