Queen Caroline

Queen Caroline may refer to:

  • Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Maria Carolina of Austria (1752–1814), queen of Naples
  • Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Caroline Matilda of Wales (1751–1775), queen of Norway and Denmark

Famous quotes containing the words queen and/or caroline:

    “...he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, declaring that every man should be master in his own house.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Esther 1:22.

    King Ahasuerus, after his Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command.

    “In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)