Reposted from @britishmonarchy - On This Day In History . 28 December 1757 . Princess Caroline of Great Britain died . . About Princess Caroline; . ◼ Princess Caroline was born at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, Germany, on 10 June 1713. . ◼ Her father was George Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Hanover (later King George II of Great Britain). Her mother was Caroline of Ansbach. . ◼ As a granddaughter of the Elector of Hanover, she was styled Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover at birth. . ▪ Under the Act of Settlement 1701, she was seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. . ◼ In 1714, Queen Anne died, & Caroline's grandfather became George I & her father Prince of Wales. At one year old, Caroline accompanied her mother & elder sisters, the Princesses Anne & Amelia, to Great Britain, & the family resided at St James's Palace, London. . ▪ She was then styled as a Princess of Great Britain, & was known as HRH Princess Caroline, & later HRH The Princess Caroline when her father succeeded as George II in 1727. . ◼ In 1722, at the direction of her mother, she was inoculated against smallpox by variolation, an early type of immunisation popularised by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu & Charles Maitland. . ◼ Princess Caroline was her mother's favourite, & became known as "the truth-telling Caroline Elizabeth" (or "the truth-loving"). When any disagreement took place among the royal children, her parents would say, "Send for Caroline, & then we shall know the truth!" According to Dr.John Doran, " . ◼ According to popular belief, Caroline's unhappiness was due to her love for the married courtier Lord Hervey. When Hervey died in 1743, Caroline retired to St. James's Palace for many years prior to her own death, accessible to only her family & closest friends. She gave generously to charity. . ▪ She was so unhappy that she wanted only to die. Princess Caroline died, unmarried & childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace. She was buried at Westminster Abbey. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1757 #d28dec #Princess #Hanoverian #PrincessCaroline #HouseofHanover #History #BritishMonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy (at St James's Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8nHIxlLjW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13gad188nny2n
