Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (German: Königreich Hannover) was a kingdom in northwest Germany. It was created in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna. It came after the Electorate of Hanover (officially the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg). It joined 38 other countries in the German Confederation in June 1815. The kingdom was ruled by the House of Hanover. This was a branch of the House of Welf. It was in personal union with Great Britain since 1714. Usually a viceroy controlled Hanover. This was because its monarch lived in London. The viceroys were usually younger members of the British royal family.
Kingdom of Hanover Königreich Hannover | |||||||||||
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.svg) The Kingdom of Hanover in 1815 | |||||||||||
| Status | State of the German Confederation, in personal union with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1814–1837) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Hanover | ||||||||||
| Common languages | German, West Low German | ||||||||||
| Religion | Protestantism (mainly Lutheranism,[1] but also Calvinism), Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Hanoverian | ||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 1814–1820 | George III | ||||||||||
• 1820–1830 | George IV | ||||||||||
• 1830–1837 | William IV | ||||||||||
• 1837–1851 | Ernest Augustus | ||||||||||
• 1851–1866 | George V | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Assembly of the Kingdom of Hanover | ||||||||||
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• | 12 October 1814 | ||||||||||
| 13 March 1848 | |||||||||||
| 14 June 1866 | |||||||||||
| 23 August 1866 | |||||||||||
• | 20 September 1866 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Hanoverian thaler, (1814–1857) Hanoverian vereinsthaler (1857–1866) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
The personal union with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 when Queen Victoria became the queen of the UK. This was because females were not allowed to rule Hanover while a related male was still alive. Because of this, her uncle Ernest Augustus thus became the ruler of Hanover. His only son took over from him as George V. However, he was on the losing side of the Austro-Prussian War. His kingdom was then taken over by Prussia in 1866 and lost independence. It became a Prussian province. Hanover became part of the German Empire with the unification of Germany in January 1871. The country came back as the State of Hanover in 1946. But this state was later merged with some smaller states to form the current state of Lower Saxony in then West Germany. The city of Hanover became the capital of this new state.
Kingdom Of Hanover Media
100 thaler banknote from 1857
Map of the Kingdom of Hanover (1814-1866), recreated in 1946 as the State of Hanover
Allan Ramsay - King George III in coronation robes - Google Art Project
King George IV depicted wearing coronation robes and four collars of chivalric orders: the Golden Fleece, Royal Guelphic, Bath and Garter.
The King is here shown in Garter Robes with his right hand on his sword and St Edward's Crown and sceptre beside him on a cushion resting on a covered table. He wears the Collar of the Order of the Garter with a Great George pendant therefrom. In the distance to the right is a view of the Round Tower of Windsor Castle.
Ernst August von Hannover (1771-1851), by Edmund Koken
George V, king of Hannover
Grenzstein von 1827 am Fuß des Langenberg. Der Grenzstein IV markierte die Grenze zwischen dem Königreich Hannover und Preußen
The Leine Palace
Herrenhausen Castle and Gardens
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Notes
- ↑ W. Frizzell, Robert (2007). Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanoverian Germans in Western Missouri. University of Missouri Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780826266095.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, the official church of the kingdom