What is George II of Great Britain?
{{unreferenced|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox royalty | name = George II of Great Britain | image = King George II by Charles Jervas.jpg | caption = | succession=[[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of Great Britain and Ireland]]<br>[[Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Elector of Hanover]] | reign = 11 June 1727 – 25 October 1760 | coronation = 11 October 1727 | predecessor =[[George I of Great Britain|George I]] | successor =[[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] | birth_date = 9 November 1683 | birth_place = [[Hanover]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1760|10|25|1683|11|9|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Kensington Palace]], London, England | spouse = [[Caroline of Ansbach]] | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] * [[Anne, Princess of Orange]] * [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|Princess Amelia]] * [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|Princess Caroline]] * [[Prince George William]] * [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]] * [[Mary, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel]] * [[Louisa, Queen of Denmark and Norway]]}} | house = [[House of Hanover|Hanover]] | father = [[George I of Great Britain]] | mother = [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]] }} '''George II''' (George Augustus, 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was a [[British]] [[king]]. He was born in [[Germany]]. He was the last British [[monarch]] born outside of [[Great Britain]]. New British law in the early 1700s allowed that only his father's mother, Sophia of Hanover, and her [[Protestantism|Protestant]] children to inherit the British throne. After the deaths of George's grandmother and [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne of Great Britain]] in 1714, George's father became king of Great Britain as George I. He became [[King of Great Britain]] and [[King of Ireland]] in 1727 after the death of his father. He was also [[Elector]] of [[Hanover]]. His son, [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] died before him,