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ELECTORS OF HANOVER 1708-1814 In 1692 the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I , elevated George's son, Duke Ernest Augustus to the rank of Elector of the Empire as a reward for aid given in the War Of The Grand Alliance . There were protests against the addition of a new Elector, and the elevation did not become official (with the approval of the Imperial Diet ) until 1708 , in the person of Ernest Augustus' son, George Louis . Though the Elector's titles were properly ''Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg'' and ''Elector of the Holy Roman Empire'', he is commonly referred to as the ''Elector of Hanover'' after his residence. The Electorate was legally bound to be indivisible -- it could add to its territory, but not alienate territory or be split up among several heirs; and its succession was to follow male primogeniture. The territory assigned to the Electorate included the Brunswick-Lüneburg duchies of Calenberg, Grubenhagen, and Celle (even though at the time Celle was ruled by Ernest Augustus' older brother) and the counties of Diepholz and Hoya . territories of Bremen and Verden in 1719 . As part of the German Mediatisation of 1803 , the Electorate received the Prince-Bishopric Of Osnabrück . In 1803 , the Electorate of Hanover was occupied by France . From 1807 to 1813 , the Hanoverian territory was part of the Kingdom Of Westphalia . However, the government of George III did not recognize the French annexation (being at war continuously with France through the entire period) and Hanoverian ministers continued to operate out of London. The Hanoverian government maintained its own separate diplomatic service, which maintained links to countries such as Austria and Prussia , with whom the United Kingdom itself was technically at war. The Hanoverian army was dissolved, but many of the officers and soldiers went to England, where they formed the King's German Legion . The KGL was the only German army to fight continually during the whole Napoleonic wars against the French. They played an important part in the Battle Of Waterloo in 1815 . Although the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806 , George III's government did not consider the dissolution to be final, and he continued to be styled "Elector of Hanover" down to 1814 .
KINGS OF HANOVER 1814–1866 In 1813 , George III was restored to his Hanoverian territories, and in October of 1814 they were erected into the independent Kingdom of Hanover at the Congress Of Vienna . The Congress of Vienna instituted a territorial exchange between Hanover and Prussia , in which Hanover increased its area substantially, gaining the Bishopric Of Hildesheim , East Frisia , the Lower County of Lingen and the northern part of the Bishopric Of Münster . It lost those parts of the Duchy Of Lauenburg to the right of the Elbe , and several small Exclave s in the east. The Personal Union with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 on the accession of Queen Victoria because the succession laws ( Salic Law ) in Hanover prevented a female inheriting the title if there was any surviving male heir (in the United Kingdom, a male takes precedence over only his own sisters). In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 , Hanover was annexed by Prussia and became the Province Of Hanover .
COAT OF ARMS After the personal union with Britain ended in 1837 , Hanover kept the British royal arms and standards, only introducing a new crown (after the British model). SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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