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George I of Great Britain

1660 - 1727

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George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover. Born in Hanover to Ernest Augustus and Sophia of Hanover, George inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. In 1682, he married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, with whom he had two children; he also had three daughters with his mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George I of Great Britain is the 613th most popular politician (down from 477th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Politician.

George I of Great Britain is most famous for being the first king of Great Britain to be born in England since the Norman conquest in 1066.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George I of Great Britain ranks 613 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhou Enlai, Philip Noel-Baker, Alfred Rosenberg, Agrippina the Younger, Semiramis, and Gideon. After him are Farouk of Egypt, Charles XIII of Sweden, Yaroslav the Wise, Menkaure, John, King of Denmark, and Idi Amin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, George I of Great Britain ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Defoe. After him are Alessandro Scarlatti, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Johann Joseph Fux, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Johann Kuhnau, André Campra, Veronica Giuliani, Hans Sloane, Andreas Schlüter, and Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. Among people deceased in 1727, George I of Great Britain ranks 2. Before him is Catherine I of Russia. After him are Ismail Ibn Sharif, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Veronica Giuliani, Francesco Gasparini, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Aert de Gelder, August Hermann Francke, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Cornelis de Bruijn, and Jakob Abbadie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George I of Great Britain ranks 163 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Lothair I (795), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Walter Gropius (1883), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), and Agrippina the Younger (15). After him are Alfred Jodl (1890), Meister Eckhart (1260), Max Born (1882), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Otto Hahn (1879), and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, George I of Great Britain ranks 45. Before him are Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Friedrich Merz (1955), Lothair I (795), and Agrippina the Younger (15). After him are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Franz von Papen (1879), Olaf Scholz (1958), George II of Great Britain (1683), and Frederick William I of Prussia (1688).

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