Talk:George II of Great Britain

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"She exercised political influence by her friendship with the prime minister, Robert Walpole, even after a quarrel with the king which resulted in the Prince and Princess of Wales - as they then were - being thrown out of their royal apartments."

Please clarify this paragraph. Who quarreled with whom, exactly, and who were thrown out? It is very confusing with titles instead of names. I don't know enough about the subject to help, sadly. - user:Montrealais

Contents 1 Jacobites and Illusions. 2 Royal send off 3 Move? 4 Request for info

[edit] Jacobites and Illusions.

I think it quite wrong to say that the Forty-Five almost dethroned George. The rebellion caused much panic, but it would take more than 5,000 tired and ill-equiped men to topple the British throne. The Jacobite army came to England not in search of George, but in search of kindred spirits, precious few of whom appeared. With two powerful government armies on their flanks, and no sign of the English Jacobites, all of Charles Edward's commanders insisted on a retreat to Scotland. The invasion had never been more than a reconnaissance-in-strength. Rcpaterson 00:50, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Royal send off

Is there any truth to the story, that George II died using the bathroom? Should this be added to the article. GoodDay 21:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

No I don't think there was any truth in that, but I'm not 100% sure. In Mark Bryant's Private Lives, he writes that "George died suddenly, aged 77, at Kensington Palace around 8am on 25 October 1760, from a rupture of the right ventricle of the heart when preparing for a walk in the gardens. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. He requested that he be interred next to Queen Caroline, with the adjoining sides of the coffins opened so that their dust might mingle". Craigy (talk) 00:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I suspect Mr. Bryant was just being discreet. George may have been preparing to go for a walk, but he had necessary business to attend to first. He suffered an aortic dissection while using the lavatory! Hope this clarifies the point. Rcpaterson 01:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move?

Shouldn't we move this article to Georg August von Brunswick-Lüneburg? After all the article on Wladyslaw II of Poland got moved to Jogaila recently, which means that we should apply the same rules to all similar articles. //Halibutt 08:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for info

I'm doing the ancestors info box on George II - I've come to a halt on his maternal grandmother Eleanor d'Olbreuse. I can't find anything about her parents' names. Even Google gets only 3 results for "Eleanor d'Olbreuse", and one of those doesn't even work! Lec CRP1 00:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)