Caroline County, Virginia the county population was 28,545, having more than doubled in the last fifty years. Caroline is part of the Greater Richmond Region. Caroline County was established in the British Colony of Virginia in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties. It was named for Caroline of Ansbach, the wife of King George II of Great Britain, who had recently taken the British throne at the time. During the Colonial Period, Caroline County was the birthplace of Thoroughbred horse racing in North America. Arabian horses were imported from England to provide the basis for American breeding stock. Patriot
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