This man's accession was made possible by the 1701 Act of Settlement, which ensured a Protestant king over the claims of James, the Old Pretender.
In a popular contemporary pasquinade, this man was attacked for traveling with "Two Turks, three Whores, and a half-dozen nurses." Both Thomas Hanmer and William Bromley refused to take office under this man, whose supporters consolidated their position by instituting the Septennial Act, which allowed for seven years between elecitons. The first half of this king's reign was dominated by the ministry of James Stanhope, who negotiated the Triple Alliance for this king over the objections of (*) Robert Walpole. This man's accession was made possible by the 1701 Act of Settlement, which ensured a Protestant king over the claims of James, the Old Pretender. For 10 points, identify this king who in 1714 succeeded Queen Anne and founded England's Hanoverian dynasty.
In a popular contemporary pasquinade, this man was attacked for traveling with "Two Turks, three Whores, and a half-dozen nurses.
George I [or George Louis or Georg Ludwig; prompt on George]