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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.
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 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.
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
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
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There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.