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	George II of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.
		George II was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and afterwards with his son (a seemingly common problem for members of the Hanoverian dynasty).
		George's Prime Minister, Henry Pelham died in 1754, to be succeeded by his brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and thereafter by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire in 1756.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain (2444 words)

	England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in Northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
		The Norman conquest of England, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
		England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/England (4826 words)

	St. George: England's Patron Saint
		George rapidly became venerated throughout Christendom as an example of bravery in defence of the poor and the defenceless and of the Christian faith.
		George was adopted as the patron saint of soldiers after he was said to have appeared to the Crusader army at the Battle of Antioch in 1098.
		The banner of St George, the red cross of a martyr on a white background, was adopted for the uniform of English soldiers possibly in the reign of Richard 1, and later became the flag of England and the White Ensign of the Royal Navy.
	www.britannia.com /history/stgeorge.html (2171 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George V was born June 3, 1865, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra.
		George chose the career of professional naval officer and served competently until Albert died in 1892, upon which George assumed the role of the heir apparent.
		George ascended the throne in the midst of a constitutional crisis: the budget controversy of 1910.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon60.html (532 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George I was born March 28, 1660, son of Ernest, Elector of Hanover and Sophia, granddaughter of James I. He was raised in the royal court of Hanover, a German province, and married Sophia, Princess of Zelle, in 1682.
		George, Elector of Hanover since 1698, ascended the throne upon the death of Queen Anne, under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement.
		George I, on his many trips to Hanover, never placed the leadership of government in his son's hands, preferring to rely on his ministers when he was abroad.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon53.html (845 words)

	England (United Kingdom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The official proportions for the national flag of England is 3:5, with the cross being 1/5 of the height of the flag wide.
		The St. George's Cross flag is the proper flag for use by Anglican churches in England.
		As example: the proper flag to be flown in the diocese of Rochester is the flag of St George with, in the canton, a shield of the arms: Argent on a saltire gules an escallop or."
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/gb-eng.html (3100 words)

	The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 6493
		King George I (of England) was the son of Prince Ernst Augustus I (of Brunswick) and Sophia (____?____).
		George I, elector of Hanover, succeeded to the British throne on the death of Queen Anne in 1714.
		The marriage of King George I (of England) and Sophia Dorothea Brunswick was annulled on 28 December 1694.
	www.richard.damon.name /genealogy/p6493.htm (430 words)

	Royalty.nu - King George III and Regency England
		George was by turns depressed and agitated, and did and said things people found strange, but he had not taken leave of his senses.
		George III was far from being the intellectual mediocrity of legend.
		The Architect King: George III and the Culture of the Enlightenment by David Watkin.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Hanover/GeorgeIII.html (1583 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George II was born November 10, 1683, the only son of George I and Sophia.
		Like his father, George was very much a German prince, but at the age of 30 when George I ascended the throne, he was young enough to absorb the English culture that escaped his father.
		George II died of a stroke on October 25, 1760.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon54.html (527 words)

	George III
		George was only twelve when his father died and his mother's friend, the Earl of Bute, became an important influence on his future development.
		George III was also having trouble with his high-spirited eldest son, George, Prince of Wales.
		George was placed in a strait-jacket and eventually his doctors had a special iron chair made to restrain their patient.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRgeorgeIII.htm (976 words)

	St. George, Vermont, New England, USA
		George is so small that many think it was originally a gore, but it was, in fact, granted as a town.
		Old George was definitely in a huff over the way Wentworth was a) handing out grants left and right in conflict with the New York colony's claim to the lands, and b) not requiring the grantees pay taxes to the Crown.
		As with so many other towns, St. George was described in the grant in terms of the boundaries of pre-existing towns, except that there wasn't really enough land left to make up a proper sized town.
	www.virtualvermont.com /towns/stgeorge.html (374 words)

	St George of England - Folklore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		George is a brave warrior, defeating enemies of the faith by Christian forbearance.
		George, whose Greek name means "farmer" or "close to the Earth", is linked in Eurasian folk memory to the Green Man, the mocking nature spirit who grimaces from village churches to remind the worshippers of their pagan roots.
		He is Green George in the Black Forest, the "the Green One" in the world of Islam and related to the Leshys, sprites of the Russian tundra.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art19571.asp (605 words)

	St George for England
		St George had become a symbol of English aspiration for all those living in England who looked upwards, the inspiration for the dauntless and the bold, the courteous and the kind, the noble and the self-sacrificing.
		After all, the flag of St George which was also adopted is the flag of Jerusalem, the blood-red cross of sacrifice on the white background of nobility and purity.
		The St George that we venerate is the Patron-Saint of all Orthodox (and all other Christians who wish to revere him) who live in England, whatever their origins.
	www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk /stgeoren.htm (1624 words)

	BBC - London - Your London - St. George's Day Your Say
		The popularity of St George in England stems from the time of the early Crusades when it is said that the Normans saw him in a vision and were victorious.
		England is a country to be enormously proud of: not hiding behind a ridiculous veil of political correctness that to celebrate is seen as divisive.
		England has moved on from the old days and is now a thriving melting pot of different races that can only bring England into an amazing new phase of existence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/yourlondon/stgeorges/stgeorge_vote.shtml (15307 words)

	Encyclopedia: George I of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the King's absences, power was vested either in his son, George, Prince of Wales, or in a committee of "Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom".
		In 1715, when not even a year had passed after George's accession, he was faced with a Jacobite Rebellion, which became known as "The Fifteen".
		The Jacobites sought to put Anne's Catholic brother, James Francis Edward Stuart (whom they called "James III", and who was known to the English as the "Old Pretender") on the Throne.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/George-I-of-England (2968 words)

	The Origins of William and George Phelps in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Of special note is the omission of George Phelps as an immigrant on the Mary and John.
		The second is George Phillips, origins unknown, who migrated to Dorchester in 1632 and subsequently went to Windsor in 1635.
		This George was born by 1592 (estimated birth date based on the age of his wife) and died at Windsor, 9 Jul 1678.
	family.phelpsinc.com /origins/william_origins.html (906 words)

	St. George - The Pork Salesman who became England's Patron Saint
		George was given a noble birth, Christian parents, and a tenacious commitment to the faith.
		George refuses to carry out orders to persecute the Church and for his defiance is thrown into prison and tortured.
		Hence the image of St. George is of a brave warrior, defeating enemies of the faith by Christian forbearance.
	www.jesusneverexisted.com /george.html (1140 words)

	George I of Great Britain : George I of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		George I of Great Britain (May 28, 1660 - June 11, 1727) was King of Great Britain (formed from the merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and King of Ireland from August 1, 1714 to June 11, 1727.
		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.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article George I of Great Britain : George I of England.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ge/George_I_of_England.html (256 words)

	George Frideric Handel: his story from Germany to England
		Georg Friederich Händel was born in 1685, a vintage year indeed for baroque composers, in Halle on the Saale river in Thuringia, Germany on February 23rd.
		Thus it was that George Louis, Elector of Hanover and already naturalized by Act of Parliament in 1705, became King George I of England, initiating the Royal House of Hanover.
		Retaining his position as composer to the Chapel Royal (a post he had held since 1723), Handel composed four large-scale anthems for the coronation of George II and his consort Queen Caroline at Westminster Abbey on October 11th, 1727 which was, by contemporary reports, an occasion of great magnificence.
	www.baroquemusic.org /bqxhandel.html (2522 words)

	Ancestors of Neil LEVERITT George SMITH
		George was 3 years old and living at home with his parents.
		George was a butcher in Main Street, Bulwell.
		George married Annie FOSTER, daughter of Edwin FOSTER and Jane HAYES, on 28 Mar 1899 in Bulwell St Mary's, Nottingham, England.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~leveritt/238.htm (251 words)

	George I (from George, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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		George V and George VI belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Their reigns were characterized by continuous warfare with England and bloody competition for the Scottish throne.
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	Charlotte, queen consort of George III of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charlotte (Charlotte Sophia), 1744–1818, queen consort of George III of England.
		That this is possible at all is largely thanks to the diligence with which her possessions were recovered and restored by her great-grand-daughter Queen Mary.
		George III: Steven Parissien considers the reputation of one of the most controversial of British monarchs: the king who lost the American colonies, spent much of his life in psychological distress but whose active interest in the arts and sciences, and his generous patronage, distinguished him from his Hanoverian predecessors.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0811504.html (315 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians
		The first of their Kings, George I, was only 52nd in line to the throne, but the nearest Protestant according to the Act of Settlement.
		For all that, the Hanoverian period was remarkably stable, not least because of the longevity of its kings.
		From 1714 through to 1837, there were only five monarchs, one of whom, George III, remains the longest reigning king in British History.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page105.asp (294 words)

	Charlotte, queen consort of George III of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Charlotte, queen consort of George III of England.
		) (Charlotte Sophia), 1744–1818, queen consort of George III of England.
		The niece of Frederick, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, she was married to George in 1761 and bore him 15 children.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/CharlotEng.html (118 words)

	George I, Georgian England
		The first Hanoverian king of England, the South Sea Bubble scandal, and the first Jacobite Rebellion.
		One of the results of George's inability or disinterest in ruling the English was that he handed over his authority to trusted politicians.
		After the "South Sea Bubble" burst, finances were put firmly in the hands of the Bank of England, with the result that the English economy became the best managed in Europe over the next several centuries.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/George_I.htm (249 words)

	Church Clergy Dennis Edward England Georg - BigWalk.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	AllRefer.com - Mary, 1867–1953, queen consort of George V of England (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
		Mary, 1867–1953, queen consort of George V of England, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Mary 1867–1953, queen consort of George V of England.
		Daughter of the duke of Teck and great-granddaughter of George III, she was engaged first to George's elder brother, the duke of Clarence, who died in 1892.
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