King George I (of
England) was born on 28 May 1660
in Leineschloss, , Hanover, Germany.
2 He was the son of
Prince Ernst Augustus I (of Brunswick) and
Sophia (____?____).
1 King George I (of England) and
Anna Margaretta Brett had a relationship.
2 King George I (of England) and
Katharine Marie Von Meysenbug had a relationship.
2 King George I (of England) and
Ermengarde Melusina Baroness (of the Schulenberg) had a relationship.
2 King George I (of England) and
Sofie Caroline Baroness Offeln had a relationship.
2 King George I (of England) married
Sophia Dorothea Brunswick, daughter of
Duke Georg Wilhelm (of Brunswick Celle) and
Elbeonore Desmier D' Olbreuse, on 21 November 1682
in , Hannover, Prussia.
2,3 King George I (of England) and
Sophia Dorothea Brunswick were divorced in 1692; under Hanoverian Law.
3 King George I (of England) and
Sophia Dorothea Brunswick were divorced in 1694.
2 King George I (of England) died on 11 June 1727
in Osnabruck, , at age 67.
2 He was buried on 4 August 1727.
2 He was reburied in 1957
in Herrenhausen.
2 George I, elector of Hanover, succeeded to the British throne on the death of Queen Anne in 1714. The succession was determined by the Act of Settlement of 1701, which passed over the legitimate but Roman Catholic representatives of the Stuart line in favor of the Protestant house of Hanover, descended from the daughter of James I. George quarreled both with his wife, Sophia Dorothea (1666-1726), whom he divorced and incarcerated (from 1694 until her death) in punishment for her alleged infidelity, and with his son, Prince George, who consorted with his political opponents. The prince succeeded to the throne as George II when George I died on June 12, 1727. Died of stroke. Reigned from 1714 to 1727.
2 The marriage of King George I (of England) and
Sophia Dorothea Brunswick was annulled on 28 December 1694.
2 King George I (of England) became
King of England in 1714 replacing
Queen Anne (of England).
1 King George I (of England) was replaced as
King of England by
King George II (of England) in 1727.
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