The Royal House of Hanover – The Hanoverian Succession The Royal House of Hanover was originally a German royal dynasty. However under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement, following the death of Queen Anne on the 1st August 1714, the joint crowns of England and Scotland fell to George...
A family tree shows the monarchs of the House of Hanover.© Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.About Us Contact Us Privacy Notice Terms of Use Diversity ©2024 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. By continuing to use this site, you consent to the terms of our cookie policy, which can be ...
Noun1.House of Hanover- the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria) Hanoverian line,Hanover dynasty- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family royal family,royal house,royal line,royalty- royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by...
Royal House of Wessex Family Tree from King Alfred the Great (871 - 899) to King Harold (1066).
rival faction within the family (e.g. Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (e.g. Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians...
House of Tudor Family Tree from King Henry VII (1485 - 1509) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603).
House of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901–10), George V (1910–36), Edward VIII (193
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. However the custom of royals and nobles stipulated that a wife can never gain the membership of her husband’s house, but must remain a member of her own. In this case theRoyal House of Hanover, so the throne remained in that house until the death of Queen ...
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Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (German: Sophia Dorothea Marie von Preußen) (25 January 1719 – 13 November 1765) was the ninth child and fifth daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. By marriage, she was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt. ...