Kingdom of Hanover

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former kingdom monarchy

The Kingdom of Hanover was a 19th-century German monarchy in northwestern Europe that emerged from the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg and played a significant role in German and British dynastic politics before its annexation by Prussia in 1866.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Königliche Regierung von Hannover 1
Königreich Hannover 1
monarchy of Hanover 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former kingdom ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
annexedBy Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature white horse of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Hanoverian thaler NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1866 ⓘ
dynasty House of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevatedFrom Electorate to Kingdom ⓘ
established 1814 ⓘ
establishedBy Congress of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstMonarch George III of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastReigningMonarch George V of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Europe ⓘ
lostIndependenceIn 1866 ⓘ
lostWarTo Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCity Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hildesheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osnabrück NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn Austro-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars (aftermath settlement) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Customs Union (Zollverein, later period) NERFINISHED ⓘ
personalUnionEnd 1837 ⓘ
personalUnionEndedBecause accession of Queen Victoria in Britain ⓘ
personalUnionStart 1814 ⓘ
personalUnionWith Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
playedRoleIn British dynastic politics ⓘ
German dynastic politics ⓘ
predecessor Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Lower Saxony area NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
rulingHouse House of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
successionLaw Salic law NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Province of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
unionWith United Kingdom (personal union) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Duke of Bremen-Verden → abolishedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Peace of Prague → affectedEntity → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Prague (1866)
Hanoverian government → appliesToJurisdiction → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Viceroy of Hanover → appliesToJurisdiction → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz → associatedWith → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
German War → belligerent → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg → borderedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Calenberg → coreTerritoryOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
George → country → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: George V of Hanover
Hanoverian government → country → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
royal crown of Hanover → country → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Crown of Hanover
Viceroy of Hanover → country → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Adolf Hurwitz → countryOfBirth → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Wilhelm Busch → countryOfBirth → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
August Kestner → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Heinrich Ewald → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Princess Frederica of Hanover → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Theodore Thomas → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen → countryOfPublication → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Major Georg Baring → countryOfService → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: Georg Baring
George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus → countryRuled → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: George V of Hanover
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz → deathPlace → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Calenberg → followedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → followedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Haus Welf → hatHerrschaftsgebiet → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
this entity surface form: Königreich Hannover
George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus → lastMonarchOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: George V of Hanover
white horse of Saxony → laterAdoptedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: White Horse of Saxony
House of Bentheim → mediatisedBy → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Calenberg → mergedInto → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → mergedInto → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
George → monarchOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
subject surface form: George V of Hanover
Bentheim → partOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Calenberg → partOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Hanoverian government → partOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Viceroy of Hanover → partOf → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
this entity surface form: monarchy of Hanover
Rudolf Eucken → placeOfBirth → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 → premiereCountry → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → ruler → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Bishopric of Osnabrück → successorState → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → successorState → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Duke of Bremen-Verden → territoryIntegratedInto → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
Hanoverian government → usedTitle → Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
this entity surface form: Königliche Regierung von Hannover