On This Day In Royal History . 20 November 1737 . Queen Caroline died . . 👑 Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b.1 March 1683), commonly known as Caroline of Ansbach, was Queen of Great Britain as the wife of King George II. . ◼ In the final years of her life, Caroline was troubled by gout in her feet, but more seriously she had suffered an umbilical hernia at the birth of her final child in 1724. . ◼ On 9 November 1737, she felt an intense pain &, after struggling through a formal reception, took to her bed. Her womb had ruptured. Over the next few days she was bled, purged, & operated on, without anaesthetic, but there was no improvement in her condition. . ◼ She asked her husband to remarry after her death, which he rejected saying he would take only mistresses; she replied “Ah, mon 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. 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. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1737 #QueenCaroline #QueenConsort #otd #OnThisDay #CarolineofAnsbach #HouseofHanover #History #RoyaltyinArt #BritishMonarchy #D20Nov #thequeen #Royalhistory #instaroyals #thequeen #stjamespalace #Heritage #Buckinghampalace #onthisday #Westminsterabbey #Greatbritain #Artwork #Portrait #historic #Thecrown #crownjewels #Royalty #Monarchy (at St James’s Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHzt8uMDUYc/?igshid=ayfhjm4x2qli
