Wives of George IV
Wives of George IV In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to…
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Wives of George IV
In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble. Wild, glamorous, and with a penchant for beautiful women, the heir to George III's throne was a very good catch - or so it seemed.The two women who married him might beg to differ.
Cast aside by her husband one minute, pursued tirelessly by him the next, Maria's clandestine marriage was anything but blissful. When she married the prince in a secret ceremony conducted in her Mayfair sitting room, she opened the door on three decades of heartbreak. It was also the worst kept secret in England.Caroline of Brunswick was George's official bride.
Little did she know that her husband was marrying for money and when she reached her new home in England, she found him so drunk that he couldn't