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They served as dual monarchs of Britain and Hanover, maintaining control of the Hanoverian Army and foreign policy. From 1814, when Hanover became a kingdom following the Napoleonic Wars, the British monarch was also King of Hanover. Upon the death of William IV in 1837, the personal union of the thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover ended.
Hanover raised to kingdom status: 17 November 1818 George III: Caroline of Brunswick [6] [7] Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 17 May 1768 8 April 1795 29 January 1820 husband's accession 7 August 1821 George IV: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen [6] [7] George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Saxe-Meiningen) 13 August 1792 13 July 1818 26 June 1830
Since its monarch resided in London, a viceroy, usually a younger member of the British royal family, handled the administration of the Kingdom of Hanover. The personal union with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 upon the accession of Queen Victoria because semi-Salic law prevented females from inheriting the Hanoverian throne while a dynastic ...
The Hanoverian Army, defeated and scattered in 1803, was reformed and alongside the KGL took part in the final victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. The two forces were merged in 1816. In 1821 Hanover's new monarch George IV visited Hanover for his coronation.
The Privy Council of Hanover maintained its own separate diplomatic service, which maintained links with countries such as Austria and Prussia. The Hanoverian Army was dissolved, but many of the officers and soldiers went to England, where they formed the King's German Legion. That was the only German army to fight continually throughout the ...
The King of Hanover (German: König von Hannover) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the Kingdom of Hanover, beginning with the proclamation of King George III of the United Kingdom, as "King of Hanover" during the Congress of Vienna, on 12 October 1814 at Vienna, and ending with the kingdom's annexation by Prussia on 20 September 1866.
The Hanoverian kings and their homeland: a study of the Personal Union, 1714–1837. Marlow, Joyce (1973). The life and times of George I. Introduction by Antonia Fraser. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-2977-6592-9. Michael, Wolfgang (1936–1939). England under George I (2 volumes). Translated/adapted by Lewis Namier.
Kings of Hanover Image Name Date Notes George III: 1814–1820 George III was mentally unfit during these years, and power was exercised by a regency. George IV: 1820–1830 Son of preceding. Regent 1811–1820. William IV: 1830–1837 Brother of preceding. Last monarch to rule both Hanover and the United Kingdom. Ernest Augustus: 1837–1851