Celestina Yanez

Jill Coe

English 2322

17 October 2001

King George I., King II., King George III.

King George I., was born in 1660. He was the son of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. He was the great grandson of James I. King Lewis George was trained to arms under his father. He served in three campaigns with the Imperial army against the Turks in Hungary and succeeded to the electorate in 1700’s. In 1706, he was created Duke of Cambridge and succeeded to the throne of England upon the death of Queen Anne, in 1714. At the age of 55, he became king of Great Britain. He continued the to rule Hanover, which was his first priority in interest. King George I. could not speak English. Since he spoke only German and French, he left almost all the business of the British government to his ministers and to trusted politicians. Despite of his indifferent to English affairs, his crown was never in danger.

In 1725, a treaty between Spain and the Emperor excited the jealously of the king, who believed that it was necessary to counteract it by another between Great Britain and other European powers. The Spaniards started to take Gibraltar, but dispute was being arranged by negotiation. Then the British monarch set out a journey to the continent, where he was captured with a paralytic attack, and died at Osnaburg, on June 11, 1727, at the age of 68 years old. George I. was a man with simple taste of things, he had a plain appearance, and was a very calm man in public. He was also a cheerful person and showing much skill in the management of his hereditary dominions.

King Lewis George I., married his cousin Sophis Dorothea of Brunswick Lunebury Celle, in which they had an unhappy marriage. Before he became King in 1714, he accused his wife for being unfaithful with a Swedish count and divorced her. His anger was never fully satisfied by the split. In 1694, Sophia was sent to prison, where she spent the remaining 32 years of her life and later died in 1726. Her state of being had gotten worse that she was chopped into pieces. Years later her bones were found under her dressing room.

In the marriage of Lewis George and Sophia Dorothea, there were two children. They had a daughter and an only son, which would become the next king. The daughter married the elector of Prussia and the son succeeded his father in Hanover and in Great Britain.

King George II.

King Agustus George II., was born in November 10, 1683. He was the only son of George I. and Sophia Dorothea. His youth was spent in the Hanoverian court in Germany. In 1705, he married Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach. Caroline was a very intelligent lady whom she also participated actively in government affairs. She bored King Agustus George, with eight children; had three sons and five daughters. Caroline died in 1737. George II. was very much as a German prince. He was a plain man, very blunt whom he followed his father’s footsteps in certain ways. One example, was in staying away from the Cabinet meetings. George loved three things: the army, music, and his wife. He inherited his father’s love of opera.

At the age of 60, he was the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers. He declared war with Spain in 1739. Later, he shrank away from the station quickly negotiating a peace with France to protect Hanover. He fought at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 in Germany against the French. He was also engaged in the Seven Year’s War. They had the British flag waving a triumphant in every part of the world. George II. died suddenly, on October 25, 1760, at the age of 77.

George’s eldest son, Prince Fredrick, died before his father on March 20, 1751. He had been created Prince of Wales on January 8, 1729, but died at the age of 21 in London. So his son, George’s grandson inherited the throne in 1760.

King George III.

King William Fredrick III., was born on June 4, 1738. He was the son of Fredrick, Prince of Wales and Agusta of Saxe-Gotha and the grandson of George II. He was created Prince of Wales on April 20, 1751, in London, at the age of 12 years old. He was acceded as George III. on October 25, 1760.

He was the first born of the Hanoverian rulers to born and educated in Great Britain. His education was intrusted to the Earl of Harcourt and the Bishop of Norwich, upon the death of his father in 1751. He was very unhappy by the violence of his grandfather and was heartless selfishness of his mother, Princess-Dowager, because at the age of eleven years old, she could not read English.

The king was married September 8, 1761, to the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was a devoted father and a good husband. The preliminaries of peace were signed on November 3, 1762, between France and Spain. The following year the Stamp Act was also passed. Later the King suffered a six weeks duration illness. In 1772, the Royal Marriage Act was passed. Members of the royal were prevented from marrying before the age of 25, without the king’s approbation.

In 1783, he was engaged in the loss of the 13 American Colonies. He was very angry and focused in a bizarre behavior after losing. A movie was made on his behalf, by the title "The Madness of George III.". He was also known as "Farmer George" because he was interested in botany and farming.

In 1788, he became mentally deranged, due to a heredity physical disorder. Then later in 1810, his youngest child Princess Amelia died, leaving him in a state of shock, in which he never recovered. He had mental derangements. On November 17, 1818, his wife Caroline died, but the king never knew about with her death. The last ten years of his life, he was both insane and blind. He died on January 29, 1820, at the age of 82 years old. These first three kings were more German than English.

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