No. 74 George I., King of England
BORN 1680, SUCCEEDED TO THE ENGLISH THRONE 1714,
DIED 1727.
In royal robes.
Son of the Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. Succeeded his father in the Electorate in 1698, and Queen Anne on the Throne of England in 1714. Married Sophia of Zell, his cousin, whom he divorced and imprisoned. By her he had an only son, who succeeded as George II.