Excerpt from The Royal Princesses of England: From the Reign of George the First One of the most ill-fated marriages recorded in the annals of history was that which gave to this throne a line of sovereigns of the House of Hanover. George Augustus, Elector of Hanover, inherited the crown Of England in right Of his mother, Sophia, to whom, in failure of her own issue, it was bequeathed by Queen Anne. That aged and intellectual Princess did not live to wear it herself, for she preceded Anne to the tomb; and on the Queen's death, in 1714, George, Elector Of Hanover, came over to England, and assumed the crown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.