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George II of Great Britain. George II (George Augustus, 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was a British king. He was born in Germany. He was the last British monarch born outside of Great Britain. New British law in the early 1700s showed that only his fathers mother, Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant children to inherit the British throne.
Nov 21, 2023 · George III created the United Kingdom when he became King of Great Britain and Ireland in 1760 following his grandfather George II's death. The 22-year-old monarch played down his Hanoverian ...
Cultural depictions of George II of Great Britain. There are several extant statues of the king: in Golden Square, Soho, London; at Royal Square, St. Helier, Jersey; and at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. On screen, King George II of Great Britain has been portrayed by: Alexander Ekert in the 1921 German silent film Exzellenz ...
Apr 10, 2016 · See also The German Element in the War of American Independence by George Washington Greene (1876). 1525616 The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war 1884 Edward J. Lowell
Nov 9, 2009 · The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred ...
George II, King of Great Britain (1683-1760) George II was the only son of George I; like his father, after his accession he continued to spend much time in Hanover. In 1705 he married Caroline of Ansbach (died 1737); their children included Frederick, Prince of Wales, and William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
Forty-five Rebellion. Carnatic Wars. Seven Years' War. Bourbon War. French Revolutionary Wars. War of the First Coalition. Haitian Revolution. Irish Rebellion of 1798. War of the Second Coalition.
