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The Hanoverian kings and their homeland: a study of the Personal Union, 1714–1837. Marlow, Joyce (1973). The life and times of George I. Introduction by Antonia Fraser. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-2977-6592-9. Michael, Wolfgang (1936–1939). England under George I (2 volumes). Translated/adapted by Lewis Namier.
The House of Hanover (German: Haus Hannover German pronunciation: [haʊ̯s haˈnoːfɐ]) is a European royal house with roots tracing back to the 17th century. Its members, known as Hanoverians, ruled Hanover, Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire at various times during the 17th to 20th centuries.
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was not the first king to claim to rule all of the English, his rule ...
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
King of Bohemia: Margaret Stuart 1598–1600: King Charles I 1600–1649 King of England r. 1625–1649: Henrietta Maria of France 1609–1669: Robert Stuart 1602 Duke of Kintyre and Lorne: Mary Stuart 1605–1607: Sophia Stuart 1606 of England: Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France: House of Hanover: Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles ...
The relationship between George III and Hanover underwent significant changes, marked by the king's evident preference for his British identity and obligations over his Hanoverian connections. As a young prince, George III expressed disdain for his grandfather's favouritism towards Hanover, referring to it disparagingly. [ 3 ]
King George I by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1714. The coronation riots of October 1714 were a series of riots in southern and western England in protest against the coronation of the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain, George I.
The King of Hanover (German: König von Hannover) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the Kingdom of Hanover, beginning with the proclamation of King George III of the United Kingdom, as "King of Hanover" during the Congress of Vienna, on 12 October 1814 at Vienna, and ending with the kingdom's annexation by Prussia on 20 September 1866.