Reading the Past | Caroline of Ansbach: The Heavenly Hanoverian? @ReadingthePast | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
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Today we’re taking a look at my favourite member of the royal house of Hanover – Caroline of Ansbach, wife of King George II…
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Sophia of Hanover: youtu.be/5KfM0xmztiM
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: youtu.be/rEg3u0xCOvs
Holbein sketches: youtu.be/mECdV2ad3Zk
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Portrait of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, attributed to Noël Jouvenet (17th century). Held by the Charlottenburg Palace.
Portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz by Christoph Bernhard Francke (1695). Held by the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
Portrait of Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1716-1725, based on a work of 1716). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of George II when Prince of Wales by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1716). Held by the Royal Collection.
The Royal Family of Great Britain published by Elizabeth Bakewell (1749 or after). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Miniature of Sophia of Hanover by an unknown artist of the German School (c.1700). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Henrietta Howard by Charles Jervas (c.1724). On loan to Marble Hill from 1986.
Portrait of Queen Anne from the studio of John Closterman (based on a work of c.1702). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales by Jacopo Amigoni (1735). Held by the Royal Collection.
“Lady Montagu in Turkish Dress” by Jean-Étienne Liotard (c. 1756). Held by the Palace on the Water in Warsaw.
Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach in the manner of Michael Dahl (c.1730). Held by Warwickshire Hall.
Screenshot of Google image search: https://shorturl.at/pPUWZ
Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips (c. 1736). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales by Philip Mercier (c.1735-1736). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach by Joseph Highmore (c.1735). Held by the Royal Collection.
Quoted texts:
Stephen Taylor, ODNB entry on Caroline of Ansbach.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Georgian #Hanoverian
To explore “Queen Victoria's Favourite - Disraeli and Hughenden” and more first-class history content subscribe to History Hit: access.historyhit.com/checkout?code=readingthepast30&plan=yearly
Today we’re taking a look at my favourite member of the royal house of Hanover – Caroline of Ansbach, wife of King George II…
I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos.
Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Sophia of Hanover: youtu.be/5KfM0xmztiM
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: youtu.be/rEg3u0xCOvs
Holbein sketches: youtu.be/mECdV2ad3Zk
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Portrait of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, attributed to Noël Jouvenet (17th century). Held by the Charlottenburg Palace.
Portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz by Christoph Bernhard Francke (1695). Held by the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
Portrait of Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1716-1725, based on a work of 1716). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of George II when Prince of Wales by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1716). Held by the Royal Collection.
The Royal Family of Great Britain published by Elizabeth Bakewell (1749 or after). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Miniature of Sophia of Hanover by an unknown artist of the German School (c.1700). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Henrietta Howard by Charles Jervas (c.1724). On loan to Marble Hill from 1986.
Portrait of Queen Anne from the studio of John Closterman (based on a work of c.1702). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales by Jacopo Amigoni (1735). Held by the Royal Collection.
“Lady Montagu in Turkish Dress” by Jean-Étienne Liotard (c. 1756). Held by the Palace on the Water in Warsaw.
Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach in the manner of Michael Dahl (c.1730). Held by Warwickshire Hall.
Screenshot of Google image search: https://shorturl.at/pPUWZ
Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips (c. 1736). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales by Philip Mercier (c.1735-1736). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach by Joseph Highmore (c.1735). Held by the Royal Collection.
Quoted texts:
Stephen Taylor, ODNB entry on Caroline of Ansbach.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Georgian #Hanoverian
