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1. www.britannica.com › topic › House-of-HanoverHouse of Hanover | Facts, History, & Monarchs | Britannica

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   5 days ago · The dynasty provided six monarchs: George I (reigned 1714–27), George II (reigned 1727–60), George III (reigned 1760–1820), George IV (reigned 1820–30), William IV (reigned 1830–37), and Victoria (reigned 1837–1901). It was succeeded by the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed in 1917 the house of Windsor.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Seven_Years&Seven Years' War - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...

   • Date: 17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763, (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Monarchy_of_the_United_KingdomMonarchy of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created by the Acts of Union 1800. The union of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom occurred in 1801 under George III. From 1811 to 1820, George III suffered a severe bout of what is now believed to be porphyria, an illness rendering him

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   Is there a biography of George II in English?

   • A detailed biography of George II in English has been needed for some time. His is one of the longer reigns of an early modern British monarch (1727–60), encompassing both the final military defeat of the Stuart cause in 1745, and the high point of the first British Empire.

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   Who was George I?

   • George I, detail of an oil painting after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1714; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. house of Hanover, British royal house of German origin, descended from George Louis, elector of Hanover, who succeeded to the British crown, as George I, in 1714.

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   Did George III have a son?

   • During the last years of his life (from 1811) he was intermittently mad, and his son, the future George IV, acted as regent. George III was the son of Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

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   Did George III regain the throne if he was a foreigner?

   • The first two Georges were considered foreigners, especially by many Scots, and in 1715 and 1745 the Stuart claimants— James Edward, the Old Pretender, and Charles Edward, the Young Pretender —vainly attempted to regain the throne. George III, born in England, achieved wider British recognition. Overview of Queen Victoria's reign.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_the_United_KingdomHistory of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state of Great Britain ...

7. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 659George II: Puppet of the Politicians? | Reviews in History

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   2 days ago · Price: £35.00. If there is a popular image of George II, it derives from the Whig historians of the 19th century, who established him as the counterpoint to their chief subject of 18th-century interest, his grandson and successor, George III. Claims that George III from 1760 wilfully disrupted a working two-party system, and unconstitutionally ...

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9. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 1138George II, King and Elector | Reviews in History

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   2 days ago · George II, King and Elector. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780300118926; 315pp.; Price: £25.00. A detailed biography of George II in English has been needed for some time. His is one of the longer reigns of an early modern British monarch (1727–60), encompassing both the final military defeat of the Stuart cause in 1745 ...