George I of Great Britain

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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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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

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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond servedUnder George I of Great Britain
Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton appointedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
George William relative George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Earl of Halifax monarchOfCreation George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: Earl of Halifax (second creation)
Companion of the Bath foundedBy George I of Great Britain
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg notableMember George I of Great Britain
Handel’s coronation anthems commissionedBy George I of Great Britain
Georgian namedAfter George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: Georgian architecture
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland monarchDuringTerm George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds monarchServed George I of Great Britain
George (given name) associatedWith George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: George
this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose monarchServed George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
Painted Hall notableFigureDepicted George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: George I
Companion of the Order of the Bath orderFoundedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
Christian Henry of Hanover sibling George I of Great Britain
Duke of Bremen-Verden notableRuler George I of Great Britain
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia namedAfter George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke monarchDuringTerm George I of Great Britain
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath orderFoundedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: George I
William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester monarchServed George I of Great Britain
Hanover County, Virginia namedAfter George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain
Anne successor George I of Great Britain
Anne Stuart successor George I of Great Britain
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath orderFoundedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
Province of Maryland laterMonarch George I of Great Britain
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford monarchServed George I of Great Britain
Viscount Cobham monarchAtCreation George I of Great Britain
Princess Palatine of the Rhine child George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth titleCreatedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth monarchServed George I of Great Britain
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure monarchOpposed George I of Great Britain
Georg Ludwig alsoKnownAs George I of Great Britain
Henry Oxburgh opponent George I of Great Britain
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury monarchServed George I of Great Britain
Thomas Tenison monarchDuringTerm George I of Great Britain
George Louis alsoKnownAs George I of Great Britain
George Louis alsoKnownAs George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I
George Louis alsoKnownAs George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: George I
George Louis monarchName George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: George I
George Byng commanded the British fleet monarchServed George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Byng
Bubble Act 1720 signedBy George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: King George I of Great Britain
John Aislabie monarchDuringTerm George I of Great Britain
James Craggs the Younger monarch George I of Great Britain
Earl of Mar associatedWithMonarch George I of Great Britain
John Campbell monarchServed George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
this entity surface form: King George I
Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg relative George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse
Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg grandchild George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse
Haus Welf hatBekanntePerson George I of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Georg I. von Großbritannien
court of Queen Anne significantPerson George I of Great Britain
John Carteret monarchServed George I of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville