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.

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → notableRuler → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

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

Knight of the Bath → orderFoundedBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

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

House of Welf → producedMonarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: George I

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

this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain

Kensington Palace, London → residenceOf → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Kensington Palace

Battle of Preston (1715) → rulingMonarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → servedUnder → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton → servedUnder → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin → servedUnderMonarch → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: King George I

Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → sibling → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → sibling → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → sibling → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

Quadruple Alliance → signatory → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)

this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain

Jacobite risings → significantFigure → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

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

Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) → successor → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain

Anne, Queen of Great Britain → successor → George I of Great Britain ⓘ

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

Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 → usedBy → George I of Great Britain ⓘ