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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Viscount Carteret associatedMonarch George I of Great Britain
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset monarchServed George I of Great Britain