House of Hanover

E12609

dynasty royal house

The House of Hanover was a German royal dynasty that ruled Great Britain and later the United Kingdom from the early 18th to the early 19th century, overseeing major developments such as the expansion of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
House of Hanover canonical	217
Hanoverian dynasty	15
Hanoverian monarchy	4
Hanoverian royal family	3
Hanoverian succession	3
British royal House of Hanover	2
Kings of Hanover	2
British Hanoverian monarchs	1
Hanover (House of Hanover, British royal house)	1
Hanover (likely referencing the House of Hanover)	1
Hanoverian court	1
Hanoverian kings	1
Hanoverian line of the House of Welf	1
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1
House of Hanover monarchs	1
House of Hanover political faction	1
associated with House of Hanover	1
monarchy of Hanover	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
coatOfArms	Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 ⓘ Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816) ⓘ surface form: Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1801–1837
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasticConnection	House of Welf ⓘ
endTimeOfRuleInHanover	1866 ⓘ
endTimeOfRuleInUnitedKingdom	1901 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Germans ⓘ
followedBy	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ House of Windsor ⓘ
hasDemonym	Hanoverian ⓘ
hasMainTerritory	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
hasMonarch	Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Ernest Augustus I of Hanover George I of Great Britain ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: George I of Hanover George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ George V of Hanover ⓘ Queen Victoria ⓘ surface form: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom William IV ⓘ surface form: William IV of the United Kingdom
inception	1692 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasisForBritishSuccession	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
namedAfter	Hanover ⓘ surface form: City of Hanover
notableEventDuringRule	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence Congress of Vienna ⓘ Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ expansion of the British Empire ⓘ
notableMember	Electress of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Sophia of Hanover
partOf	German princely houses ⓘ
reasonForEndOfBritishLine	succession of Edward VII from House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
reasonForEndOfHanoverianRuleInHanover	annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866 ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
ruled	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Great Britain ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Hanover United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
startTimeOfRuleInGreatBritain	1714 ⓘ
startTimeOfRuleInHanover	1692 ⓘ

Referenced by (257)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George I of Great Britain → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

George I of Great Britain → dynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian dynasty

George II of Great Britain → memberOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

George II of Great Britain → dynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian dynasty

Hanoverian royal vault → usedBy → House of Hanover ⓘ

Hanoverian royal vault → associatedDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

Sophia of the Palatinate → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

Sophia of the Palatinate → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

George III of the United Kingdom → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

Spencer-Churchill family → historicallyAssociatedWith → House of Hanover ⓘ

House of Stuart → followedBy → House of Hanover ⓘ

Sophia Dorothea of Celle → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Kingdom of Scotland → hasRoyalHouse → House of Hanover ⓘ

Act of Settlement 1701 → relatedTo → House of Hanover ⓘ

King of Ireland → associatedDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

Chapel Royal → associatedWith → House of Hanover ⓘ

Leineschloss → associatedWith → House of Hanover ⓘ

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → memberOfDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian line of the House of Welf

Jacobite rising of 1715 → hasTopic → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian succession

Herrenhausen Palace → usedBy → House of Hanover ⓘ

Herrenhausen Palace → associatedWith → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kings of Hanover

Kingdom of Ireland → rulingDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron → supported → House of Hanover ⓘ

Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

Duke of Cumberland → memberOfDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

subject surface form: Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Stuart → successorDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

Queen Victoria → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

Hanover → ancestralSeatOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: British royal House of Hanover

Stewart family → succeededByDynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

House of Teck → dynasticConnection → House of Hanover ⓘ

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

George Frideric Handel → employer → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian court

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha → memberOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

Princess Amelia of Great Britain → royalHouse → House of Hanover ⓘ

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → memberOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

Princess Caroline of Great Britain → royalHouse → House of Hanover ⓘ

Princess Caroline of Great Britain → dynasty → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian dynasty

Princess Mary of Great Britain → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

Louise of Great Britain → memberOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

Sophia → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

Elizabeth Stuart → notableDescendant → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Hanoverian monarchs

Electress of Hanover → memberOf → House of Hanover ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Charlotte, Princess Royal → nobleFamily → House of Hanover ⓘ

Charlotte, Princess Royal → house → House of Hanover ⓘ

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) → associatedWith → House of Hanover ⓘ

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) → designReflects → House of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanoverian dynasty