George II ( - )
George II ©George was elector of Hanover and second Hanoverian king of Great Britain and Ireland.
George was born in Hanover, Germany on 10 November , the only son of the elector of Hanover. In he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children.
In , George's father succeeded to the British throne, and created George prince of Wales. The relationship between father and son was already poor and the prince's London residence, Leicester House, became a rival court and focus for a dissident Whig group which included Robert Walpole. He encouraged a reconciliation between father and son. This led to Walpole's inclusion in George I's administration, whereupon he lost the prince's favour. Only Caroline's intervention kept Walpole in office when the prince succeeded to the throne in He cemented his position by securing George a Civil List (allowance) from parliament of £,, considerably more than previous monarchs had received. Walpole also won acknowledgement of George's legitimacy from many influential Tories who supported the exiled Stuart pretender to the English throne. As a result, no senior politician deserted George's cause
George II of Great Britain facts for kids
Quick facts for kids George II | |||||
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| King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover | |||||
| Reign | 11/22 June – 25 October | ||||
| Coronation | 11/22 October | ||||
| Predecessor | George I | ||||
| Successor | George III | ||||
| Born | 30 October / 9 November Herrenhausen Palace, or Leine Palace, Hanover | ||||
| Died | 25 October () (aged 76) Kensington Palace, London, England | ||||
| Burial | 11 November Westminster Abbey, London | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | George I of Great Britain | ||||
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Celle | ||||
| Religion | Protestant | ||||
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George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November – 25 October ) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June (O.S.) until his death in
Born and brought up in northern Germany, George is the most recent British monarch born outside Great Britain. The Act of Settlement and the Acts of Union positioned his grandmother Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant descendants
King George II
In October , a second Hanoverian king was crowned at Westminster Abbey, George II, succeeding his father and continuing the battle of establishing this new dynastic royal family in British society.
George II’s life, like that of his father, began in the German city of Hanover, where he was born in October , the son of George, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later King George I) and his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Sadly for young George, his parents had an unhappy marriage, leading to claims of adultery on both sides and in , the damage proved irrevocable and the marriage was terminated.
His father, George I did not however simply divorce Sophia, instead he confined her to Ahlden House where she lived for the rest of her life, isolated and unable to see her children ever again.
Whilst his parents acrimonious parting led to the imprisonment of his mother, young George received a well-rounded education, learning French first, followed by German, English and Italian. He would in time become well-versed in the subject of all things military as well as learning the ins and outs of diplomacy, preparing him for his role in the monarchy.
He also went on to find a ha
King George II ( - )
Name: King George II
Full Name: George Augustus
Born: October 30, at Herrenhausen, Hanover
Parents: George I and Sophia Dorothea
Relation to Charles III: 6th great-grandfather
House of: Hanover
Ascended to the throne: June 11, aged 43 years
Crowned: October 11, at Westminster Abbey
Married: Caroline, daughter of Margrave of Brandenburg
Children: Four sons and five daughters
Died: October 25, at Kensington Palace, aged 76 years, 11 months, and 25 days
Buried at: Westminster
Reigned for: 33 years, 4 months, 15 days
Succeeded by: his grandson George III
George II was born in Hanover the son of George I and Sophia of Celle. He married Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in an attractive and intelligent woman, and they had 9 children. In he took part in the Battle of Oudenarde in Belgium against the French.
His father became King George I of England in and he became Prince of Wales. However his father�s treatment of his mother whom he had imprisoned left son George with a hatred of his father and they regularly quarrelled. He was even put under arrest by his father who excluded him from public ceremonies. When his father died in he
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