The Earl of Mar, John Erskine, led a rebellion against him, known as The Fifteen, seeking to place the Old Pretender on the throne.
His ministers included James Stanhope and Charles Spencer, the Earl of Sunderland, who introduced a noted Peerage Bill. Legislation passed under his reign included the Septennial Act, extending the duration of Parliament. The son of Ernest Augustus, he married his cousin Sophia of Celle, whom he later imprisoned. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the Triple Alliance, which became the Quadruple Alliance when the Holy Roman Empire joined. The Earl of Mar, John Erskine, led a rebellion against him, known as The Fifteen, seeking to place the Old Pretender on the throne. Coming to rule by the Act of Settlement after Queen Anne produced no heirs, for ten points, name this German king of England who was the first of the house of Hanover and the first of five consecutive kings of his name.
His ministers included James Stanhope and Charles Spencer, the Earl of Sunderland, who introduced a noted Peerage Bill.
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