Maria Fitzherbert

Maria Fitzherbert

Maria Anne Fitzherbert (previously Weld, née Smythe; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion and mistress of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom with whom she secretly contracted an invalid marriage before his accession to the throne. Though Fitzherbert had been disinherited by her first husband, his nephew (Cardinal Weld) persuaded Pope Pius VII to declare the marriage valid.

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