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In 1714, George I, a German Hanoverian prince, ascended to the British throne and founded the British House of Hanover. Every subsequent British monarch until Edward VII, in the 20th century, would take a German spouse. Edward VII did not take a German spouse, but his wife was a Danish princess of German ancestry.
The British occupation zone in Germany (German: Britische Besatzungszone Deutschlands) was one of the Allied-occupied areas in Germany after World War II.The United Kingdom, along with the Commonwealth, was one of the three major Allied powers that defeated Nazi Germany.
The House of Hanover, German royal dynasty who produced seven British monarchs: George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria; Harold Augustus Wernher (1893–1973), 3rd Baronet, peer, grandfather of the above Natalia Grosvenor (née Phillips) and son of Julius Wernher (1850–1912). The Mountbatten family also has German ...
British migration to Germany has resulted in a significant population, with 168,000 of the UK's citizens in Germany as of 2021. [1]Migration has occurred in the context of World War II and the subsequent Allied occupation of Germany, and later with both nations as members of the European Union.
Pages in category "British people of German descent" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The British-German Association (BGA) is a UK-registered charity and nonprofit membership organisation with its headquarters in London, UK.It is the civil-society hub for British-German relations in the UK.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 28 August 2024. The bilateral relations between Germany and the United Kingdom span hundreds of years, and the countries were allied for hundreds of years in the Late Middle Ages and have been aligned since the end of World War II.
British Army Germany (BAG) is the superior institution under which the remaining installations of the former British Forces Germany (BFG) are organised after the completion of the withdrawal of the British Armed Forces from Germany in February 2020.