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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