Electorate of Hanover

State · 1709–1802 CE · at its largest around 1757 CE

A Holy Roman Empire electorate in northern Germany whose rulers became kings of Great Britain from 1714, beginning a long personal union with Britain.

On its lands while it lasted

• Hanover (c. 1709 CE): Capital of Electorate of Hanover (1709–1802), Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1865).
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 CE – 1832 CE): German poet, playwright, novelist and scientist who lived in Weimar from 1775. Author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.

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