George I of Great Britain

Crowns held

• Monarch of Great Britain1714–1727
• King of Ireland1714–1727

Marriages

• Sophia Dorothea of CelleWife1682–1694

Other partners

Relationships recorded without a marriage.

• Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of KendalBritish duchess1667–1743
• Sophia Caroline Eva Antoinette von Offeln1669–1726
• Anna LemanAlleged royal mistress1700–1743

Parents

• Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-LüneburgGerman prince1629–1698
• Sophia of HanoverPrincess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 17011630–1714

Siblings

• Friedrich August Hanover, Prince of Hanover1661–1690
• Maximilian William of Brunswick-LüneburgGerman Field Marshal1666–1726
• Sophia Charlotte of HanoverPrussian royal consort1668–1705
• Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and AlbanyPrince-Bishop of Osnabrück1674–1728
• Ernst August von Platen-Hallermund Half1674–1726
• Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington HalfGerman-born British courtier and half-sister1675–1725

Children

• George II of Great BritainKing of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 17601683–1760
• Sophia Dorothea of HanoverPrussian royal consort of Frederick William I1687–1757
• Luise Sophia von der Schulenburg, Countess of Dölitz1692–1773
• Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of WalsinghamBritish countess1693–1778
• Margarethe Gertrud von Oeynhausen1701–1726

Succession questions

• Why did George I of Great Britain succeed Anne of Great Britain?
  Inheritance by statute (Act of Settlement 1701), passing over more than fifty closer Catholic relatives

Family connections

• How were Anne of Great Britain and George I of Great Britain related?
  Second cousins

About

George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.

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