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George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire 1683–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 OCT 1683

Birth Location: Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany

Death Date: 25 Oct 1760

Death Location: Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: George Brunswick-Lüneburg

Mother: Sophia Hanover

Spouse(s): Caroline Britain

Children(s): Frederick Wales, Princess Norway, Prince Britain, Princess Hesse-Kassel, Princess Britain, Princess Britain, Prince Cumberland, Princess Orange

The story of George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire began in 1683 in Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany. George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire married Caroline Of Ansbach Hohenzollern Queen Consort Of Great Britain, and had children including Frederick Louis Prince Of Wales, Prince George William Of Great Britain, Prince William Of Great Britain Duke Of Cumberland, Princess Amelia Of Great Britain, Princess Anne Of Great Britain Princess Royal Princess Of Orange, Princess Caroline Of Great Britain, Princess Louise Of Great Britain Queen Consort Of Denmark And Norway, Princess Mary Of Great Britain Landgravine Of Hesse Kassel. George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1760 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire began in 1683 in Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany.
  • George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire married Caroline Of Ansbach Hohenzollern Queen Consort Of Great Britain, and had children including Frederick Louis Prince Of Wales, Prince George William Of Great Britain, Prince William Of Great Britain Duke Of Cumberland, Princess Amelia Of Great Britain, Princess Anne Of Great Britain Princess Royal Princess Of Orange, Princess Caroline Of Great Britain, Princess Louise Of Great Britain Queen Consort Of Denmark And Norway, Princess Mary Of Great Britain Landgravine Of Hesse Kassel.
  • George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1760 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Brunswick-Lüneburg
1660–1727
Birth Location: Hanover, Niedersachsen, Preußen (Holy Roman Empire)
GB
Sophia Hanover
1666–1726
Birth Location: –
SH

Spouses(s)

Caroline Britain
1683–1737
Birth Location: Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany
CB

Children(s)

Frederick Wales
1707–1751
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
FW
Princess Norway
1724–1751
Birth Location: Leicester House, London, England
PN
Prince Britain
1717–1717
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
PB
Princess Hesse-Kassel
1722–1772
Birth Location: Leicester House, St. Martin's, London, England
PH
Princess Britain
1711–1786
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
PB
Princess Britain
1713–1757
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
PB
Prince Cumberland
1721–1765
Birth Location: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
PC
Princess Orange
1709–1759
Birth Location: Herrenhausen, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
PO

George Empire's Ancestors

Self
George Empire
1683–1760
Birth Place: Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany
Parents
George I of Hanover, King of Great Britain and Ireland, ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1660–1727
Hanover, Niedersachsen, Preußen (Holy Roman Empire)
Sophia (Dorothea Welf of Celle Electoral Princess of) Hanover
1666–1726
Grandparents
Ernest (Augustus Elector of) Hanover
1629–1698
Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Princess (Sophia Dorothea Van Simmern Countess Bohemia, of the Palatinate &) Hannover
1630–1714
Wassenaer Court, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Frederick Bohemia
1596–1632
Elizabeth Palatine
1596–1662
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Ireland
1566–1625
Princess Ireland
1574–1619

George Empire's Descendants

1.
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George (II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman) Empire (30 OCT 1683–25 Oct 1760) m. Caroline (of Ansbach Hohenzollern Queen Consort of Great) Britain (1 Mar 1683–20 Nov 1737)
  1. 1. Frederick (Louis Prince of) Wales 1707–1751 m. Princess (Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess of Wales, Duchess of) Edinburgh 1719–1772
    1. 1. George (III of Great Britain King of the United) Kingdom 1738–1820 m. Charlotte (of) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744–1818
      1. 1. George (IV of Great) Britain 1762–1830
      2. 2. Frederick (Augustus of Great) Britain 1763–1827
      3. 3. Augusta (Sophia of Great) Britain 1768–1840
      4. 4. Ernest (I of) Hanover 1771–1851
      5. 5. Sophia (Matilda of Great) Britain 1777–1848
      6. 6. Amelia (of Great) Britain 1783–1810
      7. 7. William (IV of Great) Britain 1765–1837
      8. 8. Charlotte (Augusta Matilda of Great) Britain 1766–1828
      9. 9. Elizabeth (of Great) Britain 1770–1840
      10. 10. Augustus (Frederick of Great) Britain 1773–1843
      11. 11. Octavius (of Great) Britain 1779–1783
      12. 12. Prince (Edward Augustus of Great Britain Duke of) Kent 1767–1820 m. Mary (Louisa Victoria Antony of) Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1786–1861
        1. 1. Victoria (Hanover Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of) India 1819–1901 m. Albert (of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Prince Consort of) England 1819–1861
      13. 13. Adolphus (Frederick of Great) Britain 1774–1850
      14. 14. Mary (of Great) Britain 1776–1857
      15. 15. Alfred (of Great) Britain 1780–1782
    2. 2. Prince (Edward Augustus of Great Britain Duke of) York 1739–1767
    3. 3. Princess (Elizabeth Caroline of Great) Britain 1740–1759
    4. 4. Princess (Augusta Frederica of Great Britain Duchess of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1737–1813
    5. 5. Princess (Caroline Matilda of Great) Britain 1751–1775
    6. 6. Prince (William Henry of Great Britain Duke of Gloucester and) Edinburgh 1743–1805
    7. 7. Henry (Frederick of Great) Britain 1745–1790
    8. 8. Louisa (Anne of Great) Britain 1748–1768
    9. 9. Frederick (William of Great) Britain 1750–1765
    10. 10. William (Henry Hannover KG, PC, FRS, Duke of Gloucester and) Edinburgh 1743–1805 m. Maria (Clements Walpole Countess Waldegrave, Duchess of Gloucester and) Edinburgh 1739–1807 m. Lady (Almeria Carpenter -) Mistress 1752–1809
      1. 1. William (Frederick Hanover Prince, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, KG, GCB, GCH, PC,) FRS 1776–1834
      2. 2. Sophia (Matilda Hannover Princess of) Gloucester 1773–1844
      3. 3. Caroline (Augusta Maria Hannover Princess of) England 1774–1775
      4. 4. Louisa (Maria La) Coast 1782–1835
    11. 11. Edward (Augustus Hannover KG, PC, FRS, Prince of England, Duke of York and) Albany 1739–1767
    12. 12. Henry (Frederick Hannover Prince of) Wales 1745–1790
    13. 13. Louisa (Anne Hannover Princess of Great Britain and) Ireland 1749–1768
    14. 14. Frederick (William Hannover Prince of Great Britain and) Ireland 1750–1765
    15. 15. Caroline (Matilda Hannover Princess of Great Britain and) Ireland 1751–1775
    16. 16. Elizabeth (Caroline Hanover Princess of Great Britain and) Ireland 1740–1759
    17. 17. Augusta (Charlotte Louisa Hanover Princess Royal of Great Britain and) Ireland 1737–1813
  2. 2. Princess (Louise of Great Britain Queen Consort of Denmark and) Norway 1724–1751
  3. 3. Prince (George William of Great) Britain 1717–1717
  4. 4. Princess (Mary of Great Britain Landgravine of) Hesse-Kassel 1722–1772
  5. 5. Princess (Amelia of Great) Britain 1711–1786
  6. 6. Princess (Caroline of Great) Britain 1713–1757
  7. 7. Prince (William of Great Britain Duke of) Cumberland 1721–1765
  8. 8. Princess (Anne of Great Britain Princess Royal, Princess of) Orange 1709–1759

George Empire's Timeline

3 Records

1683
9 Nov 1683
Birth of George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire in Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany
Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany
1683
30 OCT 1683
Birth of George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire
None
1760
25 Oct 1760
Age 77
Death of George II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Nov 1683
    Event Place: Leine Palace, Hanover, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 OCT 1683

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1760
    Event Place: Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
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