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Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Ceased to be queen Death Spouse; Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [6] [7] Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg) 19 May 1744 8 September 1761 12 October 1814 Hanover raised to kingdom status: 17 November 1818 George III: Caroline of Brunswick [6] [7] Charles II, Duke of Brunswick ...
They served as dual monarchs of Britain and Hanover, maintaining control of the Hanoverian Army and foreign policy. From 1814, when Hanover became a kingdom following the Napoleonic Wars, the British monarch was also King of Hanover. Upon the death of William IV in 1837, the personal union of the thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover ended.
George (1582–1641) Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Prince of Calenberg: Anna Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601–1659) Christian Louis (1622–1665) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Calenberg, Prince of Lüneburg
Since its monarch resided in London, a viceroy, usually a younger member of the British royal family, handled the administration of the Kingdom of Hanover. The personal union with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 upon the accession of Queen Victoria because semi-Salic law prevented females from inheriting the Hanoverian throne while a dynastic ...
Princess Royal is the title given to a British monarch’s eldest daughter, but her husband receives no royal title. Princess Anne is currently married to Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence.
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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.
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