Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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Karl Georg August
Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Born(1766-02-08)8 February 1766
London, England
Died20 September 1806(1806-09-20) (aged 40)
Antoinettenruh, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Spouse
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(m. 1790)​
HouseBrunswick-Bevern
FatherCharles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
MotherPrincess Augusta of Great Britain

Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Augusta of Great Britain
.

Life

Prince Karl Georg August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born in London on 8 February 1766, the second of

King George II of Great Britain
.

In 1789, his father formally made

House of Orange
and his father, who had assisted the Orange dynasty during the Dutch rebellion in 1787.

The wedding was conducted on 14 October 1790 in The Hague, and the couple settled in Brunswick.

Prince Karl was born mentally ill and blind, and Louise was reportedly more of a caretaker than a spouse to him, who was described as totally dependent of her.[1] In 1791, she commented in a letter in which she expressed no lamentation about the fact that her marriage was childless and rather seemed pleased with it.[2]

The Swedish Princess

The Hereditary Prince, chubby and fat, almost blind, strange and odd — if not to say an imbecile — attempts to imitate his father but only makes himself artificial and unpleasant. He talks continually, does not know what he says and is in all aspects unbearable. He is accommodating but a poor thing, loves his consort to the point of worship and is completely governed by her. The other son, Prince Georg, is the most ridiculous person imaginable, and so silly that he can never be left alone but is always accompanied by a courtier. The third son is also described as an original. I never saw him, as he served with his regiment. The fourth one is the only normal one, but also torments his parents by his immoral behavior.[3]

The fact that the heir of the Duchy had no children and was not expected to have any, resulted in him having to renounce his position as heir to his younger brother, Frederick William.[4]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ DVN, een project van Huygens ING en OGC (UU). Bronvermelding: Charlotte Eymael, Louise van Oranje-Nassau, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/FrederikeLouise [18/08/2016]
  2. ^ DVN, een project van Huygens ING en OGC (UU). Bronvermelding: Charlotte Eymael, Louise van Oranje-Nassau, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/FrederikeLouise [18/08/2016]
  3. ^
    OCLC 14111333. (search for all versions on WorldCat
    )
  4. ^ DVN, een project van Huygens ING en OGC (UU). Bronvermelding: Charlotte Eymael, Louise van Oranje-Nassau, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/FrederikeLouise [18/08/2016]
  5. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768.

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