Person George I (1660 - 1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland George I George Louis George Lewis George Ludwig 1660 - 1727 German Male Hanover, Germany 28 May 1660 Osnabruck, Germany 12 June 1727 Burial: The palace vaults at Hanover, Germany

Career: Served in the Imperial Army (1675-1693); travelled to England (1680-1682); started to take part in the government of the Electorate owing to the ill health of his father (1694), succeeded him (1698); took on British nationality (1705); became a member of the College of Electors of the Imperial Diet (1708); Arch-Treasurer of the Empire (1710); inherited the throne of Great Britain and Ireland on the death of Queen Anne (1714) Son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and his wife, Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England; married his cousin, Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George William, Duke of Luneberg-Celle, from whom he was divorced in 1694 after her affair with Count Konigsmark; father of George II (FRS 1727) Patron 09/05/1727 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 28 Mar 1660 - 12 Jun 1727 NA7357 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 2d915441-fc9c-4f0f-9343-efe5b6430151