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The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) were a British royal dynasty which succeeded the House of Stuart, in 1714. It is sometimes referred to as the House of Brunswick, Hanover line. The first Hanoverian rulers, George I and George II, were from Hanover, in what is now Germany. The Hanoverians were descended from Heinrich der Löwe.

Holders of the British Crown also served as Electors of Hanover (see Personal union). Beginning in 1814, when Hanover was made into a kingdom, the British monarch also served jointly as King of Hanover. The thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover diverged in 1837 as the throne of Hanover, unlike that of the U.K., was under the Salic law, and so did not pass to Queen Victoria and instead passed to her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland. (See: Rulers of HanoverThe Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg became the Electors of Hanover Hannover is the German spelling) in 1692. Electors of Hanover, 1692-1814 Ernest Augustus 1692-1698 George I Louis 1698-1727 became King George I of Great Britain in 1714 George II Augustus 172)

The dynasty provided six monarchs:

Of the Kingdom of Great BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merger of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707 (see Act of Union 1707). A single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, ran the entire kingdom. They had shared a monarch si:

Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

Victoria changed the name of the dynasty to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, after her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. However, the current British monarch is a direct descendant of George I, and the Act of Settlement requires the monarch to be a Protestant descendant of Sophia, Electress of Hanover.

Under Salic law, the current head of the House is Ernst August of Hanover.

See also: List of British monarchs



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