House of Stuart

George I of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 · 1660–1727

Crowns held

• King of Ireland 1714–1727
• Monarch of Great Britain 1714–1727

Marriages and partners

• Sophia Dorothea of Celle wife of George I of Great Britain (1666-1726) 1682–1694
• Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal British duchess
• Sophia Caroline Eva Antoinette von Offeln (1669-1726)
• Anna Leman alleged royal mistress

Parents

• Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg German prince (1629-1698) 1629–1698
• Sophia of Hanover Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701 1630–1714

Siblings

• Sophia Charlotte of Hanover Prussian royal consort 1668–1705
• Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1674-1728) 1674–1728
• Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg German Field Marshal (1666-1726) 1666–1726
• Ernst August von Platen-Hallermund (1674-1726) 1674–1726
• Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington German-born British courtier and half-sister of George I of Great Britain (1675-1725) 1675–1725
• Friedrich August Hanover, Prince of Hanover (1661-1690) 1661–1690

Children

• George II of Great Britain King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760) 1683–1760
• Sophia Dorothea of Hanover Prussian royal consort of Frederick William I 1687–1757
• Luise Sophia von der Schulenburg, Countess of Dölitz (1692-1773) 1692–1773
• Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham British countess (1693–1778) 1693–1778
• Margarethe Gertrud von Oeynhausen (1701-1726) 1701–1726

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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