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	Maria Anne Fitzherbert
		Fitzherbert turned a deaf ear to the prince's solicitations, to get rid of which she withdrew to the Continent.
		Fitzherbert off, at the same time continuing the pension of £3000 a year, which he had allowed her ever since their marriage.
		Fitzherbert survived him seven years, dying at the age of eighty, at Brighton, where she was buried in the Catholic church of St. John the Baptist, to the erection of which she had largely contributed, and wherein a mural monument to her memory is still to be seen.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/f/fitzherbert,maria_anne.html (459 words)

	Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
		Maria Fitzherbert was painted by the notable artists of the day - Gainsborough, Romney, Hoppner, Cosway - but their works do little to explain her effect on the volatile Prince.
		Mrs Fitzherbert certainly acted as though she was married to the Prince, and as early as December 28 rumours that this was so were circulating.
		Maria, 2nd Countess Waldegrave (who in her widowhood married the Duke of Gloucester) was the niece of Robert and Horace Walpole.
	www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/mariafitz.htm (3554 words)

	Maria Anne Fitzherbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maria Anne Fitzherbert, née Smythe (26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837), was the first woman with whom the future King George IV of the United Kingdom undertook a wedding ceremony, and his companion for a large part of his adult life.
		Maria Anne was the eldest child of Walter Smythe of Brambridge, Hampshire, and Mary Ann Errington.
		Maria and the Prince continued to see one another romantically even after the Prince's marriage to Caroline of Brunswick, and the prince returned to live with Maria in about 1800, but their relationship had ended permanently by 1811.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maria_Anne_Fitzherbert (554 words)

	Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Fitzherbert knew they could never legally marry, not just because of her Catholicism, but because the Royal Marriage Act adopted by Parliament at the behest of King George III forbade any member of the royal family from marrying without the king's permission.
		Fitzherbert ever bore a child, though she did adopt two daughters to whom she was very kind and who were devoted to her.
		Fitzherbert died in 1837 and was buried in Brighton.
	www.cherylbolen.com /fitz.htm (896 words)

	The Regency Town House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1784, when Maria was back in London, it is said that the Prince of Wales took one look at her standing on the steps of the Opera and fell in love with her.
		Maria was wary, however and upon asking the Pope for guidance, he informed her that she was the only true wife of the Prince so she returned to him.
		Maria was buried at St. John the Baptist church of which she was a great patron, and a monument to her memory can still be seen here.
	www.rth.org.uk /regencyhistory/prominentfigures/mrs_fitzherbert.php (695 words)

	The Royal Pavilion Brighton UK for visitors and learners of English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Maria Anne Smythe was born in Hampshire, the next county to West Sussex, on 26th July 1756.
		Although the Pope declared that Maria and George were married in the eyes of God, the British Constitution refused to recognise the marriage.
		Maria Fitzherbert's house is now the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) and a hostel for homeless people.
	www.btinternet.com /~ted.power/rp0220.html (656 words)

	Wife in double quotes Spectator, The - Find Articles
		Maria Fitzherbert, born Mary Ann Smythe, was a Catholic and among the provisions of the Act of Settlement of 1701 one specifically excluded anyone who married a 'papist' from succeeding to the throne.
		Maria herself described the Prince as `the most Domestick Creature in the world', and he behaved badly when she was not with him: `The Prince was drunk at the King's Birthday,' an observer wrote.
		Maria's pride could not stomach the insult and it was she who definitively broke with the Prince.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200110/ai_n8959371 (843 words)

	The Secret Wife
		Legend has it that the young Prince of Wales who was only 21 fell in love with beautiful, golden-haired Maria Fitzherbert at first sight when he saw her standing on the steps of the Opera.
		Maria who was born in Bramwell, Hampshire in 1756 came from a strict Catholic family and was the eldest of six.
		Finally Maria went to live in London and was introduced into society where she met the Prince of Wales.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_social_history/107542 (458 words)

	Maria Anne Fitzherbert
		'wife' of King George IV Maria Anne Fitzherbert (1756-1837), née Smythe, married George IV (then the Prince of Wales) in December 1785.
		The marriage was considered invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 because it had not been approved by the King and Privy Council.
		Had permission been asked, it would probably not have been granted, as Mrs Fitzherbert was a Catholic.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maria_Anne_Fitzherbert.html (98 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Fitzherbert,
		Fitzherbert, Maria Anne FITZHERBERT, MARIA ANNE [Fitzherbert, Maria Anne] 1756-1837, wife of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV).
		The marriage (1785) was illegal by the terms of the Royal Marriage Act (1772) and the Act of Settlement (1701), since the prince was under age and Mrs.
		Judith Fitzherbert of Saugus, at 89, retired secretary.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Fitzherbert, (278 words)

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		Though a son was born to the Fitzherberts he died in infancy, and on 7 May 1781 Thomas Fitzherbert died in Nice, leaving his widow the Park Street house and an income of more than £1,000 a year.
		Lord Stourton, a distant relative of Mrs Fitzherbert who had many conversations with her about her life, wrote 'Mrs Fitzherbert was first acquainted with the Prince when residing on Richmond Hill, and soon became the object of his most ardent attentions'.
		Mrs Fitzherbert enjoyed a golden autumn; though she was out of sympathy with the political changes of the age, she had much happiness in her adoptive grandchildren and was completely reconciled to Georger Dawson-Damer.
	village.vossnet.co.uk /e/early/htale4.html (3392 words)

	Maria Fitzherbert
		Maria For as 1977; resolutely as the prince Munson pursued 1998; her, Maria Maria 1992; steadfastly refused to Fitzherbert become 1970; his 1988; mistress.
		Thus was 1960; Maria thrust into the 1970; political intrigues that underlay 1955; the 1971; Regency crisis and 1977; reign of 1992; George 1974; IV Munson as Fitzherbert well 1981; as into Fitzherbert one of 1983; the Munson most bizarre chapters 1962; in James the history of the English monarchy.
		Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV by
	www.bunchesofspecials.com /specials.php?501093 (387 words)

	George Glazer Gallery - Cosway Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert
		Fitzherbert was involved in a tumultuous long-term affair with George IV.
		In 1781 he married Maria Hadfield Cosway, a miniature painter herself as well as a genre painter and etcher, who also exhibited at the Royal Academy up to 1801.
		After his death, she founded a school for girls in Italy was made baroness of the empire in recognition of her devotion to girls' education.
	www.georgeglazer.com /archives/prints/portraits/fitzherbert.html (462 words)

	ThameHistory.net
		Born in 1756, Maria Fitzherbert, born Maria Smythe, was a devout Roman Catholic.
		Maria took solace in her faith, in the face of royal banishment, and either through her connections with the priesthood or with the Wenmans or the Berties, she found refuge at Thame Park.
		Now in religious retreat at Thame Park, Maria consulted the Pope, who wrote to her advising that her marriage was legal in the eyes of God.
	www.thamehistory.net /places/ThameParkL.htm (745 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg178 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Luisa Maria De Guzman Queen Of PORTUGAL [Parents] was born on 13 Oct 1613 in, Sanlucar De Barrameda, Cadiz, Spain.
		Maria De PORTUGAL was born about 1650 in Of, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
		Maria Anne FITZHERBERT was born in 1756 in England.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg178.htm (1510 words)

	Georgian Index - Mistresses of the Prince
		Born Maria Anne Smythe on 26 July 1756 the eldest daughter of Walter Smythe of Brambridge in Hampshire.
		Fitzherbert often lent the Prince money from the annuity of 1,800 pounds her husband had left her.
		Fitzherbert is mentioned in Winston Graham's novel Ross Poldark.
	www.georgianindex.net /mistresses/prinny_mistresses.html (1327 words)

	Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (1756-1837), Famous beauty; morganatic wife of George IV
		A woman of tact and discretion, Mrs Fitzherbert was one of the great beauties of her day.
		Although a Catholic and a widow she was persuaded to marry the Prince of Wales in a secret ceremony in 1785.
		Mrs Fitzherbert was condemned to a life of deception as the Prince's 'mistress'.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01595 (301 words)

	The Twickenham Museum : Maria Fitzherbert
		Mary Anne (Maria) Smythe was born on 28th July 1756, a member of an old Roman Catholic family.
		At the age of 27, Mrs Fitzherbert came out of mourning and entered London society under the wing of her uncle Lord Sefton and her half brother Henry Errington.
		For the rest of her life Maria Fitzherbert lived mainly in Brighton much respected by society and other members of the Royal family.
	www.twickenham-museum.org.uk /detail.asp?ContentID=78 (667 words)

	Amazon.ca: Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV: Books: James Munson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The well-connected Maria Fitzherbert, twice widowed and still childless at 24, had all the qualities the future King George IV desired: she was older than he (by six years) and was widely traveled and experienced.
		Immature and impulsive, the prince was deeply in love with Maria, and she with him.
		(Having not been officially married to Maria, he didn't have to divorce her.) In a strange twist, the new princess saw Maria as "the Prince's true wife." Pope Pius VII agreed, reaffirming in 1800 the validity of her marriage.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786710721 (554 words)

	Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
		She was the 'adopted' daughter of Maria Fitzherbert - supposedly the daughter of John (Jack) Smythe, Maria's brother - but nowadays accepted as having been the daughter of Maria's marriage to the Prince of Wales, later George IV of England.
		When discussing his Will in 1823 with Lord Eldon, George IV mentioned he had a natural born son who was an officer in the East Indies to whom he thought himself bound to give a legacy of £30,000.
		Fitzherbert from Lady Stafford, 1828; (D641/3) letter to Marianne from Lady Stafford, 1828; (D641/4) letter to Lady Stafford from Mrs.
	www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/maryanne.htm (645 words)

	The Royal Pavilion Brighton UK for visitors and learners of English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Prince of Wales had met the devout Catholic and twice-widowed Mrs Maria Fitzherbert, when he was 21 and she was 27 at the opera.
		Mrs Fitzherbert spent a period in France, but when she returned to England, the Prince of Wales had not lost interest in her.
		True to her Catholic faith, Maria made marriage a condition of a relationship with the Prince and on 15th December 1785, they were secretly married at Maria's home in Park Street London by the Reverend Robert Burke, who had been given a £500 bribe by the Prince.
	www.btinternet.com /~ted.power/rp0312.html (339 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Secret Wife of King George IV: Livres en anglais: Diane Haeger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife and true love of King George IV, is the protagonist of Haeger's (Beyond the Glen) alluring historical romance, based on the true story of the 18th-century monarch's illegal marriage.
		Newly arrived in London in 1784, she is flattered by the attentions of the Prince of Wales, but knowing his reputation as a womanizer, she responds only cautiously to his protestations of undying love.
		Maria is unhappy with the dishonesty and intrigue to which George must resort to preserve the monarchy--including his eventual marriage to the German princess Caroline of Brunswick.
	www.amazon.fr /Secret-Wife-King-George-IV/dp/0312244207 (483 words)

	History 330: British History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Fitzherbert was illegal; Prince George had rather tired of Mrs.
		Fitzherbert anyway, but could hardly get a divorce from her; anyway, it was time for a state marriage.
		Fitzherbert.” They made an almost respectable pair – his overindulgence had made him enormously stout and slow moving, and “Mrs.
	campus.queens.edu /depts/history/Syllabi/H330/georgeiv.htm (1365 words)

	Amazon.com: The Secret Wife of King George IV: Books: Diane Haeger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Maria Fitzherbert came to London in the 1784, she knew little about the infamous son of the King, George IV, heir to the throne, other than his reputation.
		In his early twenties, a few years younger than the widow Fitzherbert, he became obsessed with her, demanding that they marry, although she was a fervent Catholic, abhorrent to the Crown at that time because of her religion.
		It is usually implied that he did love Maria (he wore her locket until his death, so that says something), but he still had affairs with other women.
	www.amazon.com /Secret-Wife-King-George-IV/dp/0312244207 (2368 words)

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	Royalty.nu - King George IV and Regency England
		In 1785 he secretly married a Catholic widow, Mrs Fitzherbert, but their marriage was invalid under British law and he was eventually persuaded to take an official wife, his cousin Caroline of Brunswick.
		Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV by James Munson.
		The Secret Wife of King George IV by Diane Haeger is a novel about George's secret marriage to Maria Fitzherbert.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Hanover/GeorgeIV.html (937 words)

	MARIA ANNE FITZHERBERT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/23/1807
		PORDEN was responsible for parts of the Brighton Pavillion and, on the orders of the Prince of Wales (future King George IV), had built for MARIA FITZHERBERT a French villa close by.
		According to the Royal Marriages Act (1772), it was illegal for a member of the royal family to marry a Roman Catholic.
		As Maria was a Roman Catholic, the marriage was sanctioned by the Pope.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2003/leaders/MARIA_ANNE_FITZHERBERT.htm (254 words)

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		He worked his way through at least a dozen other mistresses over the next seven years, of varying degrees of high and low birth, and all costing him or the king a small fortune, until he encountered a young widow, Maria Fitzherbert, who was six years his senior.
		Mrs Fitzherbert returned to live with George for a while after 1800, still regarding herself as his lawful wife.
		With the outbreak of the Napoleonic War, George applied several times for military service, jealous of the commands held by his brothers, but he was always refused.
	www.historyincoins.com /geo4.htm (2086 words)

	The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: A Contentious Royal Link: The King's Wife: George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert ...
		Part of her subject's tragedy was that she trusted in her importance to George, but he was at once impulsive and lazy and that ensured that he was not willing to keep commitments that were likely to be inconvenient.
		Maria Fitzherbert believed their marriage secure, but this was a serious misreading.
		For the historian, there is particular interest in the fate of documents, including the burning of some of George's papers in 1833 and the secreting of the documents retained by Maria.
	www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/000867.php (699 words)

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