King George I of the United Kingdom

From redevance
HM The King of the United Kingdom
Titles King of the United Kingdom
Reign 1 August 1714 – 11 June 1727
Coronation 20 October 1714
Predecessor Anne
Successor George II
Biographical Information
Born 7 June 1660

Hanover, Brunswick-Luneburg, Holy Roman Empire

Died 22 June 1727 (aged 67)

Osnabruck, Osnabruck, Holy Roman Empire

Spouse Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle

(m. 1683; div. 1694)

Issue George II

Princess Sophia Dorothea

Name George Louis
House Hanover
Father Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover
Mother Princess Sophia of the Palatinate
Religion Anglican

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
George II 9 November 1683 25 October 1760 (aged 76) Princess Caroline of Ansbach (m. 1705); had issue
Princess Sophia Dorothea 16 March 1687 28 June 1757 (aged 70) King Frederick William I of Prussia (m. 1706); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1660-1679 Prince George of Brunswick-Luneburg
  • 1679-1692 George, Hereditary Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
  • 1692-1698 George, Hereditary Prince of Hanover
  • 1698-1714 George, Elector of Hanover
  • 1714-1727 George, King of the United Kingdom

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover Duke George of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duke William of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Dorothea of Denmark

Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Magdalene of Neuburg

Duke Ernest I of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

King Christian III of Denmark

Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Landgrave George I of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Magdalene of Lippe

Elector John George of Brandenburg

Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

Princess Sophia of the Palatinate Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate

Elizabeth Stuart

Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate

Countess Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau

King James I of England

Princess Anne of Denmark

Elector Louis VI of the Palatinante

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse

William I, Prince of Orange

Princess Charlotte of Bourbon

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

Queen Mary of Scotland

King Frederik II of Denmark

Princess Sophie of Mecklenburg-Gustrow