biography
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George I (of Great Britain)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1660–1727)
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| biography:
| King of Great Britain and Ireland (1714–27), born in Osnabrück, NWC Germany, the great-grandson of James I of England, and proclaimed king on the death of Queen Anne. Elector of Hanover since 1698, he had commanded the imperial forces in the Marlborough wars. He divorced his wife and cousin, the Princess Dorothea of Zell, imprisoning her in the castle of Ahlde, where she died (1726). He took relatively little part in the government of the country. His affections remained with Hanover, and he lived there as much as possible. |
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