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King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland 1660–1727 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Mar 1660

Birth Location: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Death Date: 11 Oct 1727

Death Location: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: Ernst Hanover

Mother: Sophia crown

Spouse(s): Sophia Brunswick-Lüneburg

Children(s): George Cor, Sofie Brandenburg, Georg Imperial, Amalie Platen, Margaretha Hannover, Anna Hanover, Melusina Walsingham, Melusina derSchulenberg

King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland was born in 1660 in Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany, the child of Ernst August I Von Braunschweig Luneburg Elector Of Hanover And Sophia Hanover Wittelsbach Of The Palatinate Electress Of Brunswick Luneburg Per Parliament Only Her Protestant Descendents Can Be In Succession For British Crown. King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland married Sophia Dorthea Of Cecce Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Amalie Ernestine Hallermund Imperial Countess Of Platen, Anna Luise Sophie Of Hanover, Georg Ludwig Von Platen Hallermund Imperial, George Ii Augustus Hanover King Of Great Britain Ireland King Von Hanover Prince Of Great Britain Electoral Prince Of Brunswick Luneburg Duke Of Cor, Margaretha Van Hannover, Melusina Petronilla Von Schulenburg Countess Of Walsingham, Melusina Von Derschulenberg, Sofie Dorothea Of Prussia Hanover Queen Consort In Prussia Electress Consort Of Brandenburg. King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland passed away in 1727 in Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland was born in 1660 in Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany, the child of Ernst August I Von Braunschweig Luneburg Elector Of Hanover And Sophia Hanover Wittelsbach Of The Palatinate Electress Of Brunswick Luneburg Per Parliament Only Her Protestant Descendents Can Be In Succession For British Crown.
  • King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland married Sophia Dorthea Of Cecce Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Amalie Ernestine Hallermund Imperial Countess Of Platen, Anna Luise Sophie Of Hanover, Georg Ludwig Von Platen Hallermund Imperial, George Ii Augustus Hanover King Of Great Britain Ireland King Von Hanover Prince Of Great Britain Electoral Prince Of Brunswick Luneburg Duke Of Cor, Margaretha Van Hannover, Melusina Petronilla Von Schulenburg Countess Of Walsingham, Melusina Von Derschulenberg, Sofie Dorothea Of Prussia Hanover Queen Consort In Prussia Electress Consort Of Brandenburg.
  • King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland passed away in 1727 in Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ernst Hanover
1629–1698
Birth Location: –
EH
Sophia crown
1630–1714
Birth Location: Wassenaer, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Sc

Spouses(s)

Sophia Brunswick-Lüneburg
1666–1726
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
SB

Children(s)

George Cor
1683–1760
Birth Location: Herrenhausen Palace or Leine Palace, Hanover, Stadt Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany
GC
Sofie Brandenburg
1687–1757
Birth Location: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
SB
Georg Imperial
1703–1772
Birth Location: Hanover, Hnvr, Prussia, Germany
GI
Amalie Platen
1700–1761
Birth Location: Hanover, Hanover, Prussia, Germany
AP
Margaretha Hannover
1698–1726
Birth Location: –
MH
Anna Hanover
1692–1773
Birth Location: –
AH
Melusina Walsingham
1693–1778
Birth Location: Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
MW
Melusina derSchulenberg
1682–1725
Birth Location: –
Md

King Ireland's Ancestors

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King Ireland
1660–1727
Birth Place: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Parents
Ernst August I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elector of Hanover
1629–1698
Sophia (Hanover Wittelsbach of the Palatinate, Electress of Brunswick-Luneburg; per Parliament: only her Protestant descendents can be in succession for British) crown
1630–1714
Wassenaer, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Frederick (V, Friedrich "The Winter King" Wittelsbach der Pfalz, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia, Calvinist-30 Years War: exiled to) Netherlands
1596–1632
Deinschwang, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Elizabeth ("Winter Queen" Stuart of Scotland, Queen of) Bohemia
1596–1662
Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Frederick Wittelsbach
1574–1610
Louise-Juliana Oranje-Nassau
1576–1644
James I
1566–1625
Anne Ireland
1574–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Louis Lutheran
1539–1583
Elisabeth Hessen
1539–1582
Henry Albany
1545–1567
Mary Catholic
1542–1587
Frederick Norway
1534–1588
Sophie Norway
1557–1631

King Ireland's Descendants

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King (George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain &) Ireland (28 Mar 1660–11 Oct 1727) m. Sophia (Dorthea of Cecce of) Brunswick-Lüneburg (15 Sep 1666–23 Nov 1726)
  1. 1. George (II Augustus Hanover, King of Great Britain & Ireland, King von Hanover , Prince of Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of) Cor 1683–1760 m. Caroline (Wilhelmina von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen Brandenburg-Ansbach , Princess of Wales, Queen of Great Britain &) Ireland 1682–1737
    1. 1. Frederick (Louis "Ludwig Guelp" Hanover, Prince of) Wales 1707–1751 m. Augusta (of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of) Wales 1719–1772
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Caroline Hanover, Princess of Great) Britain 1740–1759
      2. 2. Caroline (Mathilde of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark &) Norway 1751–1775
      3. 3. King (George William Frederick III, House of Hanover, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Duke and prince-elector of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1738–1820 m. Sophia (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Princess) of 1744–1818
        1. 1. Edward (Augustus Hanover, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and) Strathearn 1767–1820 m. Marie (Louise Victoria von Saxon-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of) Kent 1786–1861
        2. 2. King (George IV Augustus, of Great Britain & Ireland House of) Hanover 1762–1830 m. Caroline (Amelia Elizabeth Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen of the United) Kingdom 1768–1821
        3. 3. King (William IV Hanover, King of Hanover, United Kingdom of Great) Britain; 1765–1837 m. Dorothy (Dora) Bland 1761–1816 m. Adelaide (Amelia Louisa Theresa Caroline, Duchess Clarence, Queen of the United Kingdom & Hanover) Saxe-Meiningen 1792–1849
        4. 4. Charlotte (Augusta Matilda, Hanover, Princess Royal of United Kingdom of Great) Britain, 1766–1828
        5. 5. Elizabeth, (Hanover, Princess of England, Landgravine of) Hesse-Homburg 1770–1840
        6. 6. Ernest (Augustus Guelf of Hanover, King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, Prince of) Hanover 1771–1851 m. Frederica (of) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841
        7. 7. Princess (Mary House of Hanover (Germany), Duchess of Gloucester, Edinburgh, & Great) Britain 1776–1857
        8. 8. Prince (Octavius Hanover of Great) Britain 1779–1783
        9. 9. Princess (Amelia of Great) Britain 1783–1810
        10. 10. Prince (Frederick Augustus House of Hanover, Duke of York and) Albany 1763–1827 m. Princess (Frederica Charlotte of) Prussia 1767–1820
        11. 11. Prince (Adolphus Frederick House of Hanover, Duke of) Cambridge 1774–1850 m. Princess (Augusta of) Hesse-Kassel 1797–1889
        12. 12. Princess (Augusta Sophia House of) Hanover 1768–1840
      4. 4. Henry (Frederick House of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Admiral in Royal) Navy 1745–1790 m. Anne (Luttrell, Duchess of Cumberland and) Strathearn 1743–1808 m. Olive Wilmot –1774
        1. 1. Olivia (\ Olive Wilmot Princess of) Cumberland 1772–1834
      5. 5. Prince (William Henry Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and) Strathearn 1743–1805
      6. 6. Prince (Edward Augustus Hanover, Duke of York and) Albany 1739–1767
      7. 7. Augusta (Charlotte Hanover Duchess of) Brunswick 1737–1813 m. Karl (Charles II Wilhelm II von Braunschweig -Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel Welf Duke of, GeneralfeldMarschal of the Prussian Kingdom, Seven Years War-3rd Silesian) War 1735–1806
        1. 1. Caroline (Amelia Elizabeth Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen of the United) Kingdom 1768–1821 m. King (George IV Augustus, of Great Britain & Ireland House of) Hanover 1762–1830
        2. 2. Prince (August von Wettin of) Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick 1770–1822
        3. 3. Friedrich (Wilhelm Augustus 'The Black Duke' von Wettin, Duke of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1771–1815
    2. 2. Mary (Hanover, Langravine of) Hesse-Kassel 1723–1772 m. Friedrich (II Hesse) Kassel 1720–1785
      1. 1. Friedrich (III Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel) Lutheran 1747–1837
        1. 1. William (I House of Hesse-Kassel, Elector) of 1787–1867 m. Princess (Charlotte Oldenburg of) Denmark 1789–1864
    3. 3. Louise (Hanover, Princess of England, Queen of Denmark &) Norway 1724–1751 m. Frederik (V Oldenburg, King af Danmark og) Norge 1723–1766
      1. 1. Christian, (Prince of) Denmark 1745–1747
      2. 2. Sophie (Magdalene Oldenburg Queen consort of) Sweden 1746–1813 m. Gustav III 1746–1792
        1. 1. Gustav (IV Adolph Holstein Gottorp, King of Sweden, abdicated in 1809, last Swedish ruler of) Finland 1778–1837 m. Friederika (Dorothea Wilhelmina Baden Durlach, Queen Consort of) Sweden 1781–1826
      3. 3. Wilhelmine (Karoline von) Hessen 1747–1820 m. Wilhelm (I von) Hessen 1743–1821
        1. 1. Marie (Friederike von) Hessen-Kassel 1768–1839
        2. 2. Karoline (Amalia von) Hessen-Kassel 1771–1848
        3. 3. Friedrich (von) Hessen-Kassel 1772–1784
        4. 4. Wilhelm (II von) Hessen 1777–1847 m. Augusta (Christine Friederike Hohenzollern) Prussia 1780–1841
      4. 4. Christian (VII Oldenburg, King of Denmark and) Norway 1749–1808 m. Caroline (Matilda Hanover Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1751–1775
        1. 1. Frederik (VI Oldenburg, King of Denmark and) Norway 1768–1839
        2. 2. Louise (Augusta Oldenburg, Duchess of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1771–1843
      5. 5. Louise (Princess of) Denmark 1750–1831
      6. 6. Frederik (Whilhelm Paul Oldenburg, 1st Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-) Glucksburg 1753–1805 m. Sophia (Frederica Mecklenburg Schwerin, Duchess) of 1758–1794
        1. 1. Frederick (William Paul Oldenburg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-) Glucksburg-Beck 1785–1831 m. Luise (Karoline Hesse-Cassel,) Princess 1789–1867
        2. 2. Princess (Charlotte Oldenburg of) Denmark 1789–1864 m. William (I House of Hesse-Kassel, Elector) of 1787–1867
      7. 7. Louise (Oldenburg Landgravine of) Hesse-Kassel 1750–1831
    4. 4. Amelia (Sophia Eleanor) Hanover 1711–1786
    5. 5. William (Augustus of Hanover, Duke of) Cumberland 1721–1765
    6. 6. Princess (Anne Hanover von) Nassau-Dietz 1709–1759 m. William (Karel Hendrik Friso IV, Prince of) Orange-Nassau 1711–1751
      1. 1. William (V Staathalter von Holland, Prince of) Orange 1748–1806 m. Frederika (Wilhelmina Sophia Wilhelmina Hohenzollern Dynasty, von Preußen Prinses van) Oranje-Nassau 1751–1820
        1. 1. William (I, Staathalter von Holland, King of the) Netherlands 1772–1843 m. Wilhelmina 1774–1837 m. Henriette (d'Oultremont et de) Wegimont 1792–1864
        2. 2. Frederica 1770–1819
        3. 3. Frederick 1774–1799
      2. 2. Wilhelmina (Carolina Princess Van) Orange-Nassau 1743–1787
      3. 3. Infant (girl van) Orange-Nassau 1736–1736
      4. 4. Carolina (van) Oranje-Nassau 1743–1787 m. Karl (Christian von) Nassau-Weilburg 1735–1788
        1. 1. Henriette (of) Nassau-Weilburg 1780–1857 m. Ludwig (Friedrich Alexander von) Württemberg 1756–1817
  2. 2. Sofie (Dorothea of Prussia-Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia, Electress consort of) Brandenburg 1687–1757 m. Frederick (William 'The Soldier king' Hohenzollern Dynasty, King of) Prussia 1688–1740
    1. 1. Frederick (II 'The Great' Hohenzollern family, King of) Prussia 1712–1786 m. Elisabeth (Christine van Brunswijk) Bevern 1715–1797
    2. 2. Augustus (William Hohenzollern, Prince of) Prussia 1722–1758 m. Louise (Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prinzessin von) Preußen 1722–1780
      1. 1. Frederick (William II Hohenzollern Dynasty, König in Preußen, Markgraf und Kurfürst zu Brandenburg,) Calvinist 1744–1797 m. Frederica (Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of) Prussia 1751–1805
        1. 1. Frederick (William III Hohenzollern, King of Prussia,) Lutheran 1770–1840 m. Louise (Augusta Wilhelmina Amalia Mecklenburg Strelitz, Queen consort of) Prussia 1776–1810 m. Auguste (von Harrach Rohrau (no) children) 1800–1873
        2. 2. Friederike (Christine Amalie Wilhelmine) Hohenzollern 1772–1773
        3. 3. Friedrich (Ludwig Carl von Hohenzollern of) Prussia 1773–1796 m. Frederica (von) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841
        4. 4. Friederike (Luise Wilhelmina Hohenzollern van Pruisen,) Nassau-Dietz 1774–1837
        5. 5. Augusta (Christine Friederike Hohenzollern) Prussia 1780–1841 m. Wilhelm (II von) Hessen 1777–1847
        6. 6. Henry (Charles Hohenzollern, Brandenburg) Preussen 1781–1846
        7. 7. Fredrik (William Karl Hohenzollern, Prince of Prussia,) Lutheran 1783–1851 m. Mariana (von Hessen-Homburg,) Prinzessin 1785–1846
      2. 2. George (Carl Emil Hohenzollern, Prinz von) Preußen 1758–1759
      3. 3. Frederika (Wilhelmina Sophia Wilhelmina Hohenzollern Dynasty, von Preußen Prinses van) Oranje-Nassau 1751–1820 m. William (V Staathalter von Holland, Prince of) Orange 1748–1806
      4. 4. Augustus (Wilhelm) Hohenzollern 1749–1786 m. Friederike (av Hessen) Ludwigsdotter 1751–1805
    3. 3. Luise (Hohenzollern von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1738–1820 m. August (Ferdinand von) Preussen 1730–1813
      1. 1. Friedrich (Ludwig Hohenzollern, Prince of) Prussia 1772–1806
    4. 4. Heinrich (Ludwig of) Prüsse 1725–1802 m. Wilhelmine (Charlotte) Prüsse 1853– m. Princess (Wilhelmina of) Hesse-Kassel 1725–1808
      1. 1. Dorothee (Charlotte Amalie) Prüsse 1845–
    5. 5. Philippa (Charlotte van Hohenzollern, Prinses van) Pruisen 1716–1801 m. Charles (I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, ruling as Prince of Wolfenbüttel, founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher) education 1713–1780
      1. 1. Karl (Charles II Wilhelm II von Braunschweig -Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel Welf Duke of, GeneralfeldMarschal of the Prussian Kingdom, Seven Years War-3rd Silesian) War 1735–1806 m. Augusta (Charlotte Hanover Duchess of) Brunswick 1737–1813
      2. 2. Friedrich (Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels, Welf (Brunswick-Bevern), Prince of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels 1740–1805
      3. 3. Maximilian (Julius Leopold Welf (Brunswick-Bevern), Prince of) Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1752–1785
  3. 3. Georg (Ludwig von Platen Hallermund) Imperial 1703–1772 m. Friederike (Louise Freiin Von) Münster 1757–1841
  4. 4. Amalie (Ernestine Hallermund Imperial Countess of) Platen 1700–1761
  5. 5. Margaretha (van) Hannover 1698–1726
  6. 6. Anna (Luise Sophie of) Hanover 1692–1773
  7. 7. Melusina (Petronilla von Schulenburg, Countess of) Walsingham 1693–1778
  8. 8. Melusina (von) derSchulenberg 1682–1725

King Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1660
28 Mar 1660
Birth of King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland in Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
1727
11 Oct 1727
Age 67
Death of King George I Hanover (1st German monarch) of Great Britain & Ireland in Osnabruck, Osnabrücker Stadtkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Osnabruck, Osnabrücker Stadtkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Mar 1660
    Event Place: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 1025
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1727
    Event Place: Osnabruck, Osnabrücker Stadtkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 1025
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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