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George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760.
- 11/22 June 1727 – 25 October 1760
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle
6 de mar. de 2024 · He was little more than an observer of the events of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) against France, for it was Pitt who devised the brilliant strategy that eventually brought about a British victory. George died suddenly and was succeeded by his grandson (son of Frederick Louis) King George III.
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8 de dic. de 2021 · It is commonly accepted that King George II died of an acute aortic dissection. The origin of this association derives from retelling of the official autopsy performed by Dr. Frank Nicholls. While there is no doubt that King George II did have a Stanford Type A dissection, critical descriptions in the report point to a more likely ...
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- Aorta (Stamford). 2021 Oct; 9(5): 196-198.
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10 de mar. de 2020 · The death of King George II In November 1760, the King of Great Britain rose early as was his custom and drank his habitual cup of chocolate. He then went to use his commode on wheels, and minutes later was discovered slumped on the floor, dead.
30 de ene. de 2023 · George II, at the age of 60, was the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 in Germany, against the French. Like his father, for much of his reign George's political options were limited by the strength of the Jacobite cause with which many of the Tories supported, overtly or secretly (James Stuart the Old Pretender, and then his son, Charles ...
20 de ene. de 2023 · As George II's eldest son Frederick had died in 1751 after being hit in the chest by a cricket ball (or a tennis ball or struck down by just plain pneumonia), the crown passed to Frederick's eldest son George William Frederick (b. 1738) who became George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
George lost interest in politics, and Pitt’s strategy brought about a British victory in the Seven Years’ War. War of the Austrian Succession Summary War of the Austrian Succession, (1740–48), a conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740.
