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HANOVER George II (Augustus) of England
1683 - 1760

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• Birth	30 Oct 1683	Herrenhausen, Palace, Hannover, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Oct 1760	Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
  Buried	11 Nov 1760	Westminster, London, England, Great Britain
  Notes	George II succeeded to the British throne and the electorate of Hanover on the death of his father, George I, in 1727. Born on Nov. 10, 1683, in Hanover, he remained largely Hanoverian in his interests, although,unlike his father, he learned fluent English. He visited the electorate regularly during most of his reign and sometimes utilized his position asking of England to the advantage of his German territory. Although George has been represented as a king manipulated by his own ministers--notably Sir Robert Walpole and the duke of Newcastle--and byhis highly intelligent wife, Queen Caroline (1683-1737), he was by no means a weak monarch. He played a larger part in the direction of foreign and military policy than most contemporaries suspected, and at Dettingen (1743), in the War of the Austrian Succession, was the last British monarch to appear in person on the battlefield. His reign witnessed the final collapse of the Jacobites after their uprising of 1745 and closed with Britain's brilliant successes in the Seven Years' War (1756-63) under the leadership of William Pitt the Elder. George had long detested Pitt, but he eventually came to recognize his merits. George's son, Frederick, predeceased him, so when George II died on Oct.25, 1760, he was succeeded by Frederick's son, George III. Although he was vulnerable to management by others, George II was undoubtedly aknowledgeable and skillful politician, within the narrow framework of Hanoverian interests in which he worked. Died of aneurysm
  Person ID	I438	Royal Family of Europe
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	HANOVER George I, of England,   b. 28 May 1660, Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany ,   d. 11 Jun 1727, Osnabruck
  Mother	BRUNSWICK Sophia Dorothea, of England,   b. 10 Sep 1666, Celle, Hannover, Prussia ,   d. 13 Nov 1726, Schloss Ahlden, Hannover, Prussia
  Married	21 Nov (div) 1682	, Celle, Hannover, Prussia
  Divorced	1694
  Family ID	F204	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	HOBART Henrietta,   b. 11 May 1689, Of, , Middlesex, England ,   d. 26 Jul 1767, Marble Hill Twickenham, Richmond, Surrey, England
  Married	Not Md
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	HOWARD Mary,   b. 1700, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. 12 Nov 1744, London, Middlesex, England
  Married	Not Md
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	WENDT Amalie Sophie Marianne Von,   b. 1 Apr 1704, , Hannover, Hannover, Prussia ,   d. 19 Oct 1765, , Hannover, Hannover, Prussia
  Married	Not Md
  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	ENGLAND Karoline (Wilhelmina) Queen Of,   b. 1 Mar 1683, Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria ,   d. 20 Nov 1737, St. James' Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Married	22 Aug 1705	Herrenhausen
  Children	> 1. HANOVER Frederick Louis, Of Wales,   b. 31 Jan 1707, , Hanover, Germany ,   d. 31 Mar 1751, Leicester-House, London, England, England   2. HANOVER Anne, Queen Of Orange,   b. 2 Nov 1709, Herrenhausen, Hanover ,   d. 12 Jan 1759, The Hague, Holland   3. HANOVER Amelia Sophia Eleanor,   b. 10 Jul 1711, Herrenhausen ,   d. 31 Oct 1786, Cavendish Square, London, England, England   4. HANOVER Caroline Elizabeth,   b. 21 Jun 1713, Herrenhausen ,   d. 28 Dec 1757, London, England, Great Britain   5. ENGLAND Son Prince Of,   b. 20 Nov 1716, London, , England, Great Britain ,   d. 20 Nov 1716, London, , England, Great Britain   6. HANOVER George William,   b. 13 Nov 1717, St. James' Palac ,   d. 17 Feb 1718, Kensington Palac   7. HANOVER William Augustus Of Cumberland,   b. 15 Apr 1721, Leicester House ,   d. 31 Oct 1765, London > 8. HANOVER Mary,   b. 5 Mar 1723, Leicester House, England ,   d. 14 Jan 1772, Hanau > 9. HANOVER Louisa Princess Queen Of Denmark,   b. 7 Dec 1724, Leicester House, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 19 Dec 1751, Christiansborg, , Denmark
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 5	OF BRANDENBURG Caroline,   b. 1683, , , Germany ,   d. 20 Nov 1737
  Married	22 Aug 1705	Herrenhausen
  Children	> 1. HANOVER Frederick Louis, Of Wales,   b. 31 Jan 1707, , Hanover, Germany ,   d. 31 Mar 1751, Leicester-House, London, England, England   2. HANOVER Anne, Queen Of Orange,   b. 2 Nov 1709, Herrenhausen, Hanover ,   d. 12 Jan 1759, The Hague, Holland   3. HANOVER Amelia Sophia Eleanor,   b. 10 Jul 1711, Herrenhausen ,   d. 31 Oct 1786, Cavendish Square, London, England, England   4. HANOVER Caroline Elizabeth,   b. 21 Jun 1713, Herrenhausen ,   d. 28 Dec 1757, London, England, Great Britain   5. ENGLAND Son Prince Of,   b. 20 Nov 1716, London, , England, Great Britain ,   d. 20 Nov 1716, London, , England, Great Britain   6. George William,   b. 2 Nov 1717, St. James' Palac ,   d. 6 Feb 1718, Kensington Palac   7. HANOVER George William,   b. 13 Nov 1717, St. James' Palac ,   d. 17 Feb 1718, Kensington Palac   8. HANOVER William Augustus Of Cumberland,   b. 15 Apr 1721, Leicester House ,   d. 31 Oct 1765, London   9. Willian Augustus,   b. 15 Apr 1721, Leicester House ,   d. 31 Oct 1765, London > 10. HANOVER Mary,   b. 5 Mar 1723, Leicester House, England ,   d. 14 Jan 1772, Hanau   11. Louisa,   b. 7 Dec 1724, Leicester House, London ,   d. 8 Dec 1751, Christiansborg > 12. HANOVER Louisa Princess Queen Of Denmark,   b. 7 Dec 1724, Leicester House, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 19 Dec 1751, Christiansborg, , Denmark
  Family ID	F1789	Group Sheet