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The House of Hanover

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"The House of Hanover reigned in the UK from 1714-1901. See what you know about its members!"


1. George I was the first Hanoverian king. At the time of his accession in 1714, he was already divorced from his wife, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle. However, he had previously been suggested as a possible husband for whom?
    Queen Mary II
    Queen Anne
    Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
    Archduchess Maria of Austria


2. George's marriage to his first cousin, Sophia Dorothea, was by no means happy. How many children did the couple produce before divorcing in 1694?
    Six
    One
    Two
    Three


3. George II became King of Great Britain and Ireland in 1727. He also became Elector of Hanover, and prior to his accession had been Prince of Wales. But what English title had Queen Anne conferred upon him in 1706?
    Duke of Cambridge
    Earl of Worcester
    Duke of Sussex
    Duke of Edinburgh


4. George II's wife, whom he had married in 1705, was the pretty and intelligent Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, but what was her actual first name?
    Marie
    Wilhelmina
    Sophia
    Luise


5. How many children did Caroline present her husband George with?
    Thirteen
    Six
    Nine
    Three


6. Who did Frederick, Prince of Wales marry in 1736?
    Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Princess Frederica of Prussia
    Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
    Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt


7. Queen Caroline died in 1737, but King George II soldiered on for how many more years?
    Thirty
    Twenty-one
    Seven
    Twenty-three


8. As a young man, George III had been in love with Lady Sarah Lennox. Who was her father?
    The Duke of Norfolk
    The Duke of Devonshire
    The Duke of Richmond
    The Earl of Winchelsea


9. George III, unlike his Hanoverian (and indeed his Stuart) predecessors, was enduringly faithful to Queen Charlotte throughout their fifty-seven year marriage. In return, she presented him with fifteen children, the eldest of whom was born on what day in 1762?
    August 12
    June 17
    September 8
    November 23


10. George III's brother, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland, made what was considered an unsuitable marriage. Who was his bride?
    Anne Luttrel
    Maria Fitzherbert
    Maria Walpole
    Hannah Lightfoot


11. Most people know that George III's youngest sister, Caroline Matilda, married Christian VII of Denmark (the son of her Aunt Louise) and was divorced by him for adultery with Count Struensee, but who did George's elder sister, Augusta, marry?
    The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
    The Duke of Oldenburg
    The Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg


12. George III's second son, Frederick, was forced to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the army because his mistress was selling military secrets. What was her name?
    Maria Fitzherbert
    Mary Robinson
    Mary Ann Clarke
    Julie de St Laurent


13. The King's daughters led what they considered a miserable life. Devoted to them, the King kept them as close to him as he could. After his attack of madness in 1788, he became even more reluctant to part with them, and Queen Charlotte agreed. Which three daughters did the King fondly refer to as his 'three Cordelias'?
    Charlotte, Augusta and Elizabeth
    Augusta, Amelia and Mary
    Charlotte, Mary and Sophia
    Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia


14. Whom did Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex, marry in 1793?
    Lady Augusta Murray
    Miss Wyckeham
    Cecilia Underwood
    Dorothea Jordan


15. In what year did Princess Sophia give birth to an illegitimate son?
    1812
    1799
    1800
    1803


16. The ill-fated marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales produced only one child, born in 1796. What was the girl's name?
    Georgina
    Caroline
    Charlotte
    Augusta


17. It was the death of which of his children that finally plunged George III into the madness from which he was never to emerge?
    Prince Frederick
    Princess Amelia
    Princess Mary
    Prince Adolphus


18. Princess Charlotte of Wales was eventually married to whom in 1816?
    Prince Peter of Oldeburg
    Prince Albrecht of Prussia
    Prince George of Prussia
    Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld


19. Whom did the Duke of Cambridge marry in 1818?
    Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen
    Princess Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
    Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel
    Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen


20. Which couple - the Clarences, the Kents, the Cumberlands and the Cambridges - won the race to give George III a legitimate grandchild?
    The Kents
    The Cambridges
    The Cumberlands
    The Clarences


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