George II. of Great Britain and Ireland

Born Georg August Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, he became Prince of Wales in 1714 when his father ascended to the British throne. He succeded his father in 1727 as George II. King of Great Britain and Ireland.

Son of Georg Ludwig Elector of Hanover, 1714 as George I. King of Great Britain and Ireland (1660-1727) and his wife (and first cousin) Sophia Dorothea Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1666-1726).

Born: Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover 10. Nov 1683

Married: Hanover 22. Aug 1705 Caroline Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737), daughter of Johann Friedrich Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654-1686) and his second wife Eleanor Princess of Saxe-Eisenach (1662-1696)

Issue of marriage:

• Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) m.1736 Auguste Princess of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772)

• Princess Anne of Great Britain and Ireland (1709-1759) m. 1734 Willem IV. Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751)

• Princess Amelia of Great Britain and Ireland (1711-1786)

• Princess Caroline of Great Britain and Ireland (1713-1757)

• Prince George of Great Britain and Ireland (1717-1718)

• Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)

• Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland (1723-1772) m.1740 Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785)

• Princess Louisa of Great Britain and Ireland (1724-1751) m.1743 Frederik V. King of Denmark and Norway (1723-1766)

Illegitimate issue by Amalie Gräfin von Wallmoden, née von Wendt, cr. Countess of Yarmouth (1704-1765)

• Johann Ludwig Graf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736-1811) m.1766 Charlotte von Wangenheim (1740-1783); m.1788 Luise Christiane Baroness von Lichtenstein (1763-1809)

Died: Kensington Palace, London 25. Oct 1760 from a ruptured aneurysm of the aorta

Buried: Westminster Abbey

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann