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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. Il matrimonio fu in seguito annullato perché avvenuto senza il consenso di Re Giorgio III .
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 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.
21 dic 2017 · Maria Fitzherbert, George IV’s Catholic Wife – Rebecca Starr Brown. On December 21, 2017 By RSB In The House of Hanover. Before George IV married Caroline of Brunswick and embarked on one of the most disastrous and humiliating royal matches in British history, he took another wife, one of his own choosing.
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.
Famous beauty; morganatic wife of George IV A woman of tact and discretion, Mrs Fitzherbert was one of the great beauties of her day. Although a Catholic and a widow she was persuaded to marry the Prince of Wales in a secret ceremony in 1785.
