LIST OF HANOVERIAN SOVEREIGNS 1692-1866

ELECTORATE OF HANOVER 1692-1805:
HOUSE OF GUELPH (WELF) (click here to see the tree)
1692-1698: ERNEST AUGUSTUS (Ernst August)
Born in 1629/30 at Herzberg.
Father: Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Mother: Duchess Anne Eleanor of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Married in 1658 at Heidelberg Princess Sophia of Bohemia (*1630 The Hague,+1714 Hanover).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned:
-GEORGE I LOUIS (*1660,+1727),
-Sophia Charlotte (*1668,+1705; Queen of Prussia).
Died in 1698 in Hanover.
Buried firstly with his consort Princess Sophia in the Chapel of Leine Schloss, Hanover. In 1957 their remains were translated to Herrenhausen Mausoleum in Hanover.

1698-1727: GEORGE I LOUIS (Georg I. Ludwig; King of Great Britain from 1714)
Born in 1660 at Osnabrück, Hanover.
Father: Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover. Mother: Princess Sophia of Bohemia.
Married in 1682 at Celle Princess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (*1666 Celle,+1726 Castle of Ahlden, Hanover). Divorced in 1694.
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned:
-GEORGE II AUGUSTUS (*1683,+1760),
-Sophia Dorothea (*1687,+1757; Queen of Prussia).
Died in 1727 near Osnabrück.
Buried firstly in the Chapel of Leine Schloss, Hanover. In 1957 his remains were translated to Herrenhausen Mausoleum in Hanover.
His consort Duchess Sophia Dorothea was buried in Celle Town Church.

1727-1760: GEORGE II AUGUSTUS (Georg II. August; King of Great Britain)
Born in 1683 in Hanover.
Father: Elector George I Louis of Hanover and King of Great Britain. Mother: Electress Sophia Dorothea of Celle.
Married in 1705 in Hanover Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (*1683 Ansbach,+1737 London).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned: Louise (*1724,+1751; Queen of Denmark).
Died in 1760 in London.
Buried with his consort Electress Caroline at Westminster Abbey, London.

1760-1805: GEORGE III WILLIAM (Georg III. Wilhelm; 1st time. King of Great Britain)


1805-1807: PRUSSIAN OCCUPATION


1807-1813: HANOVER UNDER THE KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA

DUCHY OF HANOVER 1813-1815:
HOUSE OF GUELPH (WELF)
1813-1815: GEORGE III WILLIAM
(Georg III. Wilhelm; 2nd time. King of Hanover from 1815; King of Gr. Britain)

KINGDOM OF HANOVER 1815-1866:
HOUSE OF GUELPH (WELF)
1815-1820: GEORGE III WILLIAM (Georg III. Wilhelm; King of Great Britain)
Born in 1738 in London.
Father: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales. Mother: Duchess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Married in 1761 in London Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*1744 Mirow,+1818 Kew Palace, Surrey).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned:
-GEORGE IV (*1762,+1830),
-WILLIAM HENRY (*1765,+1837),
-Charlotte Augusta (*1766,+1828; Queen of Württemberg),
-ERNEST I AUGUSTUS (*1771,+1851).
Died in 1820 in Windsor, England.
Buried together with his Queen Charlotte at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

1820-1830: GEORGE IV (Georg IV.; King of Great Britain)
Born in 1762 in London.
Father: King George III William of Hanover and Great Britain. Mother: Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Married firstly and morganatically in 1785 in London Maria Anne FitzHerbert (*1756 Brambridge,+1837 Brighton).
Married secondly in 1795 in London Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (*1768 Brunswick,+1821 London).
He was never crowned.
Died in 1830 in Windsor, England.
Buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
His first wife Maria FitzHerbert was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist at Brighton.
His second consort Queen Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was buried at Brunswick Cathedral.

1830-1837: WILLIAM HENRY (Wilhelm Heinrich; King William IV of Great Britain)
Born in 1765 in London.
Father: King George III William of Hanover and Great Britain. Mother: Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Married in 1818 at Kew Palace, Surrey Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (*1792 Meiningen/Thuringia,+1849 Stanmore, Middlesex).
He was never crowned.
Died in 1837 in Windsor, England.
Buried together with his Queen Adelaide at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

1837-1851: ERNEST I AUGUSTUS (Ernst I. August)
Born in 1771 in London.
Father: King George III William of Hanover and Great Britain. Mother: Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Married in 1815 at Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*1778 Hanover,+1841 Hanover).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned: GEORGE V (*1819,+1878).
Died in 1851 in Hanover.
Buried together with his Queen Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at Herrenhausen Mausoleum, Hanover.


King George V

1851-1866: GEORGE V (Georg V.)
Born in 1819 in Berlin.
Father: King Ernest I Augustus of Hanover. Mother: Queen Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Married in 1843 at Hanover Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (*1818 Hildburghausen,+1907 Gmunden, Austria).
He was never crowned.
Deposed following Prussian invasion of Hanover in 1866. Exiled in Austria.
Died in 1878 in Paris.
Buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor, England.
His Queen Marie was buried at the Mausoleum of Schloss Cumberland in Gmunden, Austria.

FROM 1866: HANOVER OCCUPIED AND ANNEXED BY PRUSSIA


Select Bibliography
Burke's Royal Families of the World, vol. I: Europe and Latin America, London 1977