George Ier of Great Britain

See also: Georges Ier

Georges Ier of Great Britain (May 28th 1660 - June 11th 1727), king de Grande-Bretagne and of Ireland of 1714 with 1727 and voter of Hanover (1698-1727), was the first English sovereign of the dynasty of Hanover.

Born with Osnabrück (Hanover), Georges Ier was the son of Ernest-Auguste (1629 † 1698) voter of Hanover and Sophie of Bohemia (1630 † 1714). He is thus the back grandson of Jacques I {{er}} of England by his grandmother Elisabeth Stuart and by his Sophie mother of Bohemia. He succeeded the queen Anne, under the terms of the Act of Establishment of 1701.

December 1st 1682 with That, it marries Sophie-Dorothée of Brunswick-Lunebourg. Divorced by the consistory Hanover on December 28th, 1694, the same year, it is locked up with the castle of Ahlden, it will reside recluse at it during 32 years and never will be recognized nor crowned queen of Great Britain and Ireland. They had two children:

George II;
Sophie-Dorothée (1687 † 1757) which marries in 1706 Frederic-Guillaume I {{er}}.

Very attached to its German origins, he always refused to learn English. He continued to make long and regular stays in Hanover, who remained his main subject of concern, in spite of his efforts to respect his duties towards his new kingdom. That made it not very popular to England, and the antipathy which developed with its opposition undoubtedly supported the plot jacobite which tried to reverse it in favor of the son of Jacques II of England, Jacques Edouard Stuart, called the “Applicant”.

It had been surrounded only of representatives of the party whig, because Tories were favorable to Stuart. It was interested of very close with the foreign politics, and it is thanks to him that was signed, in 1717, the third Triple Alliance with the Netherlands and France. For the questions of interior policy, it rested entirely on its ministers, Stanhope Townshend and Robert Walpole. The talents of administrator of these men contributed to sit the position of the house of Hanover in Great Britain. Georges Ier was replaced on the throne by his son.

According to the political tradition, it would be under the reign of Georges Ier that the function of Primus inter pares ( Prime minister ) would have appeared, i.e. of Prime Minister, the king needing a minister in particular to coordinate the action of all the others and to translate its orders (given in Germanic language). In addition, and especially, its cabinet being expressed in a language which he did not want to understand, Georges I ends up more not attending its meetings. Consequently, functioning in an autonomous way, the cabinet could lead only the businesses of the country. Correlatively, this emancipation of the cabinet served the Parliament, which could bring into play the political responsibility of the ministers without that being able to be seen as an indirect calling into question of the King.

Genealogy

Georges Ier of Great Britain belongs to the Maison of Hanover, itself resulting from the Maison of Brunswick (Brunswick-Luneburg), itself resulting from the Maison of Este, downward of the dukes of Toscane.

By the queen Victoria Anger of the United Kingdom, Georges Ier of Great Britain is the ascending one of the queen Elisabeth II of the United Kingdom.

By Ernest-Auguste Ier of Hanover (Ernest-Augustus, duke of Cumberland), wire of Georges III of the United Kingdom, Georges Ier of Great Britain is also the ascending one of the current chief of the royal House of Hanover the prince Ernest-Auguste of Hanover (1954-) (Ernest-Auguste V of Hanover).

Internal bonds

Georges of Brunswick-Luneburg (paternal grandfather)

Frederic V of Palatinat (maternal grandfather)

Elisabeth Stuart (maternal grandmother)

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