Princess Of Great Britain Mary

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British royalty, a Princess of Great Britain as the second-youngest daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach. She married Landgrave Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel (the only son and heir of Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel) by proxy at the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in London on 8 May, then in person on 28 June 1740 at Kassel. They had four sons, three of whom survived to adulthood. The marriage was unhappy, and Friedrich/Frederick was said to be "brutal" and "a boor". He reportedly subjected Mary to spousal abuse. In late 1746, Mary made an extended trip to Britain to escape his maltreatment. The couple separated in 1754 on Frederick's conversion to Roman Catholicism. She was supported by her father-in-law, who provided her with a residence in Hanau, as she did not wish to return to Great Britain, but to stay on the continent to raise her children. In 1756, Mary moved to Denmark, to take care of the children of her sister Louise of Great Britain, who had died in 1751. She took her children with her, and they were raised at the royal court and her sons were married to Danish princesses. She died at 7 AM on 14 January 1772, aged 48, in Hanau, Germany. Link to Wikipedia biography