George Augustus and Caroline were married quietly on September 2nd, 1705, in the chapel of the palace of Hanover. The only account of the marriage is to be found in Poley’s despatch: “The Princess of Ansbach and the Margrave, her brother, arrived here, and were received with all the expressions of kindness and respect that could be desired. The marriage was solemnised the same evening after her coming, and yesterday there was a ball, and in the evening there will be a comedy for her entertainment, and there are the greatest appearances of entire satisfaction on all sides. The Court left off their mourning, and has appeared these three days in all the finery which the occasion requires, and the Marquess of Hertford, Mr. Newport, Mr. Onslow, Mr. Austin, and some other English gentlemen, who are come hither to have their share of the diversions, have made no small part of the show.”[19] Thus early did Caroline make the acquaintance of representatives of the English nation over which, with her husband, she was one day to reign. FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER III: [9] Leibniz to the Princess Caroline of Ansbach, Hanover, 18th March, 1705. [10] Letter of Princess Caroline to Leibniz, Ansbach, 2nd April, 1705. [11] Gay, in his _Epistle to a Lady_, also alludes to this incident:-- “The pomp of titles easy faith might shake, She scorned an empire, for religion’s sake” [12] Poley’s Despatch, Hanover, 9th June, 1705. [13] Poley’s Despatch, Hanover, 19th June, 1705. [14] The Queen of Prussia was not buried until six months after her death, and her funeral, as she had anticipated, was conducted on a scale of great magnificence. Von Breidow was an Ansbach official in the pay of Prussia. [15] These documents (in German) are preserved in the Royal Archives at Hanover. They have never before been published. [16] An account of this interview is given in a letter from the Count von Platen to the Elector of Hanover; Hanover, 9th July, 1705 (Hanover Archives.) [17] Poley’s Despatch, Hanover, 21st July, 1705. [18] Poley’s Despatch, Hanover, 28th July, 1705. [19] Poley’s Despatch, 4th September, 1705. CHAPTER IV. THE COURT OF HANOVER. 1705–1706.