George I (May 28, 1660 – June 11, 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1, 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from January 23, 1698 until his death in 1727.
George was born on May 28, 1660 in the city of Hanover in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the eldest son of Ernst August, Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his wife, Sophia of the Palatinate, daughter of Friedrich V, Elector of the Palatinate of the Rhine, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, and Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I-VI of England, Scotland and Ireland and Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway.
George inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. A succession of European wars expanded his German domains during his…
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