H.M. George I Louis (Hanover), King of the United Kingdom

1660 - 1727  (67 years)

• Name	George I Louis (Hanover)  [1]
  Title	H.M.
  Suffix	King of the United Kingdom
  Born	28 May 1660	Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	From 1 Aug. 1714 to 11 June 1727  [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	20 Oct. 1714	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Regnal Name	George I  [1]
  Died	11 June 1727	Schloss Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Holy Roman Empire   [1]
  Buried	Leineschloss, Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire   [1]
  	He was reburied at Herrenhausen, Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire. [1]
  Person ID	I195	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	9 Jan. 2021

  
  

  Father	Ernest Augustus (Brunswick-Lüneburg), Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Mother	Sophia Dorothea (Wittelsbach), Princess of the Palatine,   d. 8 June 1714
  Married	30 Sept. 1658
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia Dorothea (Brunswick-Lüneburg), of Celle
  Children	+ 1. H.M. George II Augustus (Hanover), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 30 Oct. 1683, Herrenhausen, Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire ,   d. 25 Oct. 1760, Kensington Palace, London, England  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	9 April 2018
  Family ID	F111	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.