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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Georg Augustus | ||
| birth: | 1683.10.30 | at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover | |
| father: | King George I | ||
| mother: | Sophia Dorothea, Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg | ||
| marriage: | 1705.08.22 | Wilhelmina-Caroline
von Brandenburg at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover |
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| children: | 1707 | Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales | |
| 1709 | Anne, Princess Royal | ||
| 1711 | Amelia Sophia Eleanor | ||
| 1713 | Caroline Elizabeth | ||
| 1716 | son (stillborn) | ||
| 1717 | George William | ||
| 1721 | William Augustus (Duke of Cumberland) | ||
| 1723 | Mary | ||
| 1724 | Louisa | ||
| accession: | 1727.06.11 | ||
| coronation: | 1727.10.11 | Westminster Abbey, London, England | |
| death: | 1760.10.25 | at Kensington Palace, London (buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England) |
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| Titles, Orders and Awards |
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| 1706 | Duke & Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton, Baron Tewkesbury | |
| 1714 | Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Chester | |
| 1727.10.11 | King of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg, Duke of Celle | |
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| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1715 |  |
Captain-General and Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company | |
| 1727 | |
Captain General of the Army | |
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| Other Military Connections |
| 1714 | granted his title to The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welsh Fuziliers | |
| 1715.07.22 | granted his title to The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons | |
| 1743.06.27 | at Dettingen, George II was the last British monarch to command and lead his troops in battle | |
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