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,
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