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George II 1727-1760 AD
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, the only son of King George I , was born in 1683. In 1705 he married Wilhelmina Caroline of Anspach. In 1706 he was created Earl of Cambridge. In 1708 he fought bravely at Oudenarde. At his father's accession to the English throne he was thirty-one years of age. He was already on bad terms with his father. The position of an heir-apparent is in no case an easy one to fill with dignity, and the ill-treatment of the prince's mother by his father was not likely to strengthen in him a reverence for paternal authority. It was most unwillingly that, on his first journey to Hanover in 1716, George I appointed the Prince of Wales guardian of the realm during his absence. In 1717 the existing ill-feeling ripened into an open breach. At the baptism of one of his children, the prince selected one godfather when the king persisted in selecting another. The young man spoke angrily, was ordered into arrest, and was subsequently commanded to leave St. James's and to be excluded from all court ceremonies. The prince took up his residence at Leicester House, and did everything in his power to support the opposition against his father's ministers.
Obverse: Laureated, draped, and cuirassed bust of George II left, young bust, regnal year on edge in words GEORGIVS·II· DEI·GRATIA·
Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields with arms, roses and plumes in angles date ·M·B·F·ET· H·REX·F·D·B· ET·L·D·S·R·I· A·T·ET·E· - Diameter: 39,00 mm Weight: 30,00 gr Silver
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, the only son of King George I , was born in 1683. In 1705 he married Wilhelmina Caroline of Anspach. In 1706 he was created Earl of Cambridge. In 1708 he fought bravely at Oudenarde. At his father's accession to the English throne he was thirty-one years of age. He was already on bad terms with his father. The position of an heir-apparent is in no case an easy one to fill with dignity, and the ill-treatment of the prince's mother by his father was not likely to strengthen in him a reverence for paternal authority. It was most unwillingly that, on his first journey to Hanover in 1716, George I appointed the Prince of Wales guardian of the realm during his absence. In 1717 the existing ill-feeling ripened into an open breach. At the baptism of one of his children, the prince selected one godfather when the king persisted in selecting another. The young man spoke angrily, was ordered into arrest, and was subsequently commanded to leave St. James's and to be excluded from all court ceremonies. The prince took up his residence at Leicester House, and did everything in his power to support the opposition against his father's ministers.
Obverse: Laureated, draped, and cuirassed bust of George II left, young bust, regnal year on edge in words GEORGIVS·II· DEI·GRATIA·
Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields with arms, roses and plumes in angles date ·M·B·F·ET· H·REX·F·D·B· ET·L·D·S·R·I· A·T·ET·E· - Diameter: 39,00 mm Weight: 30,00 gr Silver
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