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Personal data George II August [Guelph Braunschweig Lüneburg] van England and Hannover Elector of Hanover 

• Alternative name: George II Augustus Guelph King of Great Britain & Ireland
• He was born on October 30, 1683 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany.Source 4
• Obtained citizenship in the year 1705.

  British

• Occupations:
• Electeur.
• Roi.
• (Countess) .
• (Property) : Angleterre,.
• (Property) : Grande-Bretagne.
• (Property) : Hanovre.
• (Property) : Irlande.
• (Knight Of The Garter) on April 4, 1706.
• (Duke) on November 9, 1706.

  Cambridge

• (Duke) on August 1, 1714.

  Cornwall and Rothesay

• (Prince) on September 27, 1714.

  PRINCE oF wALES

• (Crowned) on October 11, 1727.

  Westminster Abbey. London

• He died on October 25, 1760 in Kenningston Palace, Kensington, London, England, Great Britain, he was 76 years old.Source 4
• He is buried on October 26, 1760 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, Great Brittain.Source 4
• A child of George I Ludwig [Guelph] van England and Hannover and Sophia Dorothea Herzoginn von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of George II August [Guelph Braunschweig Lüneburg] van England and Hannover Elector of Hanover

(1) He is married to Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wendt.

They got married at Not Married.

Child(ren):

1. Johann Ludwig [illegitimate] von Wallmoden-Gimborn  1736-1811 

(2) He is married to Wilhelmine Charlotte Karoline Margräfin von Brandenburg Ansbach.

They got married on August 23, 1705, he was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Frederick Louis [Braunschweig] van England and Hannover  1707-1751 
2. Anna [Braunschweig Lüneburg] van England and Hannover  1709-1759 
3. Amelia Sophia van England and Hannover  1711-1786
4. Carolina Elisabeth van England and Hannover  1713-1757
5. Stillborn Son Hanover  1716-????
6. Maria van England and Hannover  1723-1772 
7. William Augustus van England and Hannover  1721-1765
8. Louise van England and Hannover  1724-1751 
9. George William Hannover  1717-1718

Notes about George II August [Guelph Braunschweig Lüneburg] van England and Hannover Elector of Hanover

ID: I438
Name: George II (Augustus) of England HANOVER
Surname: HANOVER
Given Name: George II (Augustus) of England
Sex: M
Birth: 30 Oct 1683 in Herrenhausen, Palace, Hannover, Germany
Death: 25 Oct 1760 in Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
Burial: 11 Nov 1760 Westminster, London, England, Great Britain
Ancestral File #: 1VG5-S6B
Reference Number: 3123
_UID: 8706EC68945D7447BFE47315C88720547B88
Note:
George II succeeded to the British throne and the electorate of Hanov er on the death of his father, George I, in 1727. Born on Nov. 10, 168 3, in Hanover, he remained largely Hanoverian in his interests, although,u nlike his father, he learned fluent English. He visited the electorate reg ularly during most of his reign and sometimes utilized his position aski ng of England to the advantage of his German territory.

Although George has been represented as a king manipulated by his own mini sters--notably Sir Robert Walpole and the duke of Newcastle--and byhis hig hly intelligent wife, Queen Caroline (1683-1737), he was by no means a we ak monarch. He played a larger part in the direction of foreign and milita ry policy than most contemporaries suspected, and at Dettingen (1743 ), in the War of the Austrian Succession, was the last British monar ch to appear in person on the battlefield. His reign witnessed the final c ollapse of the Jacobites after their uprising of 1745 and closed with Brit ain's brilliant successes in the Seven Years' War (1756-63) under the lead ership of William Pitt the Elder. George had long detested Pitt, but he ev entually came to recognize his merits.

George's son, Frederick, predeceased him, so when George II died on Oct.2 5, 1760, he was succeeded by Frederick's son, George III. Although he w as vulnerable to management by others, George II was undoubtedly aknowledg eable and skillful politician, within the narrow framework of Hanoverian i nterests in which he worked.

Died of aneurysm
Change Date: 8 Apr 2002 at 01:00:00

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He was the 14th Prince of Wales and Duke and Elector of Hanover.  He reign ed from 1727 to 1760.

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Profession : Electeur de Hanovre (1727-1760) - Georges III Auguste,
Roi de Grande-Bretagne (1727-1760) - Angleterre, Roi d'Irlande (1727-1760).

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     George II (reigned 1727-60), at the age of 60, was the last British
sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 in Germany, against the French. Like his father, for much of his reign George's political options were limited by the strength of the Jacobite cause (James Stuart the Old Pretender, and then his son, Charles Edward Stuart), with which many of the Tories were linked. George's reign was threatened in 1745 when Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, landed in Scotland. After some initial success (which led to the popularity of the national anthem in its current form becoming popular among the Hanoverian loyalists), Charles was defeated at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 and the
Jacobite threat was over. The foundations of the industrial revolution were
laid during George's reign, with new levels of production in industries such as coal and shipbuilding and also in agriculture, together with a rapid rise in population. Overseas, trade was boosted by successes such as Clive's victories in India at Arcot (1751) and Plassey (1757) which placed Madras and Bengal under British control, and Wolfe's capture of French-held Quebec in 1759 (part of a successful campaign which transferred Canada with its wealthy trade in fish and fur from Bourbon to British rule). As the country prospered and George's reign lengthened, George's early unpopularity (he did not travel far in England, and much preferred Hanover) changed into a general respect. The king's eldest son, Frederick, died in 1751. George's grandson therefore inherited the throne, on George's death in 1760.
He is the last monarch to be buried at Westminster Abbey.

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E: GEORGE II Augustus, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60), Elector of Hannover (1727-60), Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, *Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover 30.10.1683, +Kensington Palace 25.10.1760, bur Westminster Abbey;
m.Hannover 22.8.1705 Mgvne Wilhelmine Karoline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (*1.3.1683 +20.11.1737)

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