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George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727.
18 de jan. de 2023 · On 1 August 1714, having only ever visited England once (around 1680), George became King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. He was, at 54 years old, the oldest monarch to ever take the throne. There was no immediate and organised opposition to this switch of royal houses.
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- King George I was known for being the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.
- Queen Anne was related to George I as they shared the same ancestor: James I of England.
- George I became the king of Britain because Queen Anne died without children, and he was selected as her closest relative who was a Protestant.
- George I is often reported as the king who could not speak English, but he could speak a little, and in any case, he communicated with his minister...
Há 6 dias · George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of King James I of England.
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14 de ago. de 2023 · George I (r. 1714-1727) As Sophia, Electress of Hanover, had died two months before Queen Anne's death in August 1714, Sophia's eldest son George, Elector of Hanover, inherited the throne under the Act of Settlement of 1701.
Há 4 dias · u. v. w. x. y. z. George I © George was elector of Hanover and, from 1714, the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain. George was born on 28 Mary 1660 in Hanover, Germany, the eldest son of the...
Following this shunned Stuart succession in favour of the Protestant Hanoverians, George, ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain and Ireland in August 1714 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
George I (1660-1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714. Born in Hanover, Germany, he inherited the throne as a result of the Act of Settlement in 1701 which ensured the continuation of a Protestant monarchy.
