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Hace 4 días · Historian Edward Gregg dismissed the rumours as ungrounded, as her father was essentially exiled from court, and the Hanoverians planned to marry George to his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle as part of a scheme to unite the Hanoverian inheritance. Other rumours claimed she was courted by Lord Mulgrave, although he denied it.
Hace 15 horas · According to the Act of Settlement passed by the Whigs, the crown was settled on the descendants of the “Princess Sophia” of Hanover, a younger daughter of a daughter of James I. There were before her James II., his son, the descendants of a daughter of Charles I., and elder children of her own mother.
Hace 5 días · The English Parliament passed the Act of Settlement 1701, which fixed the succession on Sophia of Hanover and her descendants. However, the Scottish Parliament's parallel Act of Security , merely prohibited a Roman Catholic successor, leaving open the possibility that the crowns would diverge.
Hace 1 día · The Act of Settlement restricts the succession to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), a granddaughter of James I and VI.
Hace 5 días · The Bill of Rights of 1689 and the Act of Settlement of 1701 restrict succession to legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover who are in communion with the Church of England. In 2015, the law was amended to allow spouses of Catholics to inherit the throne.
Hace 4 días · Sophia of Hanover was the daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart, the eldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland who later became King James I of England. She married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover in 1658 and the couple went on to have seven children together.
Hace 5 días · After Napoleon imposed the Convention of Artlenburg (Convention of the Elbe) on 5 July 1803, about 35,000 French soldiers occupied Hanover. The Convention also required disbanding the army of Hanover. However, George III did not recognise the Convention of the Elbe. This resulted in a great number of soldiers from Hanover eventually emigrating to Great
