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George I of Great Britain

1660 - 1727

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George I of Great Britain has received more than 15,069,534 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). George I of Great Britain is the 477th most popular politician (down from 440th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Politician.

George I of Great Britain is most famous for being the first king of Great Britain to be born in England since the Norman conquest in 1066.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George I of Great Britain ranks 477 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis II of Hungary, Guy of Lusignan, Louis the German, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Sukarno, and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Maximian, Hongwu Emperor, Idi Amin, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Licinius, and John Hunyadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, George I of Great Britain ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Defoe. After him are Alessandro Scarlatti, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, André Campra, Hans Sloane, Veronica Giuliani, Johann Kuhnau, Andreas Schlüter, Johann Joseph Fux, and Johann Patkul. Among people deceased in 1727, George I of Great Britain ranks 2. Before him is Catherine I of Russia. After him are Ismail Ibn Sharif, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Veronica Giuliani, Francesco Gasparini, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Aert de Gelder, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, August Hermann Francke, Cornelis de Bruijn, and Jakob Abbadie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George I of Great Britain ranks 133 out of 7,253. Before him are Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Heinrich Böll (1917), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Gropius (1883), Erik Erikson (1902), and Carl Orff (1895). After him are Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Baron Munchausen (1720), Max von Laue (1879), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Meister Eckhart (1260), and Otto Hahn (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, George I of Great Britain ranks 34. Before him are Clara Zetkin (1857), Charles the Fat (839), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), and Lothair I (795). After him are Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Friedrich Ebert (1871), and Agrippina the Younger (15).

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