Editing George II of Great Britain (section)

== Family ==

===Ancestry===
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|1= 1. '''George II of Great Britain'''
|2= 2. [[George I of Great Britain]]
|3= 3. [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]]
|4= 4. [[Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]
|5= 5. [[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia, Princess Palatine of the Rhine]]
|6= 6. [[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]
|7= 7. [[Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse|Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Countess of Wilhelmsburg]]
|8= 8. [[George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (=12)<ref name=weir>Weir, pp. 272–275.</ref>
|9= 9. [[Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (=13)<ref name=weir/>
|10= 10. [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]]<ref name=weir/>
|11= 11. [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth Stuart]]<ref name=weir/>
|12= 12. [[George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (=8)<ref name=weir/>
|13= 13. [[Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (=9)<ref name=weir/>
|14= 14. Alexandre II Desmier, Seigneur d'Olbreuse<ref name=haag>Haag ''et al''., pp. 347–349.</ref>
|15= 15. Jacquette Poussard de Vandré<ref name=haag/>
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{{Dukes of Cambridge family tree}}

===Issue===
[[File:Medal of George II and his Family MET DP-180-155.jpg|thumb|[[John Croker (engraver)|John Croker]]'s medal of 1732 showing the surviving children of George II and Caroline: [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]], [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|William]], [[Anne, Princess of Orange|Anne]], [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|Amelia]], [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|Caroline]], [[Princess Mary of Great Britain|Mary]], and [[Louise of Great Britain|Louisa]] ]]
Caroline's ten<ref>Weir, pp. 277–285.</ref> or eleven<ref name="Dennison2">Dennison, p. 211.</ref> pregnancies resulted in eight live births. One of the couple's children died in infancy, and seven lived to adulthood.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Name
! Birth
! Death
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]
| {{dts|31 January 1707}}
| {{dts|31 March 1751}}
| married 1736, [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]]; had issue, including the future [[George III]]
|-
| [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|Anne, Princess Royal]]
| {{dts|2 November 1709}}
| {{dts|12 January 1759}}
| married 1734, [[William IV, Prince of Orange]]; had issue
|-
| [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|Princess Amelia]]
| {{dts|10 June 1711}}
| {{dts|31 October 1786}}
| never married, no issue
|-
| [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|Princess Caroline]]
| {{dts|10 June 1713}}
| {{dts|28 December 1757}}
| never married, no issue
|-
| Stillborn son
| colspan="2" | {{dts|20 November 1716}}
|
|-
| [[Prince George William of Great Britain|Prince George William]]
| {{dts|13 November 1717}}
| {{dts|17 February 1718}}
| died in infancy
|-
| Miscarriage
| colspan="2" | {{dts|1718}}
|
|-
| [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]]
| {{dts|26 April 1721}}
| {{dts|31 October 1765}}
| never married, no issue
|-
| [[Princess Mary of Great Britain|Princess Mary]]
| {{dts|5 March 1723}}
| {{dts|14 January 1772}}
| married 1740, [[Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]]; had issue
|-
| [[Louise of Great Britain|Princess Louisa]]
| {{dts|18 December 1724}}
| {{dts|19 December 1751}}
| married 1743, [[Frederick V, King of Denmark and Norway]]; had issue
|-
| Miscarriage<ref name="Dennison2" />
| colspan="2" | {{dts|July 1725}}
|
|-
| colspan=4 | {{center|Dates in this table are [[Old Style and New Style dates|New Style]]}}
|}