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ID: 500353655
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500353655

 

Record Type: Person
George II, King of Great Britain (British king, 1683-1760)

Note: Only son of the German prince George Louis, elector of Hanover (King George I of Great Britain from 1714 to 1727), and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. German-born, was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain; was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

Names:
George II, King of Great Britain (preferred,V,display,LC,English-P,NA,U)
George Augustus, Prince of Wales (V)
Georg II. Großbritannien, König (V,German,NA,U)
Georges II, roi de Grande-Bretagne (V,French,NA,U)
George II, re di Gran Bretagna (V,Italian,NA,U)
George Augustus (V,English,NA,U)
Georg II August (V,German,NA,U)
George II, Elector of Hannover (V)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
German

Roles:
king (preferred)

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Hanover district (Lower Saxony, Germany) (national district)
Died:  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Events:
reign:   from 11 June 1727 (Old Style)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
child of ....  George I, King of Great Britain  
..............  (British king, 1660-1727) [500373198]
consort was ....  Caroline, Queen consort of George II  from 1705
....................  (British queen consort, 1683-1737) [500249124]
grandparent of ....  George III, King of Great Britain  
..........................  (English king, 1738-1820) [500009904]
great-grandparent of ....  George IV, King of Great Britain  
......................................  (English king, 1762-1830) [500234768]
great-grandparent of ....  William IV, King of Great Britain  
......................................  (English king and patron, 1765-1837) [500373195]
member of ....  Hanover, House of  
................  (English dynasty of rulers and patrons, active from 18th century) [500373193]
parent of ....  Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales  
................  (British prince, 1707-1751) [500255967]
parent of ....  William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland  
................  (English noble and patron, 1721-1765) [500373194]
related to (familial) ....  Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex  
......................................  (English prince and painter, 1773-1843) [500087945]
related to (familial) ....  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain  
......................................  (English queen and patron, 1819-1901) [500022428]
relative by marriage (in-law) ....  Albert, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg  
....................................................  (British prince consort, 1819-1861) [500013694]
relative by marriage (in-law) ....  Charlotte, Queen consort of George III  
....................................................  (British queen consort, 1744-1818) [500279813]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Non-Artists
 ........  George II, King of Great Britain (I,U)

Biographies:
(British king, 1683-1760) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British king, 1683-1760) ..... [GRISC]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
George Augustus ........ [VP]
................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
George Augustus, Prince of Wales ........ [VP]
..............................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 18 July 2012
George II, Elector of Hannover ........ [VP]
...........................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) accessed 18 July 2012
George II, King of Great Britain ........ [GRISC Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............................................................  GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-)
..............................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83041856; accessed 18 July 2012
George II, re di Gran Bretagna ........ [VP]
.........................................................  VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) Vatican Library
Georges II, roi de Grande-Bretagne ........ [VP]
...................................................................  VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) National Library of France
Georg II August ........ [VP]
................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Georg II. Großbritannien, König ........ [VP]
.................................................................  VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) DNB

Subject: ........ [Gallery Systems, GRISC, VP]
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n83041856
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) accessed 18 July 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
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