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Died on this day in 1972 aged 77 King Edward VIII of Great Britain (my toy,wikipedia). Edward was King for less than a year before abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson; apparently the British couldn't cope with a King marrying a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands. Since he was a Nazi sympathiser this was probably a Good Thing. He lived most of his life in France.
Born on this day in 1660 to Ernest Hanover , Elector of Brunswick-Luneburg and Sophia of Hanover, King George I of Great Britain (my toy,wikipedia). Queen Anne died without any living children, so the crown passed to her 2nd cousin George who was also a grandchild of James VI & I. George had married his first cousin, to ensure that he inherited his uncle's bits of Hanover as well as his father's, the marriage was not happy and was eventually dissolved (she was basically locked up subsequently, albeit in a nice castle). In Britain he was unpopular for being "too German".
Born on this day in 1660 to Ernest Hanover , Elector of Brunswick-Luneburg and Sophia of Hanover, King George I of Great Britain (my toy,wikipedia). Queen Anne died without any living children, so the crown passed to her 2nd cousin George who was also a grandchild of James VI & I. George had married his first cousin, to ensure that he inherited his uncle's bits of Hanover as well as his father's, the marriage was not happy and was eventually dissolved (she was basically locked up subsequently, albeit in a nice castle). In Britain he was unpopular for being "too German".