Personal union of Great Britain and Hanover
Great Britain-Hanover | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1714–1837 | |||||||||||||
 Map of Great Britain (dark green), Ireland and Hanover (light green) in 1789 | |||||||||||||
| Status | Personal union | ||||||||||||
| Capital | London and Hanover | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 1714–1727 | George I | ||||||||||||
• 1727–1760 | George II | ||||||||||||
• 1760–1820 | George III | ||||||||||||
• 1820–1830 | George IV | ||||||||||||
• 1830–1837 | William IV | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Modern period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1714 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1837 | ||||||||||||
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The personal union between Great Britain and Hanover existed from 1714 to 1837. During this time, the
English Parliament created the basis for the Protestant succession of the House of Hanover to the throne in the Kingdom of England, later the Kingdom of Great Britain. Different succession rules led to the dissolution of the personal union
.
After the death of
Georg August still traveled to the Electorate. The personal union only ended in 1837 with the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne, since in the Kingdom of Hanover, the successor state to the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, only male descendants could inherit the throne according to the Salian law of succession. Therefore, control in Hanover passed to Victoria's uncle, Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland.[1]
Monarchs
The succession to the throne of the personal union:
- George I (from August 1, 1714)
- George II (from October 11th, 1727)
- George III (from October 25, 1760)
- George IV (from January 29, 1820)
- William IV (from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837)
See also
References
- ^ Drögereit, Richard (1949). Quellen zur Geschichte Kurhannovers im Zeitalter der Personalunion mit England, 1714-1803 (in German). A. Lax.
Literature
- ISBN 978-3-8353-1584-6
- Heide Barmeyer (publ.): Hannover und die englische Thronfolge (=Hannoversche Schriften zur Regional- und Lokalgeschichte Band 19). Bielefeld 2005.
- ISBN 3-8258-7551-2
- Torsten Riotte, B. Simms (publ.): The Hanoverian Dimension in British History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-84222-8
- Georg Schnath: Geschichte Hannovers im Zeitalter der neunten Kur und der englischen Sukzession 1674–1714. 4 Bände. Lax, Hildesheim/Leipzig 1938–1982.