Maria Fitzherbert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Fitzherbert

Mistress of British king

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1756

Place of Birth: Tong, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1837

Profession: politician, mistress

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George IV of the United Kingdom before he became king.
In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III, had not consented to it.
She was a Roman Catholic and so had the marriage been approved and valid, George would have lost his place in the line of succession since the law then forbade Catholics and spouses of Catholics from becoming monarch.
Before marrying the prince, Fitzherbert had been twice widowed.
Her nephew-in-law from her first marriage, Cardinal Weld, persuaded Pope Pius VII to declare the marriage sacramentally valid.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat