House of Hanover
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| Country | Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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| Titles |
King of Great Britain etc., etc., etc. |
| Founded | 1635 - George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Current head | Ernst August, Prince of Hanover |
| Dissolution |
United Kingdom: Hanover: 1918 - Ernest Augustus of Brunswick forced to abdicate after German defeat in World War I |
| Ethnicity | German |
King of Great Britain
United Kingdom:
1901 - Death of Queen Victoria ends the British branch in the agnatic line; semi-Salic law ends personal union of Hanover with the United Kingdom in 1837, upon death of her uncle William IV.
Hanover:
1866 - George V of Hanover lost the territory to Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War
The House of Hanover (or the Hanoverians /ˌhænəˈvɪəriənz, -noʊ-, -ˈvɛr-/;German: Haus Hannover) is a German royal dynasty that ruled the Electorate and then the Kingdom of Hanover, and that also provided monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 and ruled the United Kingdom until the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Upon Victoria's death, the British throne passed to her eldest son Edward VII, a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through his father. The House of Hanover was formally named the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line, as it was originally a cadet branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The senior branch became extinct in 1884, and the House of Hanover is now the only surviving branch of the House of Welf, which is the senior branch of the House of Este. The current head of the House of Hanover is Ernst August, Prince of Hanover.
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