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==Titles, styles, honours and arms== ===Titles and styles=== * 1683–1705: ''Her Serene Highness''<ref>e.g. Letter to Caroline from a Viennese bishop, quoted in Arkell, p. 8.</ref> Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach * 1705–1714: ''Her Serene Highness'' The Electoral Princess of Hanover<ref>e.g. Arkell, pp. 27 ff.</ref> * 1714–1727: ''Her Royal Highness'' The Princess of Wales<ref>e.g. copies of [[London Gazette]], 1714–1727.</ref> * 1727–1737: ''Her Majesty'' The Queen<ref>e.g. Letter from Berlin to Prussian envoy Wallenrodt, 7 October 1727, quoted in Arkell, p. 160.</ref> ===Honours=== [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline County]] in the British Colony of [[Virginia Colony|Virginia]] was named in the Queen's honour when it was formed in 1727.<ref>Wingfield, p. 1.</ref> ===Arms=== The [[royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom]] are [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]] with those of Caroline's father. The arms of her father were [[Quartering (heraldry)|quarterly]] of fifteen, 1st, per [[fess]] [[gules]] and [[argent]], within a [[bordure]] [[Tincture (heraldry)#Counterchanging and countercolouring|counter-changed]] of the same (for [[Magdeburg]]); 2nd, argent, an eagle displayed [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]], crowned [[Or (heraldry)|or]]; 3rd, or, a griffin [[segreant]] gules, crowned; 4th and 5th, argent, a griffin segreant gules; 6th, or, a griffin segreant sable; 7th, argent, an eagle displayed sable (for [[Krosno Odrzańskie|Crossen]]); 8th, per [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] argent and gules within a bordure counter-changed of the same (for [[Halberstadt]]); 9th, argent, an eagle displayed sable; 10th, or, a lion [[rampant]] sable, crowned, within a bordure [[Compone|goboné]] argent and gules (for [[Nuremberg]]); 11th, gules, two keys in [[saltire]] or (for [[Minden]]); 12th, quarterly argent and sable (for [[House of Hohenzollern#County of Zollern|Hohenzollern]]); 13th, the field gules, the figure argent; 14th, per fess gules and argent; 15th, plain field of gules ([[Prince-elector|for right of regalia]]); overall an [[inescutcheon]], argent, an eagle displayed gules (for [[Coat of arms of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]]).<ref>Boutell, pp. 245–246; Willement, p. 104.</ref> {| border="0" align="center" width="80%" |- !width=25% |[[File:Coat of Arms of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach.svg|center|200px]] |- |style="text-align: center;" |Queen Caroline's coat of arms: the [[royal arms of the United Kingdom]] ([[Dexter and sinister|dexter]]) [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaling]] her father's arms |} {{clear}}
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