H.M. George II Augustus (Hanover), King of the United Kingdom

1683 - 1760  (76 years)

• Name	George II Augustus (Hanover)  [1]
  Title	H.M.
  Suffix	King of the United Kingdom
  Born	30 Oct. 1683	Herrenhausen, Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	From 11 June 1727 to 25 Oct. 1760  [1]
  	By the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
  Coronation	11 Oct. 1727	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Regnal Name	George II  [1]
  Died	25 Oct. 1760	Kensington Palace, London, England   [1]
  Buried	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I193	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	9 Jan. 2021

  
  

  Father	H.M. George I Louis (Hanover), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 28 May 1660, Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire ,   d. 11 June 1727, Schloss Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Holy Roman Empire  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Sophia Dorothea (Brunswick-Lüneburg), of Celle
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	H.S.H. (Wilhelmina Charlotte) Caroline (Hohenzollern), Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  Children	+ 1. H.R.H. Frederick Louis (Hanover), Prince of Wales,   b. 1 Feb. 1707,   d. 31 March 1751  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	9 April 2018
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Royal Arms of Great Britain, France, Ireland, Hanover, and Brunswick (1714–1801) Quarterly: 1st, Plantagenet (England) impaling Stuart (Scotland); 2nd, France; 3rd, Ireland; 4th, Elector of Hanover. The Elector of Hanover inherited the throne following the death of Queen Anne under the provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701, becoming King George I. The fourth quarter of the arms was changed to reflect the new King's domains in Hanover (Brunswick–Lüneburg, surmounted by the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire for the Holy Roman office of Archbannerbearer or Archtreasurer).

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Sovereign Families of Europe (Online), https://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_UnitedKingdom.php.