House / Group: Hanover
Born / died: 1683-1760
Reign: 1727-1760
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Born in Hanover, the son of George Louis, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who became George I, and Sophia of Celle.
He married the Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1705, and the marriage was successful, although George took a succession of mistresses. They had 8 children (Frederick, Anne, Amelia, Caroline, George, William, Mary and Louisa)
George, as Prince of Wales, had a stormy relationship with his father George I and also with his own son when the latter was Prince of Wales.
Buried in Westminster Abbey.
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