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	George I of Great Britain Summary
		George I (1660-1727) was king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727.
		Born at Hanover on March 28, 1660, George Lewis, of the house of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the son of Ernest Augustus and Sophia, granddaughter of James I of England.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /George_I_of_Great_Britain (3737 words)

	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.
		The Prince George Augustus was born at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover.
		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 (2447 words)

	George IV of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820.
		It is reported that every time George IV was with a woman he would cut a lock of her hair and place it in an envelope with her name on it.
		George, the eldest son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was born in St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_IV_of_Great_Britain (3015 words)

	MSN Encarta - George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George III (1738-1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain’s American colonies; he was also elector of Hannover (1760-1815) and, by decision of the Congress of Vienna, king of Hannover (1815-1820).
		George was born in London on June 4, 1738, the oldest son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of King George II.
		George’s aim was to rule as well as reign, and he was a skillful and astute intriguer; by 1763 he had managed to regain many of the powers that strong Whig ministries had appropriated during the reigns of the first two Georges.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564250/George_III.html (395 words)

	George I of Great Britain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George's marriage to Sophia was dissolved, not on the grounds that either of them committed adultery, but on the grounds that Sophia had "abandoned" her husband.
		In 1717, the birth of a grandson led George I to quarrel with the Prince of Wales.
		George II's grandson and successor, (King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)) George III, was often engaged in constitutional struggles with his ministers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_i_of_great_britain.htm (3430 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George IV, eldest son of George III and Charlotte, was born August 12, 1762.
		George IV was the antithesis of his father: conservative in his infrequent political involvement and licentious in affairs of the heart.
		George was an enigma: bright, witty and able on the one hand, indolent, spoiled, and lazy on the other.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon56.html (350 words)

	Encyclopedia: Anne of Great Britain
		Anne was the last monarch of the House of Stuart; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, George I, of the House of Hanover.
		George I (Georg Ludwig) (28 May 1660 â€“ 11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-LÃ¼neburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death.
		Prince George of Denmark Prince George of Denmark (April 2, 1653 - October 28, 1708) was the Prince consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Anne-of-Great-Britain (10005 words)

	Great Britain -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Domestically the long ministry of Sir Robert Walpole (1721-42), during the reigns of George I and George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government.
		George III was succeeded by George IV and William IV.
		Britain's sometimes stormy relationship with the EU was heightened in 1996 when an outbreak of “mad cow disease” (see prion) in England led the EU to ban the sale of British beef; the crisis eased when British plans for controlling the disease were approved by the EU.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/GreatBri_History.asp (6824 words)

	George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In constant and open opposition to his father, George associated closely with the Whigs, particularly Charles James Fox, whose friend he became in 1781.
		As regent and as king, George was hated for his extravagance and dissolute habits, and he aroused particular hostility by an unsuccessful attempt, immediately after his accession (1820) to the throne, to divorce his long-estranged wife, Caroline.
		George’s only legitimate child, Charlotte Augusta, married (1816) Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (later Leopold I, king of the Belgians) but died in childbirth in 1817.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Georg4GB.html (321 words)

	King George IV
		George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest son of King George III, was born at St. James's Palace, London, on the 12th of August 1762.
		George IV had neither the firmness nor the moral weight to hold the reins which his father had grasped.
		George IV died on the 26th of June 1830, and was succeeded by his brother, the Duke of Clarence, as King William IV.
	www.nndb.com /people/395/000093116 (2757 words)

	American Revolution - Insane King George III of England
		George and Charlotte had 15 children, one of whom, George IV would be the next king.
		King George III died in 1820, at the age of 82, and his son, George IV, succeeded him.
		Other members of the far-flung royal family who suffered from this hereditary disease were Queen Anne of Great Britain; Frederic the Great of Germany; George IV of Great Britain--son of George III; and George IV's daughter, Princess Charlotte, who died of the disease at childbirth.
	www.americanrevolution.com /KingGeorge3rd.htm (541 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - George IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George IV (1762-1830), King of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-1830), and King of Hanover (1820-1830).
		William IV (of Great Britain and Ireland) (1765-1837), King of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-1837) and King of Hanover (1830-1837), during whose...
		William IV (of Great Britain and Ireland): George I (of Great Britain)
	uk.encarta.msn.com /George_IV.html (115 words)

	George IV, King of Great Britain. Invitation.
		George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
		George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768.
		In 1810 George III was declared permanently insane and under the terms of the Regency Act (1811) the Prince became regent.
	www.pitts.emory.edu /ARCHIVES/text/mss107.html (244 words)

	ipedia.com: George II of Great Britain Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George II, George Augustus (10 November 1683-25 October 1760; reigned 11 June 1727-25 October 1760), was the second Hanoverian king of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland.
		Prince Georg August (George Augustus) was born at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, the son of Georg Ludwig, then-Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Zell.
		George II is remembered as the last British Sovereign to lead his own troops onto the battlefield, which he did at the Battle of Dettingen.
	www.ipedia.com /george_ii_of_great_britain.html (846 words)

	british in hawaii
		Britain's impact began the first day of Hawaiian contact with the western world, when sea captain James Cook of northern England set foot on the fl sand beach at the mouth of the Waimea River on Kaua'i.
		George III was the same British king who led the British against the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
		Vancouver's journals recorded that a salute was fired and Hawaiians exclaimed, "We are men of Britain." Though the secession was never ratified by the rulers of Great Britain, this event began a long and friendly relationship between the Hawaiian Islands and Great Britain.
	www.islander-magazine.com /british.html (2766 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians > Victoria
		Her father died shortly after her birth and she became heir to the throne because the three uncles who were ahead of her in succession - George IV, Frederick Duke of York, and William IV - had no legitimate children who survived.
		On William IV's death in 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18.
		Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page118.asp (1234 words)

	AllRefer.com - George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland : Early Reign (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
		After his father's early death (1751), young George was educated for his future role as king by his domineering mother, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and by John Stuart, earl of Bute.
		George, for his part, was viewed with suspicion by those who resented Lord Bute's influence over the young king.
		Political instability marked the first 10 years of the reign, for the king's lack of faith in most of the available ministers and increasing factionalism led to a rapid turnover of ministries and inconsistency of policy.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Georg3GB-early-reign.html (388 words)

	QUEEN CAROLINE AMELIA AUGUSTA - LoveToKnow Article on QUEEN CAROLINE AMELIA AUGUSTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She was brought up with great strictness, and her education did not fit her well for her subsequent station in life.
		In 1795 she was married to the then prince of Wales, (see GEORGE IV.), who disliked her and separated from her after, the birth of a daughter in January 1796.
		On the accession of George in s8ao, orders were given that the English ambassadors should prevent the recognition of the princess as queen at any foreign court.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAROLINE_AMELIA_AUGUSTA_QUEEN.htm (458 words)

	davedevine : Scotland : George-4
		George then agreed to marry his cousin, Caroline of Brunswick to clear debts, and dumped his secret wife.
		For years he had been making promises to the Whigs (who were arguing for parliamentary reform and fewer royal powers) that he would favour their party when he replaced his Tory father, but he changed his mind and supported Lord Liverpool's Tory government instead.
		As the Prince of Wales and Regent, young George was impressed by the work of John Nash, the architect, and commissioned him to design Regent's Park, to create Buckingham Palace from Buckingham House and to rebuild the Royal Pavilion at Brighton.
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	Charlotte
		She was baptised Charlotte Augusta by the archbishop of Canterbury in the Great Audience Chamber of Carlton House on 11 February 1796, her godparents being her paternal grandparents (the King and Queen) and her maternal grandmother, the Duchess of Brunswick.
		She was discovered, pursued, and at length, yielding to the persuasions of her uncles, the dukes of York and Sussex, of Brougham, and of the Bishop of Salisbury, she returned to Carlton House at two o'clock in the morning.
		George's brothers gave up their mistresses and made legitimate marriages in an effort to secure the succession.
	www.geocities.com /henry8jane4/Charlotte.html (2528 words)

	William IV, King of Great Britain
		William IV, born August 21, 1765, was the third son of George III and Sophia.
		Upon the death of Princess Charlotte, daughter and heir of George IV, the surviving children of George III were required to hastily make arrangements to secure the Hanoverian succession; William abandoned Mrs.
		William succeeded his brother, George IV, and was welcomed with open arms by the British public, who had grown weary of the excesses of the fourth George.
	www.lawtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/kings/william_iv_1830.html (471 words)

	boys clothing: British royalty George IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George IV is better known as the Prince Regent as he acted for his father diring his periods of "madness".
		George fell in love with Sarah Lennox, a descendent of Charles II, but the Earl of Bute persuaded him to bring the relationship to and end and instead arranged for him to marry a German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz.
		George IV lived during tumultous times, although he was Princ of Wales and not King for most of that time.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/eng/royal-ukg4.htm (1322 words)

	Royalty.nu - The Life of Caroline of Brunswick, Wife of King George IV
		George and Caroline spent their honeymoon in a rented house filled with George's disreputable friends, who, according to Caroline, "were constantly drunk and filthy, sleeping and snoring in bouts on the sofas." George had also brought along his mistress, Lady Jersey.
		Two days later, George drew up a new will in which he left all his property to his "beloved and adored Maria Fitzherbert." To Caroline, "her who is call'd the Princess of Wales," he left a single shilling.
		The fascinating story of the misfated union of King George IV and Princess Caroline of Brunswick, a torrid tale of infidelity, illegitimate offspring and royal mistresses, with parallels to today's scandals.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Hanover/Caroline.html (1539 words)

	The American Revolution - The Making of America and Her Independence
		Great Britain undertook a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over the colonies and to make them pay for their defense and return revenue to the mother country.
		Some delegates had come to the Congress already committed to declaring the colonies independent of Great Britain, but even many stalwart upholders of the colonial cause were not ready to take such a step.
		Spain entered the war against Great Britain in 1779, but Spanish help did little for the United States, while French soldiers and sailors and especially French supplies and money were of crucial importance.
	www.americanrevolution.com (1145 words)

	George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland — FactMonster.com
		George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland — FactMonster.com
		George IV George IV, 1762–1830, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1820–30), eldest son and successor of George III.
		proposed that the regency vested in the prince be closely restricted (to prevent George bringing his Whig friends to power), while Fox, usually the opponent of royal prerogative, wanted the prince to have unlimited powers as regent.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0820546.html (311 words)

	Descendants of George III of Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George III, King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Hanover
		George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, reigned as King George IV of Great Britain and Hanover (1762-1830).
		William Henry, Duke of Clarence, reigned as King William IV of Great Britain and Hanover (1765-1837).
	www.lib.virginia.edu /small/exhibits/charlotte/genealogy1.html (196 words)

	Descendants of George III of Great Britain
		"George III and Queen Charlotte and their fourteen children parading before the public at Windsor Castle in 1781." In: Guttmacher, Manfred S. America's Last King.
		George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, reigned as King George IV of Great Britain and Hanover (1762-1830).
		William Henry, Duke of Clarence, reigned as King William IV of Great Britain and Hanover (1765-1837).
	www.people.virginia.edu /~jlc5f/charlotte/genealogy1.html (196 words)

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