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George II

George, the eldest son of George I and Sophia of Zell, was born in 1683. In 1705 he married Caroline of Ansbach. The couple had seven children: Frederick, William, Anne, Amelia, Caroline, Mary and Louisa.

George became king when his father died in 1727. He decided to maintain his father's principal minister, Robert Walpole.

In 1742 George became the last British monarch to take part in a battle when he commanded the British Army at the Battle of Dettingen. The following year war broke out between England and France. As France was a Catholic nation, it had always supported the Stuarts' claim to the English throne. King Louis XV realised that it would be in his interests if the Stuarts made another attempt to regain the throne.

Louis XV informed James Edward Stuart in 1745 that if he invaded England he would supply him with arms and ammunition. James was now fifty-seven years old and was not keen on becoming involved in another military campaign. However, his son Charles Stuart was more enthusiastic, and on 5 July he left France with 700 men.

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