Welfen 7

Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg zu Kalenberg (1636-41), *Celle 17.2.1582, +Hildeshein/Wolfenbüttel 12.4.1641; the story goes that his older brothers decided that only one of them should marry (I don't recall whether for financial reasons or out of disinclination) and chose Georg as "the victim"; m.Darmstadt 14.12.1617 Pss Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt (*30.7.1601 +6.5.1659); They had issue:

A1. Christian Ludwig Herzog zu Kalenberg (1641-48), in Celle (1648-65), in Harburg (1651-65), *Herzberg 25.2.1622, +bei Celle 15.3.1665; m.Celle 9.10.1653 Pss Dorothea von Holstein-Glücksburg (*Glücksburg 29.9.1636, +Karlsbad 6.8.1689)
A2. Georg II Wilhelm Herzog zu Kalenberg 1648, in Celle (1665-1703), in Dannenberg 1673, in Saxe-Lauenburg 1689, *Herzberg 26.1.1624, +Wienhausen 28.8.1705; m.Celle 2/12.4.1665 Eléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, cr Frau von Harburg, Gfn von Wilhelmsburg, and in 1676 Herzogin von Braunschweig und Lüneburg (*Olbreuse I.1639 +Celle 5.2.1722)
- B1. Sofie Dorothea von Harburg 1674, Gfn von Wilhelmsburg (1674-80), cr Pss von Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1680, cr Pss von Ahlden 1694, where she was imprisoned after her divorce, *Celle 5/10.9.1666 +Ahlden 2/13.11.1726; m.21.11.1682 (div 1694) Pr Georg Ludwig von Hanover [later, King George I of Great Britain] (*28.5.1660 +11.6.1727)
A3. Johann Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg zu Hannover (1665-79), *Herzberg 25.4.1625, +Augsburg 28.12.1679; m.Hannover/Paris 30.11.1668 Pfgfn Benedikte Henriette von Simmern (*14.3.1652 +12.8.1730)
- B1. Anna Sofie, *Hannover 10.2.1670, +Hannover 24.3.1672
- B2. Charlotte, *Hannover 8.3.1671, +Modena 29.9.1710; m.Modena 11.2.1696 Reinaldo III d'Este, Duca di Modena (+26.10.1737)
- B3. Henriette Maria Josephe, *Hannover 9.3.1672, +Paris 4.9.1737
- B4. Wilhelmine Amalie, *Hannover 26.4.1673, +Vienna 10.4.1742; m.Vienna 24.2.1699 Emperor Josef I (*26.7.1678 +17.4.1711)
A4. Ernst August Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Hannover (1679-92), cr Kurfürst von Hannover (1692-98), *Herzberg 30.11.1629, +Herrenhausen 2.2.1698; m.Heidelberg 17.10.1658 Pfgfn Sofie von Simmern (*14.10.1630, +8.6.1714); the British Act of Settlement provided that, in order to secure the Protestant succession, Sofie and her heirs would inherit the British throne upon the issueless deaths of King William III and Queen Anne (Sofie was daughter of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of King James I & VI; Anne survived Sofie by 2 months, or Sofie would have been Queen of Great Britain; Sofie's rights bypassed a few dozen Catholics with stronger claims, including her own niece/sister-in-law, the Duchess Benedikte Henriette
- B1. Georg Ludwig, Kurfürst von Hannover (1698-1727) and Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, succeeded his cousin Queen Anne as GEORGE I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1.8.1714-1727), *Leineschloss, Osnabrück 28.5.1660, +nr Osnabrück 11.6.1727; m.Celle 21.11.1682 (separated 1694) Herzogin Sophia Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (*5.9.1666 +2.11.1726)
  - C1. GEORGE II Augustus, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60), Kurfürst von Hannover (1727-60), Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, *Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover 30.10.1683, +Kensington Palace 25.10.1760, bur Westminster Abbey; m.Hannover 22.8.1705 Mgvne Wilhelmine Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach (*1.3.1683 +20.11.1737)
    - D1. Frederick Lewis, Pr of Wales, *Hannover 20.1.1707, +Leicester House 20.3.1751, bur Westminster Abbey; m.St.James's Palace 8.5.1736 Pss Auguste von Sachsen-Gotha (*30.11.1719 +8.2.1772)
      - E1. GEORGE III William Frederick, King of Great Britain, Ireland (1760-1820), König von Hanover (12.10.1814-1820), Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, King of United Kingdom 1.1.1801, *Norfolk House 4.6.1738, +Windsor Castle 29.1.1820, bur St.George´s Chapel, Windsor; blind from 1811; m.St.James's Palace 8.9.1761 Herzogin Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*19.5.1744 +17.11.1818)
        F1. GEORGE IV Augustus Frederick, King of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover (1820-30), Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, *St.James's Palace 12.8.1762, +Windsor Castle 26.6.1830; 1m: (in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act and was considered legally void abinitio in 1795) London 21.12.1785 Mary Anne Smythe, Mrs.Fitzherbert (*1756 +1837); 2m: St.James's Palace 8.4.1795 Herzogin Karoline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (*Wolfenbüttel 17.5.1768, +Brandenburg House 7.8.1821)
        G1. Charlotte Augusta, *Carlton House 7.1.1796, +Claremont House, Esher, Surrey 6.11.1817; m.Carlton House 2.5.1816 Pr Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha [later, King of the Belgians] (*Coburg 16.12.1790, +Laeken 10.12.1865); her death in childbirth was the cause of "the Great Baby Race"; George III had many sons, but when Charlotte died he had no legitimate grandchildren remaining; her uncles quickly married and began having babies at relatively advanced ages
        
        F2. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, etc, , Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, *Buckingham House 16.8.1763, +Rutland House 5.1.1827; m.Berlin 29.9.1791 and in London 24.11.1791 Pss Friederike von Preussen (*Potsdam 7.5.1767, +Oatlands Park 6.8.1820); he is alleged to have had an illegitimate son named Charles Hesse
        F3. WILLIAM IV Henry, King of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover (1830-37), Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, *Buckingham House 21.8.1765, +Windsor Castle 20.6.1837; m.Kew Palace 11.7.1818 Pss Adelheid von Sachsen-Meiningen (*13.8.1792 +2.12.1849); for their descendants see HERE
        F4. Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, etc, *Buckingham House 2.11.1767, +Sidmouth 23.1.1820; m.Coburg 29.5.1818 and Kew Palace 11.7.1818 Pss Viktoria Mary von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (*17.8.1786 +16.3.1861)
        G1. Queen Alexandrina VICTORIA, succeeded William IV as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901), and was proclaimed Empress of India (1.1.1877-1901), *Kensington Palace 24.5.1819, +Osborne House, Isle of Wight 22.1.1901, bur Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore; m.St.James's Palace 10.2.1840 Pr Albert von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, cr Pr Consort 1857 (*26.8.1819 +14.12.1861)
        
        F5. Ernest Augustus, Pr of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, succeeded his brother William as ERNST AUGUST I König von Hannover (20.6.1837-1851), *Queen's House, St.James's Park 5.6.1771, +Herrenhausen 18.11.1851; m.Strelitz 29.5.1815 and Carlton House 29.8.1815 Herzogin Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*2.3.1778 +21.6.1841); for their descendants see HERE
        F6. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, etc, *Buckingham House 27.1.1773, +Kensington Palace 21.4.1843; 1m: Rome 4.4.1793 and at London 5.12.1793 (marriage declared null and void, as being in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act, 1794, though the couple continued to live together as man and wife) Lady Augusta Murray (*London 27.1.1768, +Ramsgate, Kent 5.3.1830); 2m: (in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act) London ca 2.5.1831 Lady Cecilia Gore, who took the name Lady Cecilia Underwood 2.3.1834, and was cr Dss of Inverness 10.4.1840 (*ca 1785, +Kensington Palace 1.8.1873)
        G1. Sir Augustus Frederick d'Este, *Essex 13.1.1794, +Kensington Gore 28.12.1848
        G2. Augusta Emma d'Este, *London 11.8.1801, +London 21.5.1866; m.London 13.8.1845 Thomas Wilde, Lord Truro (*London 7.7.1782, +London 11.11.1855)
        
        F7. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, etc, *Buckingham House 24.2.1774, +Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London 8.7.1850; m.(proxy) Kassel 7.5.1818 and (in person) The Queen's Palace, London 1.6.1818 Ldgfn Auguste von Hessen-Kassel (*25.7.1797 +6.4.1889)
        G1. GEORGE William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, etc, *Hannover 26.3.1819, +Gloucester House 17.3.1904; m.(in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act) London 8.1.1847 Sarah Louise Fairbrother, known as Mrs. Fitzgeorge (*London 1816, +London 12.1.1890)
        H1. GEORGE William Adolphus FITZGEORGE, *London 27.8.1843, +Luzern 2.9.1907; m.Paris 25.11.1885 Rosa Fredericka Baring (*London 9.3.1854, +London 10.3.1927)
        I1. GEORGE William Frederick Fitzgeorge, *London 12.10.1892, +Tours 13.6.1960; 1m: Saltburn 1918 (div 1928) Esther Vignon (*Menglon, France 12.6.1890, +Luc-en-Diois 10.11.1980); 2m: Paris 5.1.1934 (div 1957) France Bellanger (*Founex, Switzerland 25.11.1911, +Paris 17.2.1974)
        I2. Mabel IRIS Fitzgeorge, *London 23.9.1886, +London 13.4.1976; 1m: St.James's Palace 12.12.1912 Robert Shekelton Balfour (*Stirling 7.3.1869, +Salcombe Regis, Devon 1.11.1942); 2m: London 12.8.1945 Pr Vladimir Galitzine (*17.6.1884, +13.7.1954)
        I3. George DAPHNÉ Fitzgeorge, *London 23.2.1889, +Castiglione della Pescaia 1.6.1954; m.London 8.12.1915 (div 1926) George Foster Earle (*Cottingham, Yorks 8.2.1890, +Baggrave Hall, Leics 11.12.1965)
        
        H2. Rear Adm. Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick Fitzgeorge, K.C.V.O., *London 30.1.1846, +London 17.12.1922; 1m: Hessle, Yorks 21.9.1875 Sophia Jane Holden (*2.4.1856, +London 3.2.1920); 2m: London 28.10.1920 Margarita Beatrice Watson (*Waresley Court 14.4.1861, +London 26.2.1934)
        I1. Olga Mary Adelaide Fitzgeorge, *11.6.1877, +Rouen 15.10.1928; 1m: London 18.12.1897 (div 1902) Archibald Hamilton, Bt. of Trebinshun and of Marlborough House (*10.12.1876 +18.3.1939); 2m: London 5.1.1905 Robert Charlton Lane (*London 26.1.1873, +Havant 23.5.1943)
        
        H3. Sir AUGUSTUS Charles Frederick Fitzgeorge, *London 12.6.1847, +London 30.10.1933
        
        G2. AUGUSTA Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louisa, *Schloss Montbrillant, nr Hannover 19.7.1822, +Neustrelitz 4.12.1916; m.Buckingham Palace 28.6.1843 Grossherzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*17.10.1819 +30.5.1904)
        G3. Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, *Hannover 22.11.1833, +White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey 27.10.1897; m.Kew 12.6.1866 Herzog Franz von Teck (*27.8.1837 +20.1.1900)
        
        F8. Octavius, *Queen's House, St.James's 23.2.1779, +Kew Palace 3.5.1783
        F9. Alfred, *Windsor Castle 22.9.1780, +Windsor Castle 20.8.1782
        F10. CHARLOTTE Augusta Matilda, Pss Royal, *Buckingham House 29.9.1766, +Ludwigsburg 6.10.1828; m.St.James's Palace 18.5.1797 King Friedrich I von Württemberg (*6.11.1754 +30.10.1816)
        F11. Augusta Sophia, *Buckingham House 8.11.1768, +Clarence House 22.9.1840
        F12. Elizabeth, *Buckingham House 22.5.1770, +Frankfurt a.M. 10.1.1840; m.Buckingham House 7.4.1818 Ldgf Friedrich VI von Hessen-Homburg (*Homburg 30.7.1769, +Homburg 2.4.1829)
        F13. Mary, *Queen's House, St.James's 25.4.1776, +Gloucester House 30.4.1857; m.Queen's House 22.7.1816 Pr William Duke of Gloucester (*1776, +1834)
        F14. Sophie, *London 3.9.1777, +London 25.7.1848
        F15. Amelia, *The Lodge, Windsor 7.8.1783, +Augusta Lodge, Windsor 2.11.1810
      - E2. Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, etc., *Norfolk House 14.3.1739, +Monaco 17.9.1767
      - E3. William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, etc, *Leicester House 14.11.1743, +Gloucester House 25.8.1805; m.London 6.9.1766 Maria Walpole, Dowager Css Waldegrave (*3.7.1739, +Brompton 23.8.1807)
        F1. William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, etc, *Rome 15.1.1776, +Bagshot Park, Surrey 30.11.1834; m.Queen's House, St.James's 22.7.1816 Pss Mary of Great Britain (*1776, +1857)
        F2. Sophia Matilda, *Gloucester House 29.5.1773, +Ranger's House, Blackheath 29.11.1844
        F3. Caroline Augusta Maria, *Gloucester House 24.6.1774, +Gloucester House 14.3.1775
      - E4. Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, etc, *Leicester House 27.10.1745, +Cumberland House 18.9.1790; m.London 2.10.1771 Lady Anne Luttrell (*London 24.1.1743, +Trieste 28.12.1808)
        F1. [illegitimate by Olive Wilmot] Olivia Wilmot, *1772, +1834; m.John Thomas Serres (*1759 +1825)
        G1. Lavinia Janetta Horton Serres, *1797, +1871; m.Antony Thomas Ryves
      - E5. Frederick William, *Leicester House 13.5.1750, +Leicester House 29.12.1765
      - E6. Augusta, Pss Royal, *St.James's Palace 31.7.1737, +London 23.3.1813; m.St.James's Palace 16.1.1764 Herzog Karl II von Braunschweig (*Wolfenbüttel 9.10.1735, +Altona 10.11.1806)
      - E7. Elizabeth Caroline, *Norfolk House 30.12.1740, +Kew Palace 4.9.1759
      - E8. Louisa Anne, *Leicester House 8.3.1749, +Carlton House 13.5.1768
      - E9. Caroline Matilda, *Leicester House 11.7.1751, +Celle 10.5.1775, bur Celle; m.(by proxy) St.James's Palace 1.10.1766 (in person) Christiansborg 8.11.1766 (div 1772) King Christian VII of Denmark (*29.1.1749 +13.3.1808)
    - D2. George William, *St.James's Palace 2.11.1717, +Kensington Palace 6.2.1718
    - D3. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, etc, *Leicester House 15.4.1721, +London 31.10.1765)
    - D4. Anne, Pss Royal, *Hannover 2.11.1709, +The Hague 12.1.1759; m.St.James's Palace 25.3.1734 Fst Willem IV von Nassau-Dietz-Orange (*Leeuwarden 1.9.1711, +The Hague 22.10.1751)
    - D5. AMELIA Sophia Eleanor, *Herrenhausen 10.6.1711, +London 31.10.1786
    - D6. CAROLINE Elizabeth, *Hannover 10.6.1713, +St.James's Palace 28.12.1757
    - D7. Mary, *Leicester House 22.2.1723, +Hanau 14.1.1772; m.(by proxy) St.James’s Palace 8.5.1740 (in person) Kassel 28.6.1740 Ldgf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel (*14.8.1720 +31.10.1785)
    - D8. Louisa, *Leicester House 7.12.1724, +Christiansborg 19.12.1751, bur Roskilde Cathedral; m.(by proxy) Hannover 30.10.1743 (in person) Altona 11.12.1743 King Frederik V of Denmark and Norway (*31.3.1723 +14.1.1766)
  - C2. Sophia Dorothea, *Hannover 16/26.3.1687, +Schloss Monbijou, nr Berlin 28.6.1757; m.Berlin 17.11.1706 King Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preussen (*15.8.1688 +31.5.1740)
    *** King George I had 3 illegitimate daughters by Ermengarde Melusina von der Schulenberg, cr Dss of Kendal (*1667 +1743):
  - C3. Melusina, Countess of Walsingham, *1693, +16.9.1778 m.Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
  - C4. Margarete Gertrud, Gfn von Oeynhausen, *19.4.1698, +Mannheim 8.4.1726; m.30.9.1721 Gf Albert Wolfgang zu Schaumburg-Lippe (*8.5.1699 +24.9.1748)
  - C5. Anna Louise Sophie von der Schulenburg, Gfn von Delitz, *1692, +1773; m.1707 (div 1722) Ernst August von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (*1681 +1761)
- B2. Friedrich August, *Hannover 4.10.1661, +k.a.St.Georgen 10.1.1691
- B3. Maximilian Wilhelm, *Osnabrück 13/14.12.1666, +Vienna 27.7.1726
- B4. Karl Philipp, *Iburg 13.10.1669, +k.a.Pristina 1.1.1690
- B5. Christian, *Heidelberg 29.9.1671, +drowned in the Danube 31.7.1703
- B6. Ernst August, Pr-Bp of Osnabrück, Duke of York and Albany, *Osnabrück 1674, +Osnabrück 1728
- B7. Sophie Charlotte, *Iburg 2.10.1662, +Hannover 1.5.1705; m.Herrenhausen 8.10.1684 King Friedrich I in Prussia (+25.2.1713)
A5. Magdalene, *and +Herzberg 9.8.1618
A6. Sofie Amalie, *Herzberg 24.3.1628, +Copenhagen 20.2.1685, bur Roskilde Cathedral; m.Schloss Glücksburg 1.10.1643 King Frederik III of Denmark (*18.3.1609 +9.2.1670)
A7. Dorothea Magdalene, *Herzberg 20.11.1629, +Herzberg 17.11.1630
A8. Anna, *20.11.1630, +13.11.1636

Rulers of Braunschweig, Great Britain and Hannover
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