Talk:George II of Great Britain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	George II of Great Britain is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
Article milestones Date Process Result September 22, 2004 Featured article candidate Promoted July 25, 2006 Featured article review Demoted Current Status: Former featured article

This article is within the scope of multiple WikiProjects. Click [show] for further details

This article is within the scope of WikiProject British Royalty (a child project of the Royalty and Nobility Work Group), an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to British Royalty on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you should visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ] This article is supported by WikiProject Peerage. This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. Additional information and associated task forces: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar: criterion not met Supporting materials: criterion met Associated task forces (general topics): Military biography task force Associated task forces (nations and regions): British military history task force Germany Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles related to Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please join the project and help with our open tasks. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.) Additional information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no

This History article has been selected for Version 0.5 and subsequent release versions of Wikipedia. It has been rated Start-Class on the assessment scale (comments).

Contents 1 older entries 2 Jacobites and Illusions. 3 Royal send off 4 Move? 5 Request for info 6 Picture 7 Coronation

[edit] older entries

"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

[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)

[edit] Picture

I don't believe the picture depicts George II. It is not like any other picture I have seen of him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.44.134.71 (talk) 16:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Coronation

From the infobox: "Coronation: 11 October 1727"

From the text: "George was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 4 October."

So, when was he crowned? Surtsicna (talk) 13:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)