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George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 [a] – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760.
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (2 April 1826 – 25 June 1914), was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914. For his support for his successful court theatre he was also known as the Theaterherzog (theatre duke).
George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, German: Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in Darmstadt – 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 to 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalene of Brandenburg. He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony on 1 April 1627.
The focus of the 1743 campaign switched to Germany; the Austrians defeated the Bavarians at Simbach and in mid-June, the Allied army arrived at Aschaffenburg, on the north bank of the River Main. Here they were joined by George II, who was attending the coronation of a new Elector of Mainz. [12]
John George II, picture from 1658. The elector's primary interests were not in politics, but in music and art. He adorned Dresden, which under him became the musical centre of Germany; welcoming foreign musicians and others he gathered around him a large and splendid court, and his capital was the constant scene of musical and other festivals. [1]
Portrait of George II is a 1744 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Hudson depicting George II of Great Britain. [1] [2] [3] The German-born George reigned as King of Great Britain, King of Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1737 to 1760.
Glücksburg is a small coastal town on the German southern side of the fjord of Flensburg that divides Germany from Denmark. [4] In 1460, Glücksburg came, as part of the conjoined Dano-German duchies of Schleswig and Holstein , to Count Christian of Oldenburg whom, in 1448, the Danes had elected their king as Christian I , the Norwegians ...
On screen, King George II of Great Britain has been portrayed by: Alexander Ekert in the 1921 German silent film Exzellenz Unterrock, based on a novel by Adolf Paul; Olaf Hytten in the 1936 film The Last of the Mohicans; Martin Miller in the 1948 film Bonnie Prince Charlie; Ivan Triesault in the 1951 film Dick Turpin's Ride