George the First, 1714 to 1727
| BORN: | 28 May 1660, Osnabrück, Hanover. |
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| PARENTS: | Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (1629 - 98), Sophia Wittelsbach (1630 - 1714). |
| MARRIED: | Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666 - 1726), 21 November 1682, Celle Castle Chapel, Germany. (divorced: 1694) |
| ACCEDED: | 1 August 1714 |
| CROWNED: | 20 October 1714, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 11 June 1727, Osnabrück, Hanover. |
| INTERRED: | Leineschlosskirche, Hanover. (reinterred: Herrenhausen, Hanover, 1957) |
| CHILDREN: | (1) George II Augustus (1683 - 1760) (2) Sophia Dorothea (1687 - 1757) + 3 illegitimate children |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) Archbishops of Canterbury: Thomas Tenison William Wake Culture: Georg Frideric Handel (composer) |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Office of "Prime Minister" created to counteract George I's English language limitations, 1721. |
