George I of Great Britain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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King of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover
Date of Birth: 28-May-1660
Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Date of Death: 11-Jun-1727
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About George I of Great Britain
- George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727.
- He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover. Born in Hanover to its Elector Ernest Augustus and Electress Sophia, George inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles.
- A succession of European wars expanded his German domains during his lifetime; he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover in 1708.
- After the deaths in 1714 of his mother and his second cousin Anne, Queen of Great Britain (r.
- 1702–1714), George ascended the British throne as Anne's closest living Protestant relative under the Act of Settlement 1701.
- Jacobites attempted, but failed, to depose George and replace him with James Francis Edward Stuart, Anne's Catholic half-brother. During George's reign, the powers of the monarchy diminished and Britain began a transition to the modern system of cabinet government led by a prime minister.
- Towards the end of his reign, actual political power was held by Robert Walpole, now recognised as Britain's first de facto prime minister.
- George died of a stroke on a trip to his native Hanover, where he was buried.
- He is the most recent British monarch to be buried outside the United Kingdom.
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Studio of Godfrey Kneller
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| Alternative names | Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller | ||
| Description | German painter, draughtsman, engraver and miniaturist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 8 August 1646 | 7 November 1723 | |
| Location of birth/death | Lübeck | London | |
| Work period | between circa 1660 and circa 1723 | ||
| Work location | Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685) | ||
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