Hanover

Four Georges' house

Hanover is a city in northern Germany, capital of Lower Saxony.

The House of Hanover was a German royal dynasty that ruled Britain from 1714 to 1901, beginning with George I and ending with Queen Victoria.

The adjective Hanoverian describes this period or its monarchs: Hanoverian England, the Hanoverian succession.

dynasty

Georgian

Of four kings' era

George III · Queen Victoria · Windsor · Brunswick · British monarchy · hereditary · royal house · crown · regency · bloodline

city

Leibniz

Baroque-era polymath philosopher-mathematician

zoo · reconstruction · university · canal · industrial · manufacturing · insurance · tram

places

New Hampshire

Northeastern state, smallest land

Virginia · Ontario · Jamaica · township · county seat · Dartmouth College · American · colonial · settlement · namesake

architecture

baroque

Excessively ornate or elaborate

parterre · hedge · avenue · palace · reconstruction · façade · ornamental · formal garden

historical

World War II

Second global military conflict

Hanseatic · Reformation · Thirty Years War · Seven Years War · Napoleonic · Congress of Vienna · industrialization · exile · ruins · memorial

Categories
Opposites
British Royal Dynasties

HanoverJacobite

Supporter of exiled Stuarts

Stuart · Bonnie Prince Charlie · Windsor · Tudor · Plantagenet

German Regional/Political Rivals

HanoverPrussia

Former German kingdom

Bavaria · Saxony · Austria · Vienna · Brandenburg

Protestant vs Catholic Powers

HanoverStuart

Scottish-origin English dynasty

Jacobite · Habsburg · Rome · papal succession

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