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Eleven days after her birth the Princess was baptised at Leicester House by Dr. Hayter, Bishop of Norwich, and given the names of Caroline Matilda, the first being after her grandmother, the second harking back to our Norman queens. Except in official documents she was always known by the latter name, and it is the one therefore that will be used in speaking of her throughout this book. The infant had three sponsors, her aunt the Princess Caroline (represented by proxy), her eldest sister the Princess Augusta, and her eldest brother the Prince of Wales. In the case of the godfather the sponsorship was no mere form, for George III. stood in the light of guardian to his sister all through her life.
Table Showing the Children of Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales, and also the Descent of His Majesty King Edward VII. from Frederick Prince of Wales.
| Frederick Prince of Wales (son of George II. and Caroline of Ansbach). | Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (daughter of Frederick II. Duke of Saxe-Gotha). | ||||||||||||
| —Augusta, b. 1737, d. 1813, m. Charles William Duke of Brunswick, and had issue among others | |||||||||||||
| Caroline, Consort of George IV., who had issue | |||||||||||||
| Princess Charlotte, d. in childbirth, 1817. | |||||||||||||
| —George III., b. 1738, d. 1820, m. Charlotte Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and had issue among others | |||||||||||||
| Edward Duke of Kent | |||||||||||||
| Queen Victoria | |||||||||||||
| King Edward VII. | |||||||||||||
| —Edward Duke of York, b. 1738, d. 1767, unmarried. | |||||||||||||
| —Elizabeth, b. 1739, d. 1759, unmarried. | |||||||||||||
| —William Henry Duke of Gloucester, b. 1743, d. 1805, m. Maria Countess Dowager Waldegrave, illegitimate dau. of Sir Edward Walpole, and had issue among others | |||||||||||||
| William Frederick Duke of Gloucester, m. Mary, dau. of George III., no issue. | |||||||||||||
| —Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland b. 1745, d. 1790, m. Anne, dau. of Lord Irnham, afterwards Earl of Carlhampton, and widow of Andrew Horton, no issue. | |||||||||||||
| —Louisa Anne, b. 1748, d. 1768, unmarried. | |||||||||||||
| —Frederick William, b. 1750, d. 1765, unmarried. | |||||||||||||
| —CAROLINE MATILDA, b. July 11, 1751, m. 1766, Christian VII., King of Denmark, d. 1775, and had issue | |||||||||||||
| Frederick VI., King of Denmark, d. 1839, and Louise Augusta, Duchess of Augustenburg, d. 1843. | |||||||||||||
CHAPTER II.
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.
1751-1760.