1. GEORGE I
He was King of Great Britain and
Ireland from 1714 until his death.
(Hanover)
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3. George was born in Germany.
He was the eldest son of the Duke of
Brunswick-Lüneburg.
In 1682, George married his cousin Sophia
and they had two children.
A decade later, he divorced her for alleged
infidelity and imprisoned her in a castle until
her death in 1726.
4. At the age of 54, after the death of Queen
Anne of Great Britain, George ascended the
Brithish throne as the first monarch of the
House of Hanover. (He was Anne’s closest
living Protestan relative)
5. During George’s reign, the powers of
monarchy diminished and Britain began a
transition to the modern system of cabinet
giverment led by a prime minister.
6. During George’s reign, the powers of
monarchy diminished and Britain began a
transition to the modern system of cabinet
giverment led by a prime minister.
