House of Hanover

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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.

Aliases (9)

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 Arms of the United Kingdom used 1801–1837 →
continent	Europe →
countryOfOrigin	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	Electorate of Hanover → Kingdom of Hanover →
hasMonarch	Ernest Augustus I of Hanover → George I of Great Britain → 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 → Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom → William IV of the United Kingdom →
inception	1692 →
languageUsed	English → German →
legalBasisForBritishSuccession	Act of Settlement 1701 →
namedAfter	City of Hanover →
notableEventDuringRule	Acts of Union 1707 → American War of Independence → Congress of Vienna → Industrial Revolution in Britain → Napoleonic Wars → Seven Years' War → Victorian era → expansion of the British Empire →
notableMember	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	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Great Britain → Kingdom of Hanover → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
startTimeOfRuleInGreatBritain	1714 →
startTimeOfRuleInHanover	1692 →

Referenced by (95)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Charlotte, Princess Royal → Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → George I of Great Britain → George V of Hanover → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge → Princess Mary of Great Britain → Queen Victoria → Sophia Dorothea of Hanover → Sophia of the Palatinate → William IV →	house
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex → Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover → George II of Great Britain → George V of Hanover → George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Louise of Great Britain → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha → Sophia of the Palatinate →	memberOf
Charlotte, Princess Royal → Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanoverian line of the House of Welf") → George III of the United Kingdom → George IV of the United Kingdom → Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → Sophia Dorothea of Celle ("House of Brunswick-Lüneburg") → Sophia Dorothea of Hanover → Sophia of the Palatinate → Sophia of the Palatinate →	nobleFamily
Chapel Royal → Coronation of George IV → Herrenhausen Palace ("Kings of Hanover") → James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ("Hanoverian succession") → Leineschloss → Queen’s Apartments → Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) →	associatedWith
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover → Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh → Prince Alfred of Great Britain → Prince Octavius of Great Britain → Princess Amelia of Great Britain → Princess Caroline of Great Britain →	royalHouse
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover → Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover ("Hanoverian monarchy") → Baron of Renfrew → Hanoverian royal vault → Herrenhausen Palace → Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 →	usedBy
George I of Great Britain ("Hanoverian dynasty") → George II of Great Britain ("Hanoverian dynasty") → King of Scots → Princess Caroline of Great Britain ("Hanoverian dynasty") →	dynasty
Coronation of George II → Coronation of William IV → Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 →	associatedWithDynasty
House of Welf → Welf → Welf ("British royal House of Hanover") →	hasCadetBranch
Hanover → Hanover ("British royal House of Hanover") →	ancestralSeatOf
Hanoverian royal vault → King of Ireland →	associatedDynasty
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland →	memberOfDynasty
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn → Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom →	memberOfRoyalHouse
Anne of Great Britain → Stuart →	successorDynasty
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll →	allegiance
Royal Archives →	archivesFrom
Coronation of George III →	crownedMonarchHouse
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) ("Hanoverian dynasty") →	designReflects
House of Teck →	dynasticConnection
Coronation of George I →	dynastyInaugurated
George Frideric Handel ("Hanoverian court") →	employer
House of Stuart →	followedBy
House of Welf →	hasBranch
Coronation of George I →	hasParticipant
the Fifteen →	hasRelatedDynasty
Kingdom of Scotland →	hasRoyalHouse
Jacobite rising of 1715 ("Hanoverian succession") →	hasTopic
Spencer-Churchill family →	historicallyAssociatedWith
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanoverian dynasty") →	inauguratedDynasty
Elizabeth Stuart ("British Hanoverian monarchs") →	notableDescendant
Jacobite risings →	opponent
Jacobite rising of 1745 →	opposedDynasty
Act of Settlement 1701 →	relatedTo
Kingdom of Ireland →	rulingDynasty
House of Brunswick-Bevern →	sharesOriginWith
Stewart family →	succeededByDynasty
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron →	supported
English Whigs →	supportedDynasty
Duchess of Albany →	usedByDynasty