The Tragic Life of Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark and Norway

Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain and Ireland became Queen of Denmark when she was married to King Christian VII of Denmark. Her brother, George III, was keen for her to get married to the Danish king in the hope that it would strengthen the alliance between England and Denmark. However, getting married to a king and becoming queen was not what Matilda imagined. Today we will follow her story.

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Sources / Further reading
The Romance of Diplomacy, Historical Memoir of Queen Matilda of Denmark, Sister to King George The Third, With Memoir, and a Selection from the Correspondence (official and familiar) of Sir Robert Murray Keith, K.B. by Mrs. Gillespie Smyth, Vol. I, London: James Hogg & Sons, 1861

A Queen of Tears, Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland by W.H. Wilkins in Two Volumes. Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London, New York and Bombay 1904

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