Vem daterade George I of Great Britain?

George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.

Born in Hanover to Ernest Augustus and Sophia of Hanover, George inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. In 1682, he married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, with whom he had two children; he also had three daughters with his mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg. George and Sophia Dorothea divorced in 1694. A succession of European wars expanded George's German domains during his lifetime; he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover in 1708.

As the senior Protestant descendant of his great-grandfather James VI and I, George inherited the British throne following the deaths in 1714 of his mother, Sophia, and his second cousin Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Jacobites attempted, but failed, to depose George and replace him with James Francis Edward Stuart, Anne's Catholic half-brother. During George's reign the powers of the monarchy diminished, and Britain began a transition to the modern system of cabinet government led by a prime minister. Towards the end of his reign, actual political power was held by Robert Walpole, now recognised as Britain's first de facto prime minister.

George died in 1727 on a journey to his native Hanover, where he was buried. He is the most recent British monarch to be buried outside the United Kingdom.

Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, född 25 december 1667, död 10 maj 1743, hertiginna av Kendal och Munster, var en tysk hovdam och adelsdam, mätress till kung Georg I av Storbritannien. Hon fick minst tre barn med kungen.

Melusine von der Schulenburg blev hovdam hos kurfurstinnan av Hannover, Sofia av Pfalz, år 1690 och mätress till Hannovers tronföljare Georg året därpå. Då Georg år 1714 blev Storbritanniens kung följde hon honom till England, där han gav henne titeln hertiginna 1716. I England levde hon mestadels i Kendal House i Isleworth i Middlesex. På grund av att hon var mycket mager kallades hon i England för "majstången". Hon mottog titeln furstinna av kejsaren 1723; detta har tagits som ett tecken på att Melusine och Georg gifte sig i hemlighet, men detta är okänt och har aldrig bekräftats. Enligt Robert Walpole var hon "lika mycket drottning som någon annan".