The Hanover link: George III (King of Great Britain in 1776) was also Elector of Hanover, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The Act of Settlement (1701) put the…
Year: 1701 · Places: Europe
SUMMARYThe Hanover link: George III (King of Great Britain in 1776) was also Elector of Hanover, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The Act of Settlement (1701) put the German House of Hanover on the throne in 1714, bypassing dozens of closer Catholic heirs; the Glorious Revolution (1688) was an invasion-backed change of monarch. Hessian (German) troops fought the Revolution. Record.