King of England George Ii Augustus ^2,3

  General Notes:

[Europe_New.FTW] [royalfam.ged] George II succeeded to the British throne and the electorate of Hanover on the death of his f ather, George I, in 1727. Born on Nov. 10, 1683, in Hanover, he remained largely Hanoverian i n his interests, although,unlike his father, he learned fluent English. He visited the electo rate regularly during most of his reign and sometimes utilized his position asking of Englan d to the advantage of his German territory. Although George has been represented as a king manipulated by his own ministers--notably Si r Robert Walpole and the duke of Newcastle--and byhis highly intelligent wife, Queen Carolin e 1683-1737, he was by no means a weak monarch. He played a larger part in the direction o f foreign and military policy than most contemporaries suspected, and at Dettingen 1743, i n the War of the Austrian Succession, was the last British monarch to appear in person on th e battlefield. His reign witnessed the final collapse of the Jacobites after their uprising o f 1745 and closed with Britain's brilliant successes in the Seven Years' War 1756-63 unde r the leadership of William Pitt the Elder. George had long detested Pitt, but he eventuall y came to recognize his merits. George's son, Frederick, predeceased him, so when George II died on Oct.25, 1760, he was succ eeded by Frederick's son, George III. Although he was vulnerable to management by others, Geo rge II was undoubtedly aknowledgeable and skillful politician, within the narrow framework o f Hanoverian interests in which he worked. Died of aneurysm

  Noted events in his life were:

• Record Change, 24 Aug 2003. ^2,3

George married Queen Of England Karoline Wilhelmina, daughter of Johann Friedrich Of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Princess of Saxe-Marksuhl Eleonore Erdmuthe Louisa, on 22 Aug 1705 in Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany ².^,3 (Queen Of England Karoline Wilhelmina was born on 1 Mar 1683 in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany,^2,3 died on 20 Nov 1737 in St. James' Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and was buried on 17 Dec 1737 in Westminster, Middlesex, England ^2,3.)

George next married Amalie Sophie Marianne Von Wendt, daughter of Johan Franz Von Wendt and Friederike Charlotte Von Dem Bussche, in Maryland, USA ².^,3 (Amalie Sophie Marianne Von Wendt was born on 1 Apr 1704 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany ^2,3 and died on 19 Oct 1765 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany ^2,3.)

George next married Henrietta Hobart, daughter of Henry Hobart and Elizabeth Maynard, in Maryland, USA ².^,3 (Henrietta Hobart was born on 11 May 1689 in Middlesex, England ^2,3, christened on 20 May 1689 in Westminster, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and died on 26 Jul 1767 in Marble Hill Twickenham, Richmond, Surrey, England ^2,3.)

George next married Caroline Of Brandenburg on 22 Aug 1705 in Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany ².^,3 (Caroline Of Brandenburg was born in 1683 in Germany,^2,3 died on 20 Nov 1737 ^2,3 and was buried in Westminster, London, England ^2,3.)

George next married Mary Howard, daughter of Charles Howard and Elizabeth Batten, in Maryland, USA ².^,3 (Mary Howard was born in 1700 in Winchester, Hampshire, England,^2,3 died on 12 Nov 1744 in London, London, England ^2,3 and was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, England ^2,3.)