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House of the Dragon. House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the second television series in the A Song of Ice and Fire franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik served as the showrunners for the first season.
The Royal House of Hanover was originally a German royal dynasty. However under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement, following the death of Queen Anne on the 1st August 1714, the joint crowns of England and Scotland fell to George Ludwig, E lector of Hanover. Despite being only 52nd in line to the throne, he was the late queen’s closest ...
Hanover was in the British zone of occupation of Germany and became part of the new state (Land) of Lower Saxony in 1946. Today Hanover is a vice-president city of Mayors for Peace, an international mayoral organisation mobilising cities and citizens worldwide to abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons by 2020.
George V of Hanover. George V (George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus; 27 May 1819–12 June 1878) was the last King of Hanover and a member of the German branch of the House of Hanover .He was a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and son of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. George V was a cousin of Queen Victoria of the ...
The House of Windsor is a British royal house, and currently the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate. Since it was founded on 17 July 1917, there have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor: George V, Edward VIII, George VI ...
Order of St. George. The Order of St. George ( German: Sankt Georgs-Orden ), was founded by Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, on 23 April 1839. [1] In the statutes establishing the order it was designated as the House Order of the Crown of Hanover. The order is of a single grade and limited to 16 members, excluding members of the royal family.
The personal union between Great Britain and Hanover existed from 1714 to 1837. During this time, the Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg or King of Hanover was also King of Great Britain. With the Act of Settlement in 1701, the English Parliament created the basis for the Protestant succession of the House of Hanover to the throne in the Kingdom ...
