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1 giorno fa · After the death of Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1705, King George I inherited the state of Lüneburg, being both the benefactor of Georges William's 1658 renunciation in favour of his younger brother Ernest Augustus and the husband of the Duke's morganatic daughter, Sophie Dorothea, later known as the "Princess of Ahlden".
5 giorni fa · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
4 giorni fa · This is a list of the various different nobles and magnates including both lords spiritual and lords secular. It also includes nobles who were vassals of the king but were not based in England (Welsh, Irish, French). Additionally nobles of lesser rank who appear to have been prominent in England at the time.
1 giorno fa · George fell in love with one of his mother’s ladies-in-waiting Melusine von der Schulenburg, and Sophia Dorothea fell in love with her childhood friend Philip Christoph von Königsmarck. In 1694, Sophia Dorothea’s affair was revealed to her father-in-law and uncle Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
They were all kings, obviously, but there is another thing, paradoxically: before reaching the crown, they were what is called antikings. That term is not official, meaning it does not designate a formal position but rather a figure that arises against the reigning sovereign by acclamation of their supporters and ends up usurping the throne.
5 giorni fa · With the demise of Elizabeth's great-niece, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, the last Stuart monarch in 1714, Elizabeth's grandson by her daughter Sophia of Hanover succeeded to the British throne as George I, initiating the rule of the House of Hanover.
3 giorni fa · Name this German kingdom whose entire roster of kings included only five men, three of whom were named George (III, IV, and V). George Louis (Georg Ludwig) of the House of Hanover, ruled the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698 to 1727.
