Carolina Marie
Queen of Naples; daughter of Francis I. and Maria Theresa of Austria; born Aug. 13, 1752. She married Ferdinand IV. of Naples in 1768. Under her influence Ferdinand declared war against France in 1798. The French advanced upon Naples and she fled with her husband to seek protection at the hands of the English. She subsequently returned to Naples, but for conspiring against Napoleon was again driven into exile. She died in Vienna, Sept. 8, 1814. a CAROLINE AMELIA ELIZA- BETH, Queen England; daughter of the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; born May 17, 1768. In 1795 she was married to her cousin the Prince of Wales, afterward George IV. The marriage was not to his liking, and after the birth of the Princess Charlotte he separated from her. Many reports were circulated against her honor, and a ministerial committee was formed to inquire into her conduct. But the people in general sympathized with her, regarding her as an ill-treated wife. In 1814 she made journey through Germany, Italy, Greece, etc., to Jerusalem, in which an Italian, Bergami, was her confidant and attendant. When the Prince of Wales ascended the throne in 1820 he offered her an income of £50,000 on condition that she would never return to England.
She refused, and in June of the same year entered London amid public demonstrations of welcome. The government now instituted proceedings against her for adultery, but the public feeling and the splendid defense of Brougham obliged the ministry to give up the divorce bill after it had passed the lords. Though banished from the court, the queen then assumed a style suitable to her rank. She died Aug. 7, 1821.