G. GENEALOGY OF THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK-HANOVER.
GEORGE I. (son of the duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, afterwards elector of Hanover, and Sophia, youngest child of the elector Palatine and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James I. (see p. 333). b. May 23, 1660. d. June 11, 1727. m. Sophia Dorothea of Zell
b. Oct. 30, 1683. d Oct. 25, 1760. m. Wilhelmina Carolina of Brandenburg-Anspach.
Anne, m. prince of Orange. d. 1759.
Elizabeth, d. 1758. (unm.)
William Henry,
duke of Gloucester, b. 1743. d. 1805. m. countess Waldegrave.
Frederick William, duke of Gloucester.
b. 1776. d. 1834.
m. princess Mary, daughter of
George III. (no issue).
WILLIAM IV. duke of Clarence, b. Aug. 24, 1765, d. June, 20, 1837, m. Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen (no surv. issue).
VICTORIA,
b. May 24, 1819,
Edward, duke of Kent, b. 1767, d. 1820, m. Victoria, of Saxe
Sophia Matilda,
b. 1773. d. 1844.
Cumberland and king of Hanover,
b. 1771,
d. 1851,
Henry Frederick, duke of Cumberland, b. 1745. d. 1790.
m. lady Luttrell
(no issue).
Cassel, d. 1771
(leaving issue).
m. duke of Bruns- m. Christian VII. king of Denmark
Charles Frederick William,
duke of Brunswick, fell at Quatre Bras, June 16, 1815.
Coburg m. Frederica Saalfeld. of Mecklenburg
m. Feb. 10, 1840, ALBERT,
second son of Ernest I.
duke of Coburg and Gotha, b. 1819.
George V. king of Hanover, b. 1819 (has issue).
Augusta, b. 1822, m. duke of
Mecklenburg Strelitz (has issue).
cousin the
duke of
Gloucester
(no issue).
H. DESCENT OF VICTORIA I. FROM EGBERT.
1. EGBERT. 2. ETHELWOLF. 3. ALFRED THE GREAT. 4. EDWARD THE ELDER. 5. EDMUND. 6. EDGAR. 7. ETHELRED. 8. EDMUND IRONSIDE. 9. Edward (not a king). 10. Margaret, wife of Malcolm king of Scotland. 11. Matilda, wife of HENRY I. 12. MATILDA or MAUD, empress of Germany, and wife of Geoffrey of Anjou. 13. HENRY II. 14. JOHN. 15. HENRY III. 16. EDWARD I. 17. EDWARD II. 18. EDWARD III.
30. Elizabeth, m. Frederick, elector palatine.
31. Sophia, m. Ernest Augustus of Brunswick, elector of Hanover.
34. Frederick, prince of Wales
35. GEORGE III.
36. Edward, duke of Kent.
* John of Gaunt was older than Edmund, but the latter is placed second for typographical convenience.
Abercrombie, sir Ralph,
expedition to Holland,
To Egypt, 303.
302.
Killed, ib.
Aberdeen, lord, 324. Pre-
mier, 326.
Abhorrers, 238.
Aboukir, battle, 301.
Acre taken by Richard I.,
57. Defended by sir S.
Smith, 301.
Adams, Mr., interview with
George III., 294.
Addington, Mr., prime mi-
nister, 303, 304. Vis-
count Sidmouth (see Sid-
mouth).
Adelais of Louvain, con-
sort of Henry I., 38.
Adjutators, 214.
Adrian IV., pope, 48.
VI., pope, 126.
Eglesford, battle, 10.
Æscevine, or Ercemvine,
Eshings, or Ashings, 10.
Aëtius, 6.
African Company, 231.
Aghrim, battle, 253.
Agincourt, battle, 93.
Agreement of the People,
scheme so called, 217.
Agricola in Britain, 4.
Aids (feudal), 53, 62.
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of,
234. Another, 281. Con-
gress of, 311.
Alban, St., martyrdom, 7.
Albany, duke of, machi-
nations against Robert
III., 91.
regent of Scotland,
127.
Albemarle, duke of
(Monk), engages
the
Algerine pirates suppress-
ed, 311.
Algiers, dey of, chastised
by Blake, 224.
Allectus, 5.
Alliance, triple, 234. Grand,
256. Triple, 273. Quad-
ruple, 273.
Almenara, battle, 266.
Alnwick, battle, 49.
Alodial lands, 51.
Alphonso, son of Edward
I.,
Althorp, lord, chancellor
of exchequer, 317.
comes earl Spencer, 319.
Alva, duke of, 168.
American war, 308, 209.
Amherst, lord, 283.
Amiens, congress at, 67.
Treaty of, 303.
Ancalites, 3.
Anderida, or Andredes-ce-
aster, 10.
Angles (Engle), 8. Site of
the, 9.
Anglia, East, 9, 11.
Anglo-Norman
tion, 50.
Anglo-Saxon institutions,
19 89. Literature, 20.
Nobles, 30. Nobles and
prelates depressed by
William I., 31.
Anjou, duke of, proposed
marriage with Elizabeth,
160.
Annates, 132.
Anne of Bohemia, consort
of Richard II., 87.
of Brittany, marries
Charles VIII., 117.
of Cleves, marries
Henry VIII., 140.
ANNE, princess, daughter
of James II., 248, 252,
254. Queen, 262. Reign
of, 262-27Q.
Anselm, primate, 36.
Anson, commodore, 277.
Antoninus, wall of, 5.
Argyle, earl of, heads the
Covenanters, 216, 229.
--, earl of, incites Mon-
mouth's invasion, 244.
Defeated and executed,
245.
duke of, commander-
in-chief in Scotland,
272.
Arles, council of, 7.
Arlington, lord, 234.
Armada, invincible, 175.
Defeated, 177.
Arminianism, 196.
Armorica, British colony
in, 6, 13. Called Bre-
tagne, 13.
Army, parliamentary, 212,
Babington, Ant., conspi-
racy, 169.
Bacon, sir Nicholas, lord-
keeper, 160.
Bacon, Francis, viscount
St. Albans and chancel-
lor, 188.
Badajoz taken, 308.
Baker, major, defends Lon-
donderry, 252.
Baliol, John, king of Scot-
land, 72, 73.
—, Edward, seizes the
Scottish crown, 80.
Ball, John, 86.
Ballard, conspiracy of, 169.
Balmerino, lord, executed,
281.
Bank Restriction bill, 302.
Bannockburn, battle, 77.
Barbarossa, Frederick, 55.
Barclay, sir George, 255.
Bards, 3.
Barebone, Praise God, 224.
Barfleur, shipwreck at, 38.
Barnet, battle, 107.
Baronetcy, institution of,
186.
Barons, council of, 37.
Oppose king John, 61.
Council of, under Magna
Charta, 63. Conspire
against Henry III., 65.
Bartholomew, St., mas-
sacre, 161.
Barton, Elizabeth, the Holy
Maid of Kent, 135.
Bath, earl of (see Pulteney).
Battle abbey, 28.
Baugé, battle, 94.
Berwick ceded to England,
49. Sold by Richard I.,
57. Ceded by Edward
Baliol, 80. Pacification
of, 200.
duke of, 253-265.
Bigod, Roger, earl of Nor-
folk, 73.
Bills, parliamentary, 104.
Birmingham, riots at, 299.
Bishops, protest, 207. Im-
peached and commit-
ted, ib. Restored to par-
liament, 230. Petition
against declaration of
indulgence, 247. Com-
mitted to Tower, ib.
Acquitted, ib.
Bavaria, elector of, claims Black Hole, 285.
Austria, 278.
Baxter, 230.
Baynard's Castle, 110.
Bayeux tapestry, 28.
Beachy Head, battle off,
253.
Beaton, cardinal, 142.
Beaufort, bishop of Win-
chester, and cardinal, 97,
98, 100, ib.
Beaulieu, sanctuary at,
Richard III. against,,112.
"Levied by Henry VII.,
117.
Bentinck, earl of Portland
(see Portland).
Beornwulf, king of Mercia,
15.
Berengaria, consort of
Richard I., 57.
Beresford, lord, 308.
Berkeley castle, Edward
II. murdered at, 78.
Berlin Decree, 306.
Bernicia (Berneich), II.
Bertha, wife of Ethelbert,
Black Prince, 82, 83, 84,
85.
Blake, admiral, 222, 223,
224.
Blenheim, battle, 265.
Blood, 234.
Blücher, marshal, 310.
Boadicea, 4.
Board of Control, 297.
Boc-land, 19.
Bocher, Joan, burnt, 149.
Bohemia, king of, death at
Crecy, 83.
Bohun, Humphrey, earl of
Hereford, 73.
Boleyn, Ann, 128. Married
to Henry VIII, 133.
Death, 139.
Bolingbroke, birthplace of
Henry IV., 90.
St. John, viscount,
268. Flight, 272. Enters
pretender's service, ib.
Attainted, ib. Returns
to England, 274.
Bombay, dowry of Cathe-
rine of Braganza, 231.
Ceded to East India
Company, 284.
Bonaparte, Napoleon (see
Napoleon).
Louis, king of Hol-
land, 307.
Joseph, king of
Spain, 307.
Boniface, pope, 73.
Bonner, bishop, 153, 156.
Boroughs disfranchised by
the Reform bill, 318.
Boscawen,admiral,282, 283.
Boston (America), riots at,
290, 291.
Bosworth, battle, 112.
Bothwell, earl of, favourite
of Mary queen of Scots,
167.
Boulogne, taken by Henry
VIII., 142. Restored,
149. Army of invasion
at, 303.
Bourbon, Charles duke of,
Bouvines, battle, 61.
Boyne, the, battle of, 253.
Bradshaw, president of
High Court of Justice,
217.
Bramham, battle, 91.
Breakspear (see Adrian
IV.).
Breda, peace of, 233.
Brentford, battle, 210.
Bretigni, peace of, 84.
Breton, Cape, taken, 283.
Bretwalda, 13.
Breviary abolished, 142.
Brigantes, 4.
Bristol taken by Rupert,
210. Riots at, 317.
earl of, ambassador
to Philip IV., 194.
Britain, earliest accounts
of, 1. Trade with Greeks.
ib. Invaded by Cæsar, 2.
Reduced by Claudius, 3.
Abandoned by Romans,
6. Condition under the,
6. Roads, ib. Chris-
tianity in, 7. Govern-
ment and divisions under
Romans, 5.
Brito, Richard, 45.
Britons, origin, 2.
gion, 2. Manners, 3.
Tribes, ib. sq. Civiliza-
tion, 3. Repulse the bar-
barians, 6. Groans, ib.
In Armorica, 13. Whe-
ther expelled from Eng-
land, ib.
Brittany, disputed suc-
cession, 82.
Brougham, lord, 313. Chan-
cellor, 317.
Bruce, Robert, descent, 72.
(the son), aspires to
the crown, 74. Crowned
at Scone, 74. Defeats the
English, 77.
Brunswick, duke of, pub-
lishes manifesto, 300.
Buchanan, George, 182.
Buckingham, Henry duke
of, supports the duke of
Gloucester, 112. Favours
Richmond, 112. Exe-
cuted, ib.
Buckingham, duke of, con-
stable, executed, 126.
-, George Villiers, duke
of, 187 sq. Persuades
Charles to visit Madrid,
191. False narrative of,
ib. Accused by Bristol
of high treason, 194. Ex-
pedition to Rochelle, 195.
Assassinated, 196.
-, duke of, 233, 235.
Bunker's Hill, battle, 291.
Burdett, sir Francis, 306,
314.
Burgh, Hubert de, justi-
ciary, 65.
Burgoyne, general, 288,
291, ib.
Burgundy, duke of, allied
with the English, 93.
duchess of, assists
Simnel, 116. And War-
beck, 117.
Burke, Edmund, 291. Im-
peaches Warren Has-
tings, 297.
His Re-
flections' on French re-
volution, 299.
Burleigh, lord (Cecil), 167,
178.
Burrard, sir Harry, 306.
Bury St. Edmund's, 17.
Busaco, battle of, 307.
Bute, earl of, 288.
minister, 288, 289.
Bye, the, plot, 183.
Byng, admiral (lord Tor-
rington), defeats the pre-
tender, 266. Defeats the
Spaniards, 273.
admiral, fails to re-
lieve Minorca, 281. Shot,
ib.
Cabal ministry, 234.
Cabot, Sebastian, 120.
Cade, Jack, rebellion, 101.
Caer Caradoc, 4.
Cæsar invades Britain, 2.
Calais taken by Edward
III., 83. Taken by Guise,
157.
Calamy, the presbyterian,
230.
Calcutta, 284.
Calder, admiral sir Robert,
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