House of Hanover

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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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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

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King of Scots dynasty House of Hanover
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover memberOf House of Hanover
Prince Alfred of Great Britain royalHouse House of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover nobleFamily House of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover house House of Hanover
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge royalHouse House of Hanover
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge house House of Hanover
William IV house House of Hanover
English Whigs supportedDynasty House of Hanover
Jacobite risings opponent House of Hanover
Coronation of George IV associatedWith House of Hanover
Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) successorDynasty House of Hanover
subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain
Coronation of George I dynastyInaugurated House of Hanover
Coronation of George I hasParticipant House of Hanover
the Fifteen hasRelatedDynasty House of Hanover
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg inauguratedDynasty House of Hanover
this entity surface form: Hanoverian dynasty
Jacobite rising of 1745 opposedDynasty House of Hanover
Welf hasCadetBranch House of Hanover
Welf hasCadetBranch House of Hanover
this entity surface form: British royal House of Hanover
Queen’s Apartments associatedWith House of Hanover
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope associatedWith House of Hanover
this entity surface form: Hanoverian succession
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover usedBy House of Hanover
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover usedBy House of Hanover
this entity surface form: Hanoverian monarchy
Duchess of Albany usedByDynasty House of Hanover
House of Welf hasBranch House of Hanover
House of Welf hasCadetBranch House of Hanover
George V of Hanover memberOf House of Hanover
George V of Hanover house House of Hanover
Royal Archives archivesFrom House of Hanover
Baron of Renfrew usedBy House of Hanover
Battle of Culloden associatedWith House of Hanover
Princess Charlotte of Wales nobleFamily House of Hanover
Princess Charlotte of Wales house House of Hanover