Caroline of Ansbach 14th, per fess gules and argent; 15th, plain field of gules (for right of regalia); overall an inescutcheon, argent, an eagle displayed gules (for Brandenburg). Caroline's ten pregnancies resulted in eight live births, of whom one died in infancy, and seven lived to adulthood. 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
Caroline of Ansbach Dieu, cela n'empêche pas" ("My God, that doesn't prevent it"). On 17 November, her strangulated bowel burst. She died on 20 November 1737 at St. James's Palace. She was buried in Westminster Abbey on 17 December. Frederick was not invited to the funeral. George Frideric Handel composed an anthem for the occasion, "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn / Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline". The King arranged for a pair of matching coffins with removable sides, so that when he followed her to the grave (23 years later), they could lie together again. Caroline was widely mourned. The Protestants lauded