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The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) is a Germanic royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It succeeded the House of Stuart as monarchs of Great Britain in 1714 and held that office until the death of Victoria in 1901. They are sometimes referred to as the House of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Hanover line. The House of Hanover is a younger branch of the House of Este, which in turn is a younger branch of the House of Welf, with all three being offshoots of the ancient Saxon House of Wettin.
Queen Victoria was the granddaughter of George III, and was a descendant of most major European royal houses. She arranged marriages for her children and grandchildren across the continent, tying Europe together; this earned her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe." She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover; her son King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since she couldn't inherit the German principalities under Salic law, those possessions passed to the next eligible male heir, her uncle Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the Duke of Cumberland—the fifth son of George III. In the United Kingdom, after World War I, King George V changed the name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the currently serving House of Windsor in 1917. Both dynastic names are offshoots of the 800-plus years old House of Wettin.

History

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, is considered the first member of the House of Hanover. When the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was divided in 1635, George inherited the principalities of Calenberg and Göttingen, and in 1636 he moved his residence to Hanover. His son, Duke Ernest Augustus, was elevated to prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692. Ernest Augustus's wife, Sophia of the Palatinate, was declared heiress of the throne of Great Britain (then England and Scotland) by the Act of Settlement of 1701, which decreed Roman Catholics couldn't accede to the throne. Sophia was at that time the nearest Protestant relative to King William III. William himself was actually of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau, but both his wife (co-ruler) and mother were Stuart princesses.

Hanoverian kings: Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Ernest Augustus and Sophia's son, George I became the first British monarch of the House of Hanover. The dynasty provided six British monarchs: Of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland:

George I (r.1714-1727) (Georg Ludwig = George Louis)
George II (r.1727-1760)(Georg August = George Augustus)
George III (r.1760-1820)

Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

George III (r.1760-1820)

George IV (r.1820-1830)

William IV (r.1830-1837)

Victoria (r.1837-1901). George I, George II, and George III also served as electors and dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, informally, Electors of Hanover (cf. personal union). From 1814, when Hanover became a kingdom, the British monarch was also King of Hanover.
In 1837, however, the personal union of the thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover ended. Succession to the Hanoverian throne was regulated by Salic law, which forbade inheritance by a woman, so that it passed not to Queen Victoria but to her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland. In 1901, when Queen Victoria died, the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ascended to the U.K. throne as her son and heir, Edward VII, as son of her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, genealogically belonged to that House — asserting, thereby, that the name of the U.K.’s Royal House changed because the surname of his father was Edward VII's surname.

Kings of Hanover after the break up of the personal union

After the death of William IV in 1837, the following kings of Hanover continued the dynasty:

Ernest Augustus I (r. 1837-1851)

George V (r. 1851-1866, deposed) The Kingdom of Hanover came to an end in 1866 when it was annexed by Prussia. The 1866 rift between the House of Hanover and the House of Hohenzollern was settled only by the 1913 marriage of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia to Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick.

Duchy of Brunswick

In 1884, the senior branch of the House of Welf became extinct. By House Law, the House of Hanover would have acceded to the Duchy of Brunswick, but there had been strong Prussian pressure against having George V of Hanover or his son, the Duke of Cumberland, succeed to a member state of the German Empire, at least without strong conditions, including swearing to the German constitution. By a law of 1879, the Duchy of Brunswick established a temporary council of regency to take over at the Duke's death, and if necessary appoint a regent.
The Duke of Cumberland proclaimed himself Duke of Brunswick at the Duke's death, and lengthy negotiations ensued, but were never resolved. Prince Albert of Prussia was appointed regent; after his death in 1906, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg succeeded him. The Duke of Cumberland's eldest son died of a car accident in 1912; the father renounced Brunswick in favor of his youngest son, who married the Kaiser's daughter, swore allegiance to the German Empire, and was allowed to ascend the throne of the Duchy in November 1913. He was a major-general during the First World War; but he was overthrown as Duke of Brunswick in 1918. His father was also deprived of his British titles in 1919, for "bearing arms against Great Britain".

Claimants

The later heads of the House of Hanover have been:

George V (1866-1878)

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1878-1923)

Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick (1923-1953), son of the previous

Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1953-1987)

Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover (1987-present)

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (heir apparent)

see Line of succession to the Hanoverian Throne The family has been resident in Austria since 1866; it has held courtesy titles since 1919.

List of members

See List of members of the House of Hanover.

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent, descent from father to son, is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that the historically accurate royal house of monarchs of the House of Hanover was the House of Lucca (or Este, or Welf).
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This is the descent of the primary male heir. For the complete expanded family tree, see List of members of the House of Hanover.

Richbald of Lucca, 700 - 761

Boniface I, Count of Lucca, 725 - 785

Boniface II, Count of Lucca, d. 823

Boniface III, Count of Lucca, d. 842

Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 891

Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 915

Gui de Lucca, d, 929

Adalbert III, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 955

Oberto I, 912 - 975

Oberto Obizzo, 940 - 1017

Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan, 970 - 1029

Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, d. 1097

Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, 1037 - 1101

Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, 1074 - 1126

Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, 1108 - 1139

Henry the Lion, 1129 - 1195

William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg, 1184 - 1213

Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1204 - 1252

Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1236 - 1279

Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1268 - 1318

Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1304 - 1369

Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1328 - 1373

Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1362 - 1434

Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1408 - 1478

Otto IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1439 - 1471

Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1468 - 1532

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1497 - 1546

William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1535 - 1592

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1582 - 1641

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629 - 1698

George I of the United Kingdom, 1660 - 1727

George II of the United Kingdom, 1683 - 1760

Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707 - 1751

George III of the United Kingdom, 1738 - 1820

Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, 1771 - 1851

George V of Hanover, 1819 - 1878

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1845 - 1923

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, 1887 - 1953

Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, 1914 - 1987

Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, b. 1954

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