6 нояб. 2024 г. · His other major interest was music; he loved opera and was a patron of the German composer George Frideric Handel. This article was most ...

George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) ...

5 окт. 2023 г. · George II was the last British monarch to lead his troops in person on the battlefield during this war, fighting against the French at the ...

As Prince of Wales he became renowned for his arguments with his father George I. And as George II he followed in his father's footsteps, in terms both of his ...

George was elector of Hanover and second Hanoverian king of Great Britain and Ireland. George was born in Hanover, Germany on 10 November 1683.

George II presented the Old Royal Library, accumulated over many centuries, to the newly-founded British Museum in 1757 (and now held in the British Library).

11 янв. 2022 г. · George succeeded his father in 1727 and ruled as King of Great Britain, as well as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, until his death in 1760.

27 апр. 2021 г. · The second Hanoverian monarch, King George II ascended the British throne on his detested father's death on 11th June 1727.

George II was the second Hanoverian king of Great Britain. He was a more popular king than his father had been.