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George II
(George Augustus, 10 November 1683 ? 25 October 1760) was a
British
king
. He was born in
Germany
. He was the last British
monarch
born outside of
Great Britain
. New British law in the early 1700s showed that only his fathers mother, Sophia of Hanover and her
Protestant
children to inherit the British throne. After the deaths of George's grandmother and
Queen Anne of Great Britain
in 1714, George's father, became king of Great Britain as George I.
He became
King of Great Britain
and
King of Ireland
in 1727 after the death of his father. He was also
Elector
of
Hanover
. His son,
Frederick, Prince of Wales
died before him, so Frederick’s son became
George III of Great Britain
.
George II died of
heart
problems on the toilet on 25 October 1760. His body was buried on 11 November in Westminster Abbey next to his wife, Caroline of Ansbach
