George I of Great Britain

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Elector of Hanover House of Hanover monarch King of Great Britain King of Ireland monarch

George I of Great Britain was the early 18th-century Hanoverian ruler who became the first king of a newly unified Great Britain, inaugurating the Georgian era and the modern system of parliamentary monarchy.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
King George I	7
King George I of Great Britain	5
George I	3
George I of Hanover	1
George Louis	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Elector of Hanover ⓘ House of Hanover monarch ⓘ King of Great Britain ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ monarch ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ surface form: Act of Settlement 1701 succession Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ
birthDate	1660-05-28 ⓘ
birthName	Sophia Dorothea of Celle ⓘ surface form: Georg Ludwig
birthPlace	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Hanover ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace	Hanover ⓘ Hanoverian royal vault ⓘ Leineschloss ⓘ
child	George II of Great Britain ⓘ Sophia Dorothea of Celle ⓘ surface form: Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia
coronationDate	1714-10-20 ⓘ
countryRuled	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1727-06-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Osnabrück ⓘ
dynasty	House of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Hanoverian dynasty
era	Georgian era ⓘ
father	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
fullName	George I of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Louis
house	House of Hanover ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ German ⓘ
marriageEnd	1694 ⓘ
marriageStart	1682 ⓘ
monarchNumber	first British monarch of the House of Hanover ⓘ
mother	Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ
notableFor	being the first king of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ strengthening the system of parliamentary monarchy in Britain ⓘ
predecessor	Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
regnalName	George I of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George I
reignEnd	1727-06-11 ⓘ
reignStart	1714-08-01 ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Hanoverian royal vault ⓘ surface form: Herrenhausen Palace Kensington Palace, London ⓘ surface form: Kensington Palace St James's Palace, London ⓘ surface form: St James's Palace
spouse	Sophia Dorothea of Celle ⓘ
style	His Majesty ⓘ
successor	George II of Great Britain ⓘ
title	Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ King of Great Britain ⓘ British monarch ⓘ surface form: King of Ireland

Referenced by (72)

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

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → alsoKnownAs → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Electress of Hanover → ancestorOf → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Battle of Sheriffmuir → associatedWith → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Philip Christoph von Königsmarck → associatedWith → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia Dorothea of Celle → associatedWith → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → child → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia of the Palatinate → child → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia → child → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Electress of Hanover → child → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Ahlden Castle → connectedTo → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Coronation of George I → coronatedPerson → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Duke of Portland → createdBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain

George II of Great Britain → father → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover → father → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Order of the Bath → foundedBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge → foundedBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

George I of Great Britain → fullName → George I of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Louis

Princess Caroline of Great Britain → grandfather → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Princess Mary of Great Britain → grandfather → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Coronation of George I → hasMonarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: George I of Hanover

Hanoverian royal vault → hasNotablePersonBuried → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

the Fifteen → hasOpposingCommander → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain

Jacobite rising of 1715 → hasParticipant → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Province of New Hampshire → headOfState → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

Duke of Lancaster → heldBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: George I

South Sea Bubble → involvedPerson → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

King of Ireland → monarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Kingdom of Great Britain → monarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Kingdom of Ireland → monarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Province of North Carolina → monarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → monarchDuringExistence → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: George I

Princess Amelia of Great Britain → monarchDuringLifetime → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Princess Caroline of Great Britain → monarchDuringLifetime → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Province of South Carolina → monarchDuringRoyalColony → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Robert Walpole → monarchDuringTerm → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Admiral Edward Russell → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

John Erskine, Earl of Mar → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

William Cadogan → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire → monarchServed → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Georgian architecture → namedAfter → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Georgian era → namedAfter → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Elizabeth Stuart → notableDescendant → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → notableHolder → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Welf → notableMember → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse → notableRelative → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia → notableRelative → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate