NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 NRA: Fitzherbert Maria Anne (1756-1837) nee Smythe 1st wife of George IV DNB: Fitzherbert [née Smythe; other married name Weld], Maria Anne (1756-1837), unlawful wife of George IV LBT ID: MaFitzh1837 VIAF ID: 25406993 LOC ID: n87933756 | B/BAP: 1756-07-26 DIED: 1837-03-27 |
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The consort of the Prince of Wales whom she married in 1785 as her third husband; the
marriage was regarded as illegitimate since she was a Catholic. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Maria Anne Fitzherbert [née Smythe]: Eleanor Creevey, 6 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) |