Historical and Commemorative
Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
QUEEN CAROLINE DASSIER, Jean: England, 1731, Bronze, 41 mm Caroline of Ansbach (Wilhelmina Caroline) (1683-1737),
wife of George II, king of Great Britain and Ireland, was the daughter of
John Frederick, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. She married George
Augustus, electoral prince of Hanover in 1705. In 1714, when her
father-in-law became King George I, Caroline came with her husband to London
where her popularity and tact helped ease the situation caused by the
quarrel between the prince of Wales and his father. On the death of George I
in 1727, George and Caroline, his queen, were crowned. Caroline had a
significant positive effect on the monarchy. Queen Caroline's influence kept
Sir Robert Walpole in power, and her religious tolerance resulted in the
appointment of bishops noted more for their learning than for their
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