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King George I of England
Born
7th June 1660, Hanover, Germany.
Parents
Sophia Stuart and Ernest Augustus – Elector of Brunswick-Luneburg.
Married
Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1682-1694) – his first cousin.
Coronation
20th October 1714, Westminster Abbey. Reign 1st August 1714 – 11th June 1727.
Claim to the Throne
Distant cousin of Queen Anne. George’s mother, Sophia Stuart, was granddaughter of King James I of England.
Died
22nd June 1727 – Germany. Cause of death – stroke.
Buried – Chapel of the Leine-Schloss, Hanover, Germany – the last British monarch to be buried outside the UK.
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