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Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV of the United Kingdom). In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III , had not consented to it.
Maria Fitzherbert. Ritratto di Maria Fitzherbert, di Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1788. Maria Anne Smythe ( Castello di Tong, 26 luglio 1756 – Steine House, Brigton, 27 marzo 1837) fu moglie morganatica di Re Giorgio IV.
19 lug 1998 · Maria Fitzherbert (born July 1756, Brambridge?, Hampshire, England—died March 29, 1837, Brighton, Sussex) was the secret wife of the prince of Wales, the future George IV of Great Britain. Of an old Roman Catholic family, she was educated at a French convent.
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21 dic 2017 · Maria, for her part, was only doing marginally better. Once famous for her good humor and charming company, she became high-handed with her maids and rude to her hosts, including her friend, Lady Anne Lindsey, who turned on her and began urging George to marry a suitable Dutch princess.
21 mag 2021 · Hush-Hush Facts About Maria Fitzherbert, Britain’s Unseen Queen. The story of Maria Fitzherbert and her Prince of Wales is wrought with devastating betrayal and heated passion. Constantly torn between her own independence and her longing for romance, Maria starred in her very own royal drama.
Secret marriage to the Prince of Wales At the age of 27, Mrs Fitzherbert came out of mourning and entered London society under the wing of her uncle Lord Sefton and her half brother Henry Errington. In 1784 at the opera with Lord Sefton she was introduced to George Prince of Wales, then aged 22.
23 mar 2020 · In 1784 Maria Fitzherbert was twice widowed and just coming out of mourning into London society when she met the Prince of Wales—the future George IV—who was then twenty-one to her twenty-seven. He was immediately enthralled.
