George II of Great Britain
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George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760.
George as a young boy with his mother and sister
Princess Caroline by Godfrey Kneller, 1716
London, c. 1710
George III
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George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. He was
George II of Great Britain
…rising of 1745 led by James's son. Prince Frederick died suddenly in 1751, before his father, and George was succeeded by Frederick's eldest son, George III. For two centuries after George II's death, historians tended to view him with disdain, concentrating on his mistresses, short temper, and boorishness…
Coronation portrait, 1762
George (right), his brother Edward, and their tutor, Francis Ayscough (later Dean of Bristol), by Richard Wilson, c. 1749
Pastel of George as Prince of Wales by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1754
Wedding of George and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, oil sketch by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1761