Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain and
Hanover1, 2Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain and
Hanover1, 2
HSH Elector Ernst August Friedrich
of Hanover, Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Duke Ernst August Friedrich of Brunswick
and Lüneburg)
(Since 1661:) HSH Fürst-Bishop Ernst August Friedrich
of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since 1679:) HSH Duke Ernst August Friedrich of
Hanover, Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
* Herzberg, November 20th or 30th, 1629 or 1630
† Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, January 23rd, 1698
Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, 1661; Duke of Hanover, 1679; Elector
of Hanover, 1692
Married:
Chapel, Schloß Heidelberg, September 30th,
1658:
HSH Princess Palatine Sophia of the Rhine
* Wassenaar Court Palace, The Hague, October 13th/14th, 1630
† Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, June 8th or 14th, 1714
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Great Britain and Ireland,
March 19th n.s., 1702
Children from this marriage:
HSH Duchess Sophia Charlotte of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover,
October 8th n.s., 1684:
HM King Friedrich I of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Friedrich of Brandenburg)
(Since May 9th n.s., 1688:) HSH Elector Friedrich
III of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia
* Köningsberg (today: Kaliningrad), July 11th n.s., 1657
† Berlin, February 25th, 1713
Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, May 9th n.s.,
1688; King of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
HSH Duke Ernst August of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
HM King George
I Louis of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of Faith,
etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Duke Georg Ludwig of Brunswick and
Lüneburg)
(Since 1679:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg Ludwig of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 23rd, 1698:) HSH Elector Georg Ludwig of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Osnabrück, June 7th n.s., 1660
† (stroke) near Osnabrück, June 11th, 1727
Hereditary Prince of Hanover, 1679; Heir Pressumptive to the
Throne of Great Britain and Ireland, June 8th or 14th, 1714
Elector of Hanover, January 23rd, 1698; King of Great Britain and
Ireland, August 1st, 1714 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London,
October 20th, 1714)
Knight of the Garter, June 18th, 1701
Married:
Chapel, Schloß Celle, Celle, November
21st, 1682:
HSH Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle
(Since February 1695 styled as: Duchess von Ahlden)
* Schloß Celle, Celle, February 3rd or September 15th n.s., 1666
† Schloß Ahlden, December 13th n.s., 1726
(Divorced: December 28th, 1694)
Children from this marriage:
HSH
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
Hanover, November 17th and Berlin,
November 28th, 1706:
HM King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Hereditary Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
of Brandenburg)
(Since January 18th, 1701:) HRH Crown Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm of Prussia, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg
* Kölln an der Spree (today a part of Berlin), August
14th, 1688
† Potsdam, May 31st, 1740
Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg, August 14th, 1688;
Crown Prince of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, February 25th,
1713
HM
King George II Augustus of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, Defender of Faith, etc., Elector of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Georg August of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg)
(Since January 23rd, 1698:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg
August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since November 9th, 1706:) HSH Hereditary Prince Georg
August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of
Cambridge
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Prince George Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
(Since September 27th, 1714:) HRH Prince George Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke
of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, November 9th n.s., 1683
† Kensington Palace, London, October 25th, 1760
Hereditary Prince of Hanover, January 23rd, 1698; created Duke
and Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount
Northallerton, Baron Tewksbury, November 9th, 1706; Duke of
Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew,
Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, August 1st, 1714;
created and invested Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester: Palace of
Westminster, September 27th, 1714
King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover, June 11th,
1727 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, October 11th, 1727)
Knight of the Garter, April 4th, 1706
Married:
Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover,
September 2nd n.s., 1705:
HSH Margravine Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of
Brandenburg-Ansbach
* Ansbach, March 11th n.s., 1683
† St. James's Palace, London, November 20th, 1737
Children from this marriage:
HSH Princess Anne
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, March 25th n.s., 1734:
HH Prince Willem IV Carel Hendrik Friso of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren und
Leerdam
(Since 1748:) HH Prince Willem IV Carel Hendrik
Friso of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren,
Leerdam und Culemborg
* (posthumously) Leeuwarden, September 1st, 1711
† Paleis Huis ten Bosch near The Hague, October
22nd, 1751
Fürst of Nassau-Diez, September 1st, 1711 (renamed his
country into Nassau-Dillenburg, February 16th, 1742;
inherited the principality Nassau-Hadamar, February 18th,
1743)
Stadtholder of Friesland, September 1st, 1711 (under
regency until 1731); Stadtholder of Groningen, October
13th, 1718 (under regency until 1729); Stadtholder of
Drenthe, 1722 (under regency until 1729); Stadtholder of
Gelderland, November 2nd, 1722 (under regency until 1729);
Member of the Council of State, 1747; Stadtholder of
Zeeland, April 28th, 1747; Stadtholder of Holland, May 3rd,
1747; Stadtholder of Overijssel, May 10th, 1747; Stadtholder
of Utrecht, May 18th, 1747 (the commissions Stadtholder
of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel,
Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe were declared hereditary
in both male and female lineage, 1747)
Rector Magnificentissimus of the University of Herborn,
1727; Curator Magnificentissimus Primarius et Honorarius
of the University of Franeker, 1731
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Groningen, Drenthe and
Gelderland, September 1st, 1729; Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of Friesland, September 1st, 1731; Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and the Navy of Zeeland, April 28th, 1747;
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of Holland,
May 3rd, 1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the
Navy of the Republic of the United Netherlands, May 4th,
1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Overijssel, May
10th, 1747; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Utrecht,
May 18th, 1747 (the military commissions were declared
hereditary in both male and female lineage, 1747)
Knight of the Garter, July 22nd, 1733
HSH Princess Amelia Sophia
Eleanore of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg ("Emily")
HSH Princess Caroline Elisabeth
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
HRH Prince William Augustus
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
(by proxy) St. James's Palace,
London, May 19th n.s. and (in person) Cassel, June 28th,
1740:
HSH Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Cassel
* Cassel, August 14th, 1720
† Schloß Weissenstein, October 31st, 1785
Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, February 1st, 1760
HRH Princess Louisa of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
(by proxy) Hanover, October 27th or
30th and (in person) Altona near Hanover, December 11th,
1743:
HM King Frederik V of Denmark and Norway, the
Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Lauenburg and Oldenburg
* Royal Palace, Copenhagen, March 31st, 1723
† Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, January 14th,
1766
King of Denmark and Norway, August 6th, 1746
HRH Prince Frederick
Louis of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
(Born as: HSH Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Hanover, Duke
of Brunswick and Lüneburg)
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
(Since January 10th, 1717:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Gloucester
(Since June 11th, 1727:) HRH Prince Frederick Louis of
Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
* Hanover, February 1st n.s., 1707
† Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, March
31st n.s., 1751
Created Duke of Gloucester, January 10th, 1717; Hereditary Prince
of Hanover and Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of
Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of
Scotland, June 11th, 1727; created Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of
the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston, Baron of
Snowdon, July 26th, 1727; created Prince of Wales, Earl of
Chester, January 8th, 1729
Knight of the Garter, July 3rd, 1716
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
May 8th n.s., 1736:
HSH Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of
Saxony
* Gotha, November 30th n.s., 1719
† (cancer) Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, February 8th,
1772
Children from this marriage:
HRH Princess Augusta of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, January 16th, 1764:
HSH Duke Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Wolfenbüttel, October 9th, 1735
† (killed in action) Ottensen, November 10th, 1806
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, March 26th, 1780
HRH Prince Edward Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
HRH Prince William Henry of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
(in contravention of the Brunswick
House Laws) London, September 6th, 1766:
Maria Walpole
* St. James's, Westminster, London, before July 10th,
1736
† Oxford Lodge, Brompton, Middlesex, August
22nd/23rd, 1807
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Private Chapel, Buckingham
Palace, St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1816:
HRH Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HRH Princess Mary
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, April
25th, 1776
† Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London,
April 30th, 1857
HRH Prince Henry Frederick of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Hertford Street, Mayfair, London,
October 2nd, 1771:
Lady Anne Luttrell
* Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, London, January 24th, 1742
or 1743
† Trieste, December 28th, 1808
HRH Princess Louisa Anna of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
HRH Princess Caroline Matilda of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
(by proxy) Carlton House, Pall
Mall, London, October 1st and (in person) Frederiksborg
Castle, November 8th, 1766:
HM King Christian VII of Denmark and Norway, the
Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Lauenburg and Oldenburg
* Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, January 29th, 1749
† Rendsborg Castle, March 13th, 1808
King of Denmark and Norway, January 14th, 1766
(Divorced: April 6th, 1772)
HM King George III William Frederick of
Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of Faith, etc.,
Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HM King George III William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since October 26th, 1814:) HM King George III William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Born as: HRH Prince George William Frederick of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg)
(Since March 31st n.s., 1751:) HRH Prince George William
Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Duke of Cornwall
(Since April 20th, 1751:) HRH Prince George William
Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Hereditary Prince of
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wales
* Norfolk House, St. James's Square, London, June 4th n.s., 1738
† Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, January 29th, 1820
Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cornwall and Duke of
Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles,
Great Steward of Scotland and 2nd Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of
the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston, Baron of
Snowdon, March 31st n.s., 1751; created Prince of Wales, Earl of
Chester, April 20th, 1751
King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover, October
25th, 1760 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, September
21st/22nd, 1761); King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, January 1st, 1801; King of Hanover, October 26th, 1814
Knight of the Garter, June 22nd, 1749
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
September 8th, 1761:
HSH Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Mirow, May 19th, 1744
† Kew Palace, Surrey, November 17th, 1818
Canoness of the Abbey of Herford, March 7th, 1760
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Child from the second marriage:
HRH
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
Crimson Drawing-Room,
Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, May 2nd, 1816:
HM King Leopold I Georg Christian
Friedrich of the
Belgians, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke
of Saxony
(Born as: HSH Prince Leopold Georg
Christian Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke
of Saxony)
(Since March 29th, 1816:) HRH Prince Leopold
Georg Christian Friedrich of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony
(Since December 16th, 1826:) HRH Prince Leopold
Georg Christian Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony
* Buchnerhaus near Schloß Ehrenburg, Coburg,
December 16th, 1790
† Kasteel Laeken, December 10th, 1865
Granted the style Royal Highness by HRH Prince
George The Prince-Regent of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, March 29th, 1816
King of the Belgians (elected: June 4th, 1831;
provisionally accepted the throne: June 26th,
1831; formally accepted the throne: July 12th,
1831; inaugurated: Royal Square, Brussels, July
21st, 1831)
Major-General of the Cavalry of Russia, 1807;
Fieldmarshal of the British Army, 1816
HRH
Prince Frederick Augustus of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
LüneburgMarried:
Schloß Charlottenburg, September
28th and Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London,
November 23rd, 1791:
HRH Princess Friederike Charlotte Ulrike
Katharine of Prussia
* Schloß Charlottenburg, May 7th, 1767
† Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey, August 6th, 1820
HM King William IV Henry of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of
Faith, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Kew Palace, Surrey, July 13th,
1818:
HSH Princess Adelheid Luisa Theresa Caroline
Amelia of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Saxony
* Meiningen, August 13th, 1792
† Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex, December 2nd,
1849
Children from this marriage:
HRH Princess Charlotte Augusta Matilda
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, May 18th, 1797:
HM King Friedrich I Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
(Born as: HSH Duke Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of
Württemberg)
(Since December 22nd, 1797:) HSH Duke Friedrich
III Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
(Since February 25th, 1803:) HSH Elector Friedrich
I Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg
* Treptow an der Rega, November 6th, 1754
† Stuttgart, October 30th, 1816
Duke of Württemberg, December 22nd, 1797; Elector of
Württemberg, February 25th, 1803; King of Württemberg,
December 26th, 1805
HRH Prince Edward Augustus of
Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Schloß Ehrenburg, Coburg, May 29th
and Kew Palace, Surrey, July 13th, 1818:
HSH Princess Viktoria Maria Luise of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Saxony
(Since December 16th, 1826:) HSH Princess Viktoria
Maria Luise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
* Coburg, August 17th, 1786
† Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, March 16th,
1861
Child from this marriage:
HRH Princess Augusta Sophia
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
HRH Princess Elizabeth of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess
of Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace,
St. James Park, London, April 7th, 1818:
HSH Landgrave Friedrich VI Joseph of
Hesse-Homburg
* Homburg, July 30th, 1769
† Homburg, April 2nd, 1829
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, January 20th, 1820
HRH Prince Augustus Frederick
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of
Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Children from the first marriage:
Married:
London, August 13th, 1845:
Thomas Wilde 1st Baron Truro of Bowes
* London, July 7th, 1782
† London, November 11th, 1855
Lord Chancellor
HRH Princess Mary
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and LüneburgMarried:
Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace,
St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1816:
HH Prince William Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Hanover
(Since January 1st, 1801:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover
(Since August 25th, 1805:) HH Prince William
Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
(Since July 22nd, 1816:) HRH Prince William Frederick
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
* Palazzi Tedoli, Rome, January 15th, 1776
† Bagshot Park, Surrey, November 30th, 1834
2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught,
August 25th, 1805; granted the style Royal Highness by
Letters Patent of July 22nd, 1816
Knight of the Garter, July 16th, 1794
HRH Princess Sophia Mathilda
of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
HRH Prince Octavius of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
HRH Prince Alfred of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
HRH Princess Amelia of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
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