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2 unusual facts about Maria Fitzherbert


Sophia Stacey

The wedding was a significant affair and was followed by a reception given by Maria Fitzherbert, George IV's morganatic wife.

Steine House

He visited again in 1785—the same year as he met and fell in love with Maria Fitzherbert, a widowed Roman Catholic.


St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton

Many refugees from the French Revolution settled in Brighton after escaping from France; and Maria Fitzherbert, a twice-widowed Catholic, began a relationship with the Prince Regent (and secretly married him in 1785 in a ceremony which was illegal according to the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Royal Marriages Act 1772).


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