Editing House of Hanover (section)

===Dukes and Electors of Brunswick-Lüneburg===
[[George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] was the first member of the House of Hanover.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Queenship in Britain 1660–1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics |date=2002 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=9780719057694 |editor-last=Orr |editor-first=Clarissa Campbell |edition=1st |location=Manchester}}{{rp|195}}</ref> When the [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] was divided in 1635, George inherited the [[Principality of Calenberg]] and moved his residence to Hanover. His son, [[Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Christian Louis]], inherited the [[Principality of Lüneburg]] from George's brother. Calenberg and Lüneburg were then shared between George's sons until united in 1705 under his grandson, also called George, who subsequently became [[George I of Great Britain]]. All members held the title of ''Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg''.
* [[George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], first member of the House of Hanover.
* [[Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Christian Louis]], 1st son of Duke George, Prince of Calenberg (1641–1648) and Prince of Lüneburg (1648–1665). He relinquished Calenburg when he became Prince of Lüneburg.
* [[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|George William]], 2nd son of Duke George, Prince of Calenberg (1648–1665) and Prince of Lüneburg (1665–1705). He relinquished Calenburg when he became Prince of Lüneburg on the death of his brother, Christian Louis.
* [[John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|John Frederick]], 3rd son of Duke George, Prince of Calenberg (1665–1679).
* [[Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Ernest Augustus]], 4th son of Duke George, Prince of Calenberg (1679–1698). He became Prince of Calenberg on the death of his brother John Frederick. He was elevated to [[prince-elector]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in 1692. Ernest Augustus's wife, [[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia of the Palatinate]], was declared heiress of the throne of England by the [[Act of Settlement 1701|Act of Settlement of 1701]], which decreed [[Roman Catholics]] could not accede to the throne. Sophia was at that time the senior eligible Protestant descendant of [[James I of England]].
* [[George I of Great Britain|George Louis]], son of Duke Ernest Augustus and Sophia, became Elector and Prince of Calenberg in 1698 and Prince of Lüneburg when his uncle George William died in 1705. He inherited his mother's claim to the throne of Great Britain when she died in 1714.