Who became King of England on the death of Queen Anne in 1714?

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Who became King of England on the death of Queen Anne in 1714?

When Queen Anne died in 1714 without surviving children, the throne went to the next Protestant heir in line, as established by the Act of Settlement of 1701. That act was designed to keep the crown in a Protestant dynasty and set Sophia of Hanover and her descendants as the succession. Although Sophia had died before Anne, her son George Louis—who would become George I—was the next eligible Protestant heir. So the crown passed to George I, starting the Hanoverian (Georgian) era. James II cannot be king in 1714 because his reign ended long before, after the Glorious Revolution, and he died in 1701. George II did not ascend until 1727, following George I’s death, and Charles I reigned in the 17th century, not the 18th.

When Queen Anne died in 1714 without surviving children, the throne went to the next Protestant heir in line, as established by the Act of Settlement of 1701. That act was designed to keep the crown in a Protestant dynasty and set Sophia of Hanover and her descendants as the succession. Although Sophia had died before Anne, her son George Louis—who would become George I—was the next eligible Protestant heir. So the crown passed to George I, starting the Hanoverian (Georgian) era.

James II cannot be king in 1714 because his reign ended long before, after the Glorious Revolution, and he died in 1701. George II did not ascend until 1727, following George I’s death, and Charles I reigned in the 17th century, not the 18th.

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