George II of Great Britain

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British person Elector of Hanover German person King of Great Britain King of Ireland monarch

George II of Great Britain was an 18th-century British king from the House of Hanover whose reign saw significant military conflicts, the expansion of British power, and the development of the modern parliamentary system.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → Elector of Hanover → German person → King of Great Britain → King of Ireland → monarch →
birthName	Georg August →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
child	Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Frederick, Prince of Wales → Louise of Great Britain → Prince William, Duke of Cumberland → Princess Amelia of Great Britain → Princess Caroline of Great Britain → Princess Mary of Great Britain →
coronationDate	1727-10-11 →
countryOfCitizenship	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1683-11-10 →
dateOfDeath	1760-10-25 →
dynasty	Hanoverian dynasty →
father	George I of Great Britain →
fullName	George Augustus →
givenName	George →
knownFor	being the last British monarch to lead troops in battle → reign during the development of the modern British parliamentary system →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	House of Hanover →
monarchOf	Electorate of Hanover → Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Ireland →
mother	Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
notableBattle	Battle of Dettingen →
participatedIn	Jacobite rising of 1745 → Seven Years' War → War of Jenkins' Ear → War of the Austrian Succession →
placeOfBirth	Hanover →
placeOfDeath	Kensington Palace → London →
positionHeld	Elector of Hanover → King of Great Britain → King of Ireland →
predecessor	George I of Great Britain →
reignEnd	1760-10-25 →
reignStart	1727-06-11 →
religion	Protestantism →
spouse	Caroline of Ansbach →
successor	George III of the United Kingdom →

Referenced by (83)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Louise of Great Britain → Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ("King George II of Great Britain") → Princess Amelia of Great Britain ("King George II of Great Britain") → Princess Caroline of Great Britain ("King George II of Great Britain") → Princess Mary of Great Britain ("King George II of Great Britain") →	father
Henry Pelham → Pitt the Elder ("George II") → Robert Walpole → Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle → William Pitt the Elder ("George II") → William Pitt the Elder →	monarchDuringTerm
First creation of the Earl of Orford ("King George II") → King of Ireland → Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Ireland → Province of North Carolina ("King George II") →	monarch
Edward Hawke → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ("King George II") → John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun → William Cadogan ("King George II") → William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire →	monarchServed
Georgia ("King George II of Great Britain") → Georgian architecture → Georgian era → Province of Georgia ("King George II of Great Britain") → University of Göttingen →	namedAfter
George I of Great Britain → George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Sophia Dorothea of Celle →	child
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha → Sophia Dorothea of Hanover → Sophia of the Palatinate →	notableRelative
Columbia University → University of Göttingen →	founder
George III of the United Kingdom → William I, Elector of Hesse →	grandfather
Princess Amelia of Great Britain → Princess Caroline of Great Britain →	monarchDuringLifetime
Edward Hawke ("George II") → John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich ("George II") →	monarchDuringService
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany → Jacobite rising of 1745 ("King George II") →	opponent
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton →	servedUnder
Battle of Dettingen →	alliedCommander
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America →	charteredBy
Battle of Dettingen →	commander
White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England ("George II") →	commissionedBy
Zadok the Priest →	firstPerformedFor
George II of Great Britain ("George Augustus") →	fullName
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →	grandson
House of Hanover →	hasMonarch
Hanoverian royal vault →	hasNotablePersonBuried
Anglo-Prussian alliance →	hasParticipant
Province of New Hampshire ("King George II") →	headOfState
Duke of Lancaster ("George II") →	heldBy
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 →	involvesRuler
War of the Austrian Succession →	keyFigure
Coronation of George II →	monarchCrowned
Caroline of Ansbach →	monarchDuringConsort
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ("George II") →	monarchDuringExistence
William IV, Prince of Orange →	monarchDuringMarriage
Province of South Carolina →	monarchDuringRoyalColony
Battle of Fontenoy →	monarchOfOpposingSide
Battle of Dettingen →	monarchPresent
Hampton Court Palace →	monarchResident
Province of Georgia ("King George II") →	namedFor
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	notableHolder
Welf →	notableMember
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	notableRuler
George III of the United Kingdom →	predecessor
Coronation of George III ("George II") →	predecessorMonarch
House of Welf →	producedMonarch
Kensington Palace →	residenceOf
Horace Mann →	servedUnderMonarch
Westminster Convention (1756) →	signatoryRuler
Jacobite risings →	significantFigure
Renversement des alliances →	significantPerson
Caroline of Ansbach →	spouse
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	succeededBy
George I of Great Britain →	successor
Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 →	usedBy