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George II (born November 10 [October 30, Old Style], 1683, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover—died October 25, 1760, London) was the king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760.
- George I
George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the...
- George II Summary
George II, orig. George Augustus German Georg August, (born...
- George I
George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 [a] – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.
- The House of Hanover
- Family
- Succession
- Character & Fallout with His Heir
- The Jacobite Rebellion
- Foreign Wars
- The Arts
- Death & Successor
King George I became the first Hanoverian ruler in Britain in 1714 thanks to Queen Anne of Great Britain (r. 1702-1714) having no children. George was Elector of Hanover, a small principality in Germany, and the queen's nearest Protestant relative. He did have a remote connection to the royal Stuart line as he was a descendant of Elizabeth Stuart (...
George August, future George II, was born on 10 November 1683 at Herrenhausen in Hanover. He was, therefore, the last British monarch to be born outside Britain. He was the eldest child of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (l. 1666-1726). His parents' marriage had been one of political convenience, and there was little love between the two. Whe...
When his father became king of Great Britain in 1714, Prince George followed him to England. George was made Prince of Wales, as was the custom. Unlike his father, the prince spoke good English, albeit with a heavy German accent, and he made sure to (at least in public) make positive comments about his adopted home. He had already endeared himself ...
George II was a complex and difficult character, as here summarised by J. Black: Just as he had not gone on with his own father, the quick-tempered king had a poor relationship with his heir, Frederick Louis. William Augustus became his father's favourite instead. The debt-ridden Frederick, just as his father had done when he was Prince of Wales, s...
The Jacobites were those who supported the claim to the British throne through exiled James II's son James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), also known as the Old Pretender (from the French word pretendant,meaning 'claimant'). The Old Pretender, who also represented a return to a Catholic monarchy, failed dismally to seize the throne in the winter...
George's reign involved wars across the globe as the European powers jostled to grow their empires. A conflict broke out between Britain and Spain in 1726 when the latter tried and failed to retake Gibraltar. A peace treaty was signed in 1729 which confirmed Gibraltar as a British possession and permitted British tradewith the colonies in Spanish A...
The Georgian style in architecture continued to spread with each new building. This style, where symmetry and proportion are emphasised, lasted right through the reign of the House of Hanover. The rather austere style was a sort of reaction against the highly decorative Baroque style seen in Continental Europe, and it eventually developed into the ...
The king suffered ill health in his later years; he lost his sight in one eye and was deaf, too. George II died of a heart attack on 25 October 1760 in Kensington Palace. He was 76, significantly older than many other males managed to reach in the House of Hanover. He had presided over a difficult reign at home and abroad, but Britain ended stronge...
- Mark Cartwright
George II, orig. George Augustus German Georg August, (born Nov. 10, 1683, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover—died Oct. 25, 1760, London, Eng.), King of Great Britain and elector of Hanover (1727–60). His father, the elector of Hanover, became George I of England; he succeeded him in both roles in 1727.
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George II (1706–1760) became king of Great Britain in 1727 after the death of his father, George I, advancing of what became known as the Georgian era.
