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Amalie von Wallmoden. Ritratto di Amalie von Wallmoden, di James Bowles, 1750. Lady Sophie Amalie Marianne von Wallmoden, I contessa di Yarmouth ( 1º aprile 1704 – 19 ottobre 1765 ), è stata una nobildonna tedesca, nota per essere stata l'amante di Giorgio II .
Countess Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of Yarmouth, born Amalie von Wendt (1 April 1704 – 19 or 20 October 1765) was the principal mistress of King George II from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760.
- Franz Ernst von Wallmoden, Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn
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Countess Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of Yarmouth, born Amalie von Wendt (1 April 1704 – 19 or 20 October 1765) was the principal mistress of King George II from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760.
Lady Sophie Amalie Marianne von Wallmoden, I contessa di Yarmouth (1º aprile 1704 – 19 ottobre 1765), è stata una nobildonna tedesca, nota per essere stata l'amante di Giorgio II. Ritratto di Amalie von Wallmoden, di James Bowles , 1750.
- Amalie, Future Royal Mistress
- The Von Wendt and Von Meysenbug Royal Connections
- King George II Meets Amalie Von Wallmoden
- Queen Caroline Stands in For The Absent King George
- Amalie Von Wallmoden Becomes British
- 25th October 1760: King George II Dies
- Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf Von Wallmoden-Gimborn
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Between 1735 and 1760 Hanoverian Amalie von Wallmoden was the chief mistress of King George II, the second British monarch from the House of Hanover. Amalie holds the distinction of being the last royal mistress to receive a title in the peerage. She became a naturalised British citizen in 1740 and the king bestowed the titles of the Countess of Ya...
Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wendt was born in Hanover on 1st April 1704. She was the daughter of General Johann and Frederike von Wendt. She would be remembered for her role as a Georgian royal mistress as Amalie von Wallmoden. Her grandmother Catherina von Meysenbug was the first mistress of the future King George I of Britain. Her great aunt Clara...
Although George II visited Hanover in 1729 and 1732 it was not until his 1735 summer holiday that George and Amalie were introduced. "Blonde, sprightly, amiable...Frau von Wallmoden attracted in 1735 the attention of George II during his summer sojourn in the electorate. She received from him without hauteur gallantries which he frankly communicate...
George returned to Hanover in 1736 so that he could spend time with Amalie. Queen Caroline obligingly took up the reins of power and worked with Prime Minister Robert Walpole as George and Amalie enjoyed themselves. Rumours persisted that it was Walpole and Caroline who truly ran the country even when George was in England and that they were perhap...
It was only in 1737 after Caroline died that George was persuaded to bring Amalie and his infant son to London. Amalie and Johann were given rooms at St. James’s Palace, George's main residence, and at Kensington Palace. In 1738 Count von Wallmoden and Amalie were quietly and conveniently divorced. George awarded him a pension of a reputed £4000 pe...
Amalie’s allure did not diminish, she remained George’s primary mistress until his death in 1760. Her discretion and diplomacy were assets to British stability and the king's mood. Amalie was criticised for securing titles from George for her friends but this seems to have been her only misstep. George did not marry Amalie. He had promised Caroline...
Without George in her life Amalie wished to return to Hanover where she remained until her death. She fell prey to breast cancer on 19th October 1765. She was sixty one years old. Her titles went into abeyance. Johann, Amalie’s son with George II was regarded as a von Wallmoden and the late king did not recognise him in life or in his will so Johan...
Born Amalie Sophie Marianne Wallmoden von Wendt in 1704 in Germany; died Oct 20, 1765 in Hanover, Germany; dau. of Johann Franz Dietrich von Wendt and Friederike Charlotte von dem Bussche-Ippenburg; children: Johann Ludwig Graf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (illeg. son of King George II).
16 set 2020 · Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth was the mistress of King George II of Great Britain from 1735 until the King’s death in 1760. She was the last British royal mistress to be granted a peerage title.
