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  Frederick V of the Rhine - LoveToKnow 1911
FREDERICK V. (1596-1632), elector palatine of the Rhine and king of Bohemia, son of the elector Frederick IV.
He became elector on his father's death in September 1610, and was under the guardianship of his kinsman, John II., count palatine of Zweibriicken (d.
After some hesitation the elector yielded to the entreaties of Christian I., prince of Anhalt (1568-1630), and other sanguine supporters, and was crowned king of Bohemia at Prague on the 4th of November 1619.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; Latin: Ernestus Augustus; 20 November 1629, Herzberg am Harz – 23 January 1698, Herrenhausen) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Calenberg (or Hanover) subdivision of the duchy.
Ernest Augustus was the son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Ernest Augustus died in 1698 and was succeeded as duke by his eldest son George Louis, who would later also become king of Great Britain.
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 Hanover, former kingdom and province, Germany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The marriage of Ernest Augustus to Sophia, granddaughter of James I of England, brought (1714) the English throne to his son, Elector George Louis (George I of England).
Napoleon I gave the electorate to Prussia in 1805, but in 1807 he assigned part of Hanover to the kingdom of Westphalia under his brother Jérôme Bonaparte, the remainder being divided in 1810 between France and Westphalia.
Ernest Augustus, son of George III, became king of Hanover and began his reign by rescinding the liberal Hanoverian constitution of 1833, thus evoking the well-known protest of the seven professors at Göttingen; the Revolution of 1848 forced him to grant a liberal constitution.
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 The History of the Weems Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Charles I Simmern Elector Palatine of the Rhine was born on 12 Dec 1617 and died on 28 Aug 1680, at age 62.
Ernest Guelph Duke of York and Albany was born on 7 Sep 1674 and died on 14 Sep 1728, at age 54.
Frederick Guelph Prince of Wales was born on 20 Jan 1707 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, died on 20 Mar 1751 in London, England, at age 44, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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 English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - George I.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He was the son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and Sophia, the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart the 'Winter Queen' of Bavaria, herself the daughter of James I and VI.
His father, Ernest Augustus, although possessing courage, was a man of limited mental capacity, whose main interests in life seemed to be the pursuit of horses and women.
During one of his frequent visits to his beloved Hanover, George I suffered a stroke and died at Osnabruck on 11th June, 1727, he was buried in the Chapel of the Leine Schloss.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ernest August
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, son of the previous
Ernest Augustus I (1771-1851), king of Hanover, son of King George III of the United Kingdom
Ernest Augustus III, or Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953), son of the previous
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 Augustus — FactMonster.com
Ernest Augustus - Ernest Augustus, 1771–1851, king of Hanover (1837–51) and duke of Cumberland, fifth son...
Augustus - Augustus, 63 B.C.–A.D. 14, first Roman emperor, a grandson of the sister of Julius Caesar.
Frederick Augustus I, 1750–1827, king and elector of Saxony - Frederick Augustus I, 1750–1827, king (1806–27) and elector (1763–1806) of...
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 Wikinfo | Rulers of Hanover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg became the Electors of Hanover (Hannover is the German spelling) in 1692.
The thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover diverged in 1837 as Hanover, unlike the U.K., was under the Salic law, and so did not pass to Queen Victoria.
Hanover was annexed by Prussia in 1866 as a result of Hanover's participation on Austria's side in the Austro-Prussian (or Seven Weeks') War.
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 Calenberg - LoveToKnow 1911
CALENBERG, or Kalenberg, the name of a district, including the town of Hanover, which was formerly part of the duchy of Brunswick.
It received its name from a castle near Schulenburg, and is traversed by the rivers Weser and Leine, its area being about 1050 sq.
The district was given to various cadets of the ruling house of Brunswick, one of these being Ernest Augustus, afterwards elector of Hanover, and the ancestor of the Hanoverian kings of Great Britain and Ireland.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Calenberg   (90 words)

  
 Ernest Augustus — FactMonster.com
Ernest Augustus, 1771–1851, king of Hanover (1837–51) and duke of Cumberland, fifth son of George III of England.
Ernest Augustus had been associated with the reactionary Tories in England, and his reign in Hanover was ultraconservative.
George V, king of Hanover - George V, 1819–78, last king of Hanover (1851–66), son and successor of Ernest...
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 Raleigh North Carolina George I of Great Britain
George was born on May 28, 1660 in Hanover, Germany, and was the son of the Electress Sophia of Hanover who was a granddaughter of King James I of England.
George was elector of Hanover from 1698 until his death in 1727.
She had committed adultery with the Swedish count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, whose murder at the command of Countess von Platen he seems to have countenanced, but the grounds for the divorce were not George's or Sophia's adultery, but Sophia's alleged "abandonment" of her husband.
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 thePeerage.com - Exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Anne, however, wrote to the elector, the Electress Sophia, and the prince in terms which left no doubt of her dislike to the proposal, which was dropped after a reply of cold politeness from the prince.
On the death of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland (1 Feb. 1732-3), the succession of his heir Frederic Augustus to the throne of Poland was disputed by Stanislaus Leczinsky.
Before leaving Hanover he promised the Estates that he would take the burden of the contingent of troops which the electorate was bound to furnish for the imperial army upon his own exchequer, instead of asking them for a subsidy.
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 Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
The capital of the Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony was Dresden, a beautiful city that later became one of the symbols of the horrors of World War II, when the Allies firebombed it on February 13, 1945.
Albert's elder brother, Ernest II, succeeded to the Duchy; but when Ernest died in 1893, the Duchy was passed to Albert and Victoria's son Alfred, and when he died in 1900, to their grandson Charles Edward.
The son of George V, Ernest Augustus, was the heir.
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 Porcelain in Dresden - influences of Far Eastern porcelain on European culture Magazine Antiques - Find Articles
Ernest Augustus felt the only thing to do was "to ridicule the park" and thought it strange to "build a tower la chinoise" above a building "which is called parnassus....
William Augustus (1721-1765), duke of Cumberland, went even further and created a lake in Windsor Great Park in Surrey complete with an island on which there was a pagoda.
Not unexpectedly, Augustus II (the Strong), the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, was much taken by these charming and fragile luxury goods.
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 GEORGE I @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
George Louis was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia, a granddaughter of King James I of England.
The administrative skills of George's ministers, Earl Stanhope, Viscount Townshend and Robert Walpole, strengthened the position of the House of Hanover in domestic affairs.
The Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia, arranged by George I and Viscount Townshend, was signed (Sep 1725) to safeguard the British trade interests.
www.archontology.org /nations/uk/king_grbritain/george1.php   (451 words)

  
 George I of Great Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
George I (George Ludwig von Guelph-d'Este) (28 May 1660–11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death.
George I, the first Hanoverian monarch of Great Britain and Ireland, was not a fluent speaker of the English language; instead, he spoke his native German, and was for this ridiculed by his British subjects.
His court in Hanover was graced by many cultural icons, such as the mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz and the composer Georg Friedrich Händel.
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 Celestina Yanez
He was the son of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover.
In 1706, he was created Duke of Cambridge and succeeded to the throne of England upon the death of Queen Anne, in 1714.
The daughter married the elector of Prussia and the son succeeded his father in Hanover and in Great Britain.
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 Loryn's British Royalty Page - The House of Hanover
Succeeded as Elector of Hanover in 1698, as Duke of Zell in 1700, and King of Great Britain and Ireland on 8/1/1714
The first English king of the House of Hanover, he was the son of Ernst Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and Sophia, granddaughter of James I of England.
The first Hanoverian to be born and educated as an Englishman, George was primarily interested in England instead of Hanover.
www.angelfire.com /md/royalty/hanover.html   (1131 words)

  
 GENUKI: Kings of England - G
King of Great Britain, was the son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Frederick, Elector-Palatine, and granddaughter of James I.
In 1706 he was created Duke of Cambridge, and succeeded to the throne of England on the death of Queen Anne, in 1714.
Previous to this, a process was instituted in the House of Lords against the queen, for the purpose of depriving her of her rights and privileges as Queen of England.
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 PageP.html
The duchies of Pommern-Stettin and Pommern-Wolgast were represented by Kurbrandenburg (Electoral Brandenburg) in the Protestant corpus at the Peace of Wesphalia (1648)...
Sophia Charlotte's uncle was Georg I, King of England [House of Hanover]; and, (3) Sophia Louisa of Mecklenburg-Schweiin.
He inherited the title of Elector of Brandenburg in 1688 and in 1657 became a Sovereign Duke of Prussia in...
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 George I
PARENTS: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia.
George, Elector of Hanover, acceded to the thrones of England and Scotland because he was a Protestant directly descended, through his grandmother, Elizabeth of Bohemia, from James VI and I. The Act of Settlement of 1701 forbade Catholics from ascending the throne.
For him, his kingdom was Hanover and he spent a great deal of time there, dying at Osnabruck whilst travelling.
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 THIRTEENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick Elector of Hanover was born in 1629.
King GEORGE I of England Duke of Hanover.
Duke Ernest Augustus of York Bishop of Osnabruck.
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 Genealogy Documents
Hanover, Caroline Matilda, Princess of England & Scotland
Hanover, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover
Hanover, Frederick William, Prince of England & Scotland
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 6_10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Provenance: George Augustus, Prince of Wales and later King George II of England and Elector of Hanover.
George Augustus became King George II of England and Elector of Hanover in 1727, and in 1738 discreetly sent these plates, along with other silver, to Hanover, in northern Germany.
On the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, became King of Hanover.
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 I1214: Ernest Augustus Of Brunswick (Duke) ( - 23 JAN 1698)
I1214: Ernest Augustus Of Brunswick (Duke) (- 23 JAN 1698)
Frederick V Elector Palatine Of The Rhine (- 29 NOV 1632)
Descendants of Duke Ernest Augustus Of Brunswick and Sophia Hanover
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 AncientCreations.com...Sharing The Experience of the Ancient World
George I was King of Great Britain from 1714 until 1727, and elector of Hanover from 1698 until 1727.
The son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, a small Germanic principality, and Sophia, granddaughter of king James I of England, George succeeded Queen Anne by the terms of the act of settlement.
Thoroughly German in tastes and habits, he never learned the English language, and he made periodic lengthy visits to Hanover, and despite his dutiful efforts to attend to his new kingdom's needs Hannover was his abiding primary concern.
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 Writing.Com: Royal Pretender
She had married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover when she was younger.
George Lewis Guelph, Elector of Hanover, paced his sparse apartments, hands stiffly clenched behind his back, his thick brow wrinkled in displeasure.
It was a shame that the Elector felt such animosity toward his only son, but he brought George Augustus’s disapproval on himself for treating the boy’s mother so deplorably.
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