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On this day in royal history . 5th March 1723 . Princess Mary of Great Britain was born . About Mary; . . ◼ Princess Mary was born at Leicester House, Westminster, London. Her father was the Prince of Wales, later King George II. Her mother was Caroline of Ansbach, daughter of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. . ◾ Her father succeeded, as George II, on 11 June 1727, & she became HRH The Princess Mary. . ◼ A marriage was negotiated with Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, the only son & heir of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. For the marriage, Parliament voted Mary £40,000. . ◾ They married by proxy at the Chapel Royal of St. James’s Palace in London on 8 May, then in person on 28 June 1740 at Kassel. The marriage was unhappy, & Frederick was said to be “brutal” & “a boor”. . ◼ In late 1746, Mary made an extended trip to Britain to escape his maltreatment. The couple separated in 1754 on Frederick’s conversion to Roman Catholicism. . ◾ They had four sons, three of whom survived to adulthood. In 1756, Mary moved to Denmark, to take care of the children of her sister, Louise of Great Britain, who had died in 1751. . ◾ She took her children with her; they were raised at the royal court & her sons were married to Danish princesses. Her husband succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1760, & so Mary was technically Landgravine consort for the last twelve years of her life, despite her estrangement from her husband. . ◾ Mary died on 14 or 16 January 1772, aged 48 at Hanau, Germany. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1723 #d5mar #HouseofHanover #PrincessMary #PrincessMaryofGreatBritain #GreatBritain #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Royals #monarchy #PrincessofHesseKassel #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #Otd #OnThisDay #britishroyals #Britishroyalfamily #Britishroyalty (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Xfj7upvMY/?igshid=1fuy1f653hnce

ON THIS DAY IN ROYAL HISTORY . 5 March 1695 . The funeral of Queen Mary II . . ◼ In late 1694, Mary had contracted smallpox. She sent away anyone who had not previously had the disease, to prevent the spread of infection. Her sister Anne (later Queen Anne), who was pregnant, sent Mary a letter saying she would run any risk to see her sister again, but the offer was declined by Mary’s groom of the stole, the Countess of Derby. . ◾ Mary died at Kensington Palace shortly after midnight on the morning of 28 December 1694 aged 32. . ◼ King William III, who had grown increasingly to rely on Mary, was devastated by her death, “from being the happiest” he was “now going to be the miserablest creature on earth”. She was widely mourned in Britain. . ◼ During a cold winter, in which the Thames froze, her embalmed body lay in state in Banqueting House, Whitehall until her burial in March the following year. . ◼ On 5 March, Mary II was buried at Westminster Abbey. . ◼ Her funeral service was the first of any royal attended by all the members of both Houses of Parliament. . ◼ For the ceremony, composer Henry Purcell wrote Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. . . . #ONTHISDAYINHISTORY #TheYear1695 #thisdayinhistory #MaryII #QueenMaryII #d5mar #Mary II #WestminsterAbbey #HenryPurcell #History #QueenofEngland #Stuarts #HouseofStuart #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #WilliamandMary #WilliamIII #Whitehall #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #Otd #OnThisDay #Royalhistory (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XfAl2JPeR/?igshid=1scgj05bvz3wg

On this day in history . 5th March 1723 . Princess Mary of Great Britain was born . About Mary; . . ◼ Princess Mary was born at Leicester House, Westminster, London. Her father was the Prince of Wales, later King George II. Her mother was Caroline of Ansbach, daughter of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. . ◾ Her father succeeded, as George II, on 11 June 1727, & she became HRH The Princess Mary. . ◼ A marriage was negotiated with Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, the only son & heir of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. For the marriage, Parliament voted Mary £40,000. . ◾ They married by proxy at the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in London on 8 May, then in person on 28 June 1740 at Kassel. The marriage was unhappy, & Frederick was said to be "brutal" & "a boor". . ◼ In late 1746, Mary made an extended trip to Britain to escape his maltreatment. The couple separated in 1754 on Frederick's conversion to Roman Catholicism. . ◾ They had four sons, three of whom survived to adulthood. In 1756, Mary moved to Denmark, to take care of the children of her sister, Louise of Great Britain, who had died in 1751. . ◾ She took her children with her; they were raised at the royal court & her sons were married to Danish princesses. Her husband succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1760, & so Mary was technically Landgravine consort for the last twelve years of her life, despite her estrangement from her husband. . ◾ Mary died on 14 or 16 January 1772, aged 48 at Hanau, Germany. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1723 #d5mar #HouseofHanover #PrincessMary #PrincessMaryofGreatBritain #GreatBritain #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Royals #monarchy #PrincessofHesseKassel #BritishMonarchy https://www.instagram.com/p/BupP6J1FS9e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ds68bfi53dl7