Editing House of Este (section)

==Elder branch – Younger House of Welf==
{{Main|House of Welf|House of Hanover}}
[[File:George I Oval.jpg|thumb|right|[[George I of Great Britain|George I]], by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, Prince-Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick. Portrait c. 1714, the year of his accession, by [[Godfrey Kneller|Sir Godfrey Kneller]].]]
The elder branch of the original House of Este, known as the House of Welf (were also called Guelfs "Guelf" or "Guelph" which derives from the Italianized name for original “Welf”), produced dukes of [[Bavaria]] (1070–1139, 1156–1180), dukes of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] (1138–1139, 1142–1180), a Holy Roman Emperor, [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor| Otto IV]] (1198–1218), dukes of [[Brunswick and Lüneburg]] (1208–1806), later also dukes of [[Saxe-Lauenburg]] (1689–1803), styled the "[[Electorate of Hanover|Electors of Hanover]]" in 1705, and princes of [[Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (1269–1807). The House of Welf gave Great Britain and the [[United Kingdom]] the "[[House of Hanover|Hanoverian monarchs]]" (1714–1901) as well as gave Russia an emperor [[Ivan VI of Russia|Ivan VI]].

After the [[congress of Vienna|peace ending]] the [[Napoleonic Wars]] reshaped Europe, ushering in the [[modern history|modern era]], the [[Electorate of Hanover]] ([[Brunswick-Lüneburg|duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg]], held in [[personal union]] by the king of Great Britain, [[George III]]) was dissolved by treaty. Its lands were enlarged and the state was promoted to a [[Kingdom of Hanover|kingdom]]. The new kingdom existed from 1815 to 1866, but upon the accession of [[Queen Victoria]] (who could not inherit Hanover under [[Salic law]]) in 1837, it passed to her uncle, [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover]], and thus ceased to be in personal union with the British Crown.

The senior branch of the House of Welf continued to be ruled by the princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, as undisputed until the death of the ruling duke of Brunswick Prince [[William, Duke of Brunswick|William VIII]], in 1884. Prior to his death, his brother [[Charles II, Duke of Brunswick|Charles II]] from Geneva, as exiled de jure ruler of the house, had declared the [[Province of Hanover|Prussian annexation]] of the crown and the earlier Hanoverian usurpation absolutely illegal acts of usurpation inside of the German House. At his death, his grandson continued internationally recognized appeals. Hanover formed the Guelph Party (or German Party) to continue political appeals against the Prussian and German annexations of the crown.

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Image:Coat of Arms of Great Britain in Scotland (1714-1801).svg|Version for Scotland
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