nover, also called Brunswick and Guelf

James (Stuart) I of England
I
+------------------======================
| I
Charles I Elizabeth, m. Frederick,
| Elector-Palatine,* and
------------------------------- later King of Bohemia
| | | I
Charles II James II Mary, m. Sophia, m. the Elector
| William II of of Hanover+
----------------------- Orange I
| | | | George, Elector of
Mary, m. Anne James William III of Hanover, became
William III Edward Orange, became George I of England,
of Orange, Stuart, William III of 1714
afterward (the so- England, I
William III called "Old 1689 George II
of England Pretender, I
b. 1688, Frederick, Prince of
d. 1765 Wales (died before
| coming to the throne)
Charles Edward I
Stuart (the so-called ============================
"Young Pretender"), I I I
b. 1720, d. 1788 George IV William IV Edward,
Duke of Kent,
d. 1820
*Elector-Palatine: a prince ruling over the I
territory called the Palatinate in Victoria
western Germany, on the Rhine. I
+Elector of Hanover: a prince ruling over the Edward VII
province of Hanover, a part of the German I
Empire, lying on the North Sea. The elector George V
received his title from the fact that he was
one of a certain number of princes who had
the right of electing the German Emperor.

533. Character of the New King.

The new sovereign was a selfish, coarse old man, who in private life
would, as Lady Montagu said, have passed for an honest blockhead. He
neit