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Authors: Lucy Worsley

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Hanover was one of many small German states. Its ruler, or Elector, helped ‘elect’ the states’ overlord, the Holy Roman Emperor 

 
 
Family Trees
 

HOW THE HANOVERIANS WERE RELATED TO THE STUARTS

 
 

 

 

THE HANOVERIANS

 
Cast List
 

George I, the king

 

George Augustus, the Prince of Wales

 

Caroline, the Princess of Wales

 

Frederick, the foolish heir to the throne

 

Amelia, a prickly princess 

 

Molly Lepell, a Maid of Honour

 

Henrietta Howard, a Woman of the Bedchamber

 

John Hervey, the Vice-Chamberlain

 

Peter the Wild Boy, a court pet

 

William Kent, a pushy painter

 

Elizabeth Butler, an actress, Kent’s mistress

 

Mohammed True-to-the-King, keeper of the king’s closet

 

Mustapha, a Turkish valet

 

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