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Hace 2 días · Signature. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
Hace 2 días · Price: £25.00. A detailed biography of George II in English has been needed for some time. His is one of the longer reigns of an early modern British monarch (1727–60), encompassing both the final military defeat of the Stuart cause in 1745, and the high point of the first British Empire.
Hace 1 día · He was a monarch of the House of Hanover, who, unlike his two predecessors, was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King George II, as the first son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
22 de may. de 2024 · German scholars have also brought George more clearly into view, exploring his role as elector of Hanover as well as king of Great Britain and Ireland. Perhaps the most notable contribution has been by Uriel Dann, in his Hannover und England 1740-60 (1986), which was translated into English in 1991.
Hace 1 día · Charles I's son, Charles II, was proclaimed King of Great Britain in Scotland, but he was forced to flee abroad after he invaded England and was defeated at the Battle of Worcester. In 1653, Oliver Cromwell , the most prominent military and political leader in the nation, seized power and declared himself Lord Protector (effectively becoming a military dictator, but refusing the title of king).
Hace 1 día · Early Life and Education. Born in 1738 in London, George William Frederick, later King George III, was the grandson of George II. His upbringing was marked by a rigorous educational regime under the supervision of his mother, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and his tutor, the Earl of Bute.
Hace 2 días · About the middle of the sixteenth century, the family of Basset became divided into two branches; the Devonshire branch descended from John, elder son of Sir John Basset, by Honora Grenville, which branch became extinct, in the male line, by the death of Francis Basset, Esq., about the year 1796; and the Cornish branch descended from George, younger son of Sir John and Honora above-mentioned.
