Hanoverian succession

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The Hanoverian succession was the early 18th-century dynastic transition that brought the House of Hanover to the British throne, beginning with George I after the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional development ⓘ
dynastic succession ⓘ
political event ⓘ
appliesTo British throne ⓘ
associatedMonarch George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria

William IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: William IV
bringsToThrone House of Hanover ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dynastyEstablished Hanoverian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Hanover
excludes Catholic claimants ⓘ
Jacobite pretenders ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite succession
firstMonarch George I of Great Britain ⓘ
follows Stuart dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
governmentTypeContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCause Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
hasConsequence consolidation of Protestant constitutional monarchy ⓘ
long-term Whig political dominance ⓘ
strengthening of parliamentary sovereignty in Britain ⓘ
hasInternationalContext War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect continuation of Hanoverian line until early 20th century in Britain through cognatic descent ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext conflict between Whigs and Tories ⓘ
involvesTitle Elector of Hanover ⓘ
King of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: King of England

Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
namedAfter House of Hanover ⓘ
partOf history of the British monarchy ⓘ
history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessorMonarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
relatedEvent Jacobite risings ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Union 1707 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1707

Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
religiousRequirement Protestant succession ⓘ
resultsIn personal union of Great Britain and Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
startDate 1714 ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
triggeredBy death of Queen Anne ⓘ

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Princess of Hanover → successionLawContext → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Battle of Falkirk Muir → associatedWith → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Thomas Forster → opposedIdeology → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
The ’45 → relatedTo → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Edmund Gibson → supported → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Dukes of Argyll → supportedCause → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
The Idea of a Patriot King → politicalContext → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
British succession law → influenced → Hanoverian succession in 1714 ⓘ
linked to: Hanoverian succession
Jacobitism → opposedTo → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
British monarchy (Jacobite line) → rejects → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Whig Junto → supported → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
House of Lords Whig faction → supported → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
James Drummond, Jacobite Duke of Perth → opposedTo → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
subject linked to: Jacobite Duke of Perth
Battle of Falkirk (1746) → associatedWith → Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Augusta of Cambridge → partOf → Hanoverian succession era ⓘ
linked to: Hanoverian succession