| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
A chronological account of the princesses and consort Queens of the Georgian era. From Sophia who died shortly before she would have become Queen as heir to Queen Anne, to Adelaide, consort to William IV whose failure to provide an heir ensured the succession passed to his niece Queen Victoria. During this period, an array of colourful personalities came and went - George I's ill-fated wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle who was imprisoned for adultery for over 30 years until her death; the equally tragic Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and sister of George III who married an incipient schizophrenic, saw her lover put to death, was divorced and imprisoned, released after pressure from her brother, only to die of typhoid or scarlet fever aged just 23; George IV's notorious consort , his cousin Caroline of Brunswick, who danced naked on tables and was refused access to his coronation; and their daughter Charlotte, whose death in childbirth in 1817 necessitated the hasty marriages of several of her middle-aged uncles in a desperate race to provide a legal heir to the throne. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty.
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Princesses -- Europe -- Biography.
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Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van der Kiste, John. Georgian princesses. Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 2000. 0750923105 (DLC)00456044 |
| Standard No. |
9780752494913 |
| ISBN |
9780752494913 (e-pub) |
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