Children and descendants of George I, King of Great Britain





Children and descendants of George I, King of Great Britain
                   
1. Georg Ludwig, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, from 23 I 1698 Kurfürst von Hannover, from 12 VIII 1714 GEORGE I, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, b. Hannover 7 VI 1660, d. Osnabrück 22 VI 1727, son of Ernst August, Kurfürst von Hannover, and of Sophie, Prinzessin von der Pfalz [AD B XX 35; ES I.1:29],
m. Celle 21 XI 1682 div. ... 28 XII 1694,
Sophie Dorothea von Harburg, from ... 1674 Gräfin von Wilhelmsburg, from ... 1680 Prinzessin von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, b. Celle 10 IX 1666, d. Ahlden 13 XI 1726 dau. of Georg Wilhelm, Herzog von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, and of Eléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Frau von Harburg, Gräfin von Wilhelmsburg, from 24 IV 1676 Herzogin von Braunschweig und Lüneburg [AD B XX 27; ES I.1:25],
[mistress, never formally married]
Ehrengarde Melusina von der Schulenburg, created Wien 14 X 1715 Gräfin von der Schulenburg "Hoch- u Wohlgeboren", created [Ire] 18 VII 1716 Duchess of Munster [ad pers.], created [GB] 19 III 1719 Duchess of Kendal [ad pers.], created Wien 17 IV 1722 Fürstin von Eberstein [ad pers.] "Hochgeboren", b. Emden 25 XII 1667 d. Kendal House, Isleworth, Midx., 10 V 1743, dau. of Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg and of Petronella Ottilia Schwencke [ES XIX:69; CP VII:111].
Issue by wife:
a. Georg August, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, from 12 VIII 1714 Prince of Wales, from 22 VI 1727 George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, b. Hannover 30 X 1683, d. Kensington Palace 25 X 1760 [AD B XXI 33; ES I.1:29],
m. Herrenhausen 2 IX 1705, Wilhelmine Karoline, Markgräfin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. Ansbach 11 III 1683, d. London 1 XII 1737, dau. of Johann Friedrich, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach, and of Eleonore Luise, Herzogin von Sachsen-Eisenach [AD H XIX 33].
Children and descendants easily available elsewhere.
b. Sophie Dorothea, Prinzessin von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, b. Hannover 26 VI 1687, d. Schloß Monbijou, Berlin 28 VI 1757 [AD B XXI 34],
m. Berlin 28 XI 1706, Friedrich Wilhelm I, König in Preußen, b. Cölln an der Spree 4 VIII 1688, d. Potsdam 31 V 1740, son of Friedrich I, König in Preußen, and of Sophie Charlotte, Prinzessin von Braunschweig und Lüneburg [AD H XXI 3; ES I.1:131].
Children and descendants easily available elsewhere.
Issue by Melusine (registered as her nieces [ES I.1:37 E]):
2 c. (Anna) Luise Sophie, b. Hehlen 11 I 1692, d. London 2 XI 1773.
3 d. (Petronilla) Melusine, b. ... [bapt. Ramstedt 13 IV 1693], d. ... 16 Sept. 1778.
4 e. Margarete Gertrud, b. (Hannover 10 I 1701), d. Mannheim 8 IV 1726.



Generation II


2. (Anna) Luise Sophie von der Schulenburg, created Wien 12 XII 1722 Gräfin von Dölitz "Hoch- u Wohlgeboren", b. Hehlen 11 I 1692, d. London 2 XI 1773, dau. of George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and of Ehrengarde Melusina von der Schulenburg, but registered as dau. of Friedrich Achaz von der Schulenburg and of Margaretha Gertrud von der Schulenburg,
m. Harburg 31 XII 1707, div. ... 19 VI 1722, as his first wife, Ernst August Philipp von dem Bussche zu Ippenburg, b. ... 30 X 1681, d. ... 20 IX 1761 [he later m. (2) ... 9 IV 1723 Louise Elisabeth von Grote-Schnega, b. ... 25 IV 1696, d. Hannover 28 VI 1763], son of Johann von dem Bussche zu Ippenburg and of Catharina Marie von Meysenbug.
Issue (surname von dem Bussche):
5 a. Sophie Friederike Marianne, b. ... 1711, d. ... 1752.
Husband's issue by second wife (surname von dem Bussche):
b. Lucie Charlotte, b. ... 17 I 1724, d. ... [young].
c. Albrecht Ludwig, b. Oldenstadt 3 III 1725, d. ... 16 XII 1768,
m. Siedenburg 9 XI 1752, Johannette von Hammerstein, b. Osnabrück 31 VII 1723, d. ... 19 VII 1779, dau. of Friedrich von Hammerstein and of Sophie Charlotte von Chalon (Slon) gennant Gehlen.
Six children and descendants.
d. Otto Ernst b. ... 14 II 1726, d. Nörten 29 VII 1787.
e. Ernst August Wilhelm, b. ... 1 VII 1727, d. Hannover 21 IV 1789,
m. (1) ... 9 III 1759, Wilhelmine von Oldershausen, b. ... 31 XII 1736, d. ... 15 IX 1760, dau. of ... von Oldershausen and of ... ,
m. (2) ... 28 XI 1763, Sophie Antoinette von der Decken, b. ... 24 VI 1746, d. ... 8 VIII 1786, dau. of Otto Melchior von der Decken and of Sophie von Münchhausen.
Ten children and descendants.
f. Philipp Clamor, b. ... 7 VIII 1728, d. Hannover 28 VI 1808, Universalerben d. Philipp von Münch, Preuß. Namen- und Wappenvereinigung mit denen der von Münch Berlin 20 VI 1773, entspr. Kais. Bewilligung Wien 14 XII 1773, hann. Anerkennung ... 30 V 1774,
m. Hannover 29 XII 1774, Wilhelmine Louise von Steinberg, b. ... 12 IV 1752, d. ... 15 XI 1831, dau. of Georg Friedrich von Steinberg and of Dorothea Friederike Wilhelmine von dem Bussche zu Ippenburg.
Eight children and descendants.
g. Georg, b. ... 15 IX 1729, d. ... 9 IX 1736.
h. Wilhelmine Dorothea, b. Ippenburg 2 I 1731, d. Hannover 25 IV 1803,
m. Ippenburg 8 VIII 1747, Johann Clamor Hilmer von dem Bussche zu Haddenhausen, b. Minden 31 X 1723, d. Hannover 7 VIII 1809, son of Hilmer Albrecht von dem Bussche zu Haddenhausen and of Anna Dorothea von Vincke-Ostenwalde.
Five children and descendants.
i. Joachim Friedrich, b. Ebstorf 20 III 1732, d. Nienburg 22 XI 1795,
m. Schwinge 19 X 1764, Margaretha Elisabeth von der Decken, b. Schwinge 31 I 1743, d. Francop 26 I 1805, dau. of Carl von der Decken and of Agnes Magdalene von der Decken.
Nine children and descendants.
j. Johann Eberhard, b. ... 27 III 1733, d. Stolzenau 30 IX 1783.


3. (Petronilla) Melusine von der Schulenburg, created [GB] 7 IV 1722 Countess of Walsingham [ad pers.], b. ... [bapt. Ramstedt 13 IV 1693], d. ... 16 Sept. 1778, dau. of George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and of Ehrengarde Melusina von der Schulenburg, but registered as dau. of Friedrich Achaz von der Schulenburg and of Margaretha Gertrud von der Schulenburg [CP XII/2:333],
m. Isleworth, Midx., 5 IX 1733, Philip Dormer Stanhope, from 9 II 1726 4th Earl of Chesterfield, b. ... 22 IX 1694 [bapt. St. James's, Westm., 9 X 1694], d. Chesterfield House, Mayfair, Midx., 24 III 1773, son of Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and of Elizabeth Savile [CP III:182].
No issue.
Husband's illegitimate issue [by (Madelina) Elisabeth du Bouchet] (surname Stanhope):
a. Philip, b. ... III 1732, d. St Gervais, France, 16 XI 1768,
m. Dresden 25 IX 1767, Eugenia Peters, b. ... [ca. 1730], d. Limpsfield, Surrey, ... 1783, illegitimate dau. of ... Domville and of ... .
Two sons.


4. Margarete Gertrud von Oeynhausen, created Wien 10 X 1721 Gräfin von Oeynhausen "Hoch- u Wohlgeboren", b. (Hannover 10 I 1701), d. Mannheim 8 IV 1726, dau. of George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and of Ehrengarde Melusina von der Schulenburg, but registered as dau. of Raban Christoph von Oeynhausen and of Sophia Juliana von der Schulenburg,
m. ... [contract London 30 X 1721], as his first wife, Albrecht Wolfgang, Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, from 13 VI 1728 regierender Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, b. Bückeburg 27 IV 1699, d. Bückeburg 24 IX 1748, [he later m. (2) Varel 26 IV 1730, Charlotte Friederike Amalie Fürstin von Nassau-Siegen, b. Siegen 30 XI 1702, d. Stadthagen 22 VII 1785], son of Friedrich Christian, regierender Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, and of Johanna Sophia, Gräfin von Hohenlohe-Gleichen [ES I.3:346; AD L XVI 55; AD N XVIII 44].
Issue (Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe):
a. Georg August Wilhelm, b. London 4 X 1722, d. Venlo 6 VIII 1742 [ES I.3:346; AD L XVII 26].
6 b. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst, b. London 9 I 1724, d. Haus Bergleben bei Schaumburg 10 IX 1777.
Husband's issue by second wife: none.
Husband's issue [by Charlotte Sophie Gräfin von Aldenburg, b. Varel 5 VIII 1715, d. Hamburg 4 II 1800 (she had m. ... 1 VII 1733, div. ... 1744, Hon William Bentinck, created Wien 29 XII 1732 Graf von Bentinck, b. Whitehall 6 XI 1704, d. Zorgvliet 13 X 1774)] (surname Donop):
c. Karl, b. Hannover ... V 1740, d. ... .
d. Albrecht Wilhelm Carl, b. ... I 1745, d. ... .



Generation III


5. Sophie Friederike Marianne von dem Bussche, b. ... 1711, d. ... 1752, dau. of Ernst August Philipp von dem Bussche and of Luise von der Schulenburg, Gräfin von Dölitz [number 2].
m. Ippenburg 24 XI 1732, Johann Ernst von Eller-Bustedt b. ... , d. ... , son of ... von Eller-Bustedt and ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


6. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst, Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, from 24 IX 1748 regierender Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, b. London 9 I 1724, d. Haus Bergleben bei Schaumburg 10 IX 1777, son of Albrecht Wolfgang, regierender Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, and of Margareta Gertrud Gräfin von Oeynhausen [ES I.3:346; AD L XVII 27],
m. Stadthagen 12 XI 1765, Marie Barbara Eleonore, Gräfin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, b. Biesterfeld 16 VI 1744, d. Schloß Baum 16 VI 1776, dau. of Friedrich Karl August, Graf und Edler Herr zu Lippe-Biesterfeld, and of Barbara Eleonora, Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth [ES I.3:340; AD L XVIII 31].
Issue (Graf/Gräfin zu Schaumburg-Lippe):
a. Emilie Eleonore Wilhelmine, b. Bückeburg 30 VI 1771, d. Bückeburg 18 VI 1774 [ES I.3:346; AD L XVIII 41].
b. ... [son], b. ... 1772, d. [inf.] [AD L XVIII 42].








NOTES






1 -- The first two children of Melusine were described in their baptismal entries as daughters of her oldest sister (Margarethe) Gertrud, who had married a distant cousin Friedrich Achaz von der Schulenburg [ES XIX:55]. By the birth of Melusine's youngest daughter, Margarethe Gertrud had died (1697), so the youngest daughter was registered as a daughter of Melusine's younger sister Sophia Juliane, who had married Rabe Christoph von Oeynhausen.



2 -- The information on the von dem Bussches was extracted from Stammtafeln der von dem Bussche [1887] by Freiherrn Gustav von dem Bussche, a copy of which is available at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/index.php?id=img&no_cache=1&IDDOC=316004.



2 i -- His descendants include Claus von Amsberg, Prins der Nederlanden (1926-2002).



3 -- A number of places claim that, before she married Lord Chesterfield, the Countess of Walsingham was the mother of Benedict Swingate, later Calvert (1724-1788), the illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699-1751). If this is true, then the Countess would have a number of prominent American descendants, as Benedict Swingate Calvert's daughter married George Washington's stepson, and their granddaughter was the wife of Robert E. Lee.

It's not true -- the identity of Benedict Swingate Calvert's mother is not known -- but it may be of some value to show why so many people believe that his mother was the Countess of Walsingham.

A man who used the name "George Sydney Horace Lee Washington" was a mid-20th century researcher and writer, born in 1910 and died before 1989. Some of his published material is good, especially his work on the Stricklands of Sizergh and his work unravelling the early history of the Nevilles. But he had some sort of fixation on two subjects. One was the Bonapartes, and the other (his major fixation) was on the Stuarts. Every few years something would snap, and he'd publish a monograph which would contain the most astonishing pseudo-historical gibberish.

Fans of his agree that his masterpiece was Prince Charlie and the Bonapartes [Cambridge: W. Heffer, 1960]. In this, he claims that the oldest son of King Charles II of England, the Jesuit son, is the original of "The man in the iron mask". His grandson was Carlo Maria Buonaparte ("bueno parte" = "good background"), which means that Napoleon was the heir of the Stuarts. Not only that, but Napoleon III had a number of sons other than the Prince Imperial. The oldest of these sons went by the nom de plume of "Washington", and was the father of none other than George Sydney Horace Lee Washington. Which means that the author was not only the heir of the Bonapartes, he's the heir of the Stuarts as well.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register published, in its July 1950 issue, an article by this George Sydney Horace Lee Washington titled "The Royal Stuarts in America" (pp. 173-176). In this article, on page 175, in the text of note 4, Washington states, directly but in somewhat convoluted language, that the mother of Benedict Swingate Calvert was Melusina von der Schulenberg, the Countess of Walsingham, the illegitimate daughter of King George I by his long time mistress the Duchess of Kendal. In the same note, Washington also states Benedict Swingate Calvert's father-in-law, Gov. Charles Calvert of Maryland (whose parentage is in fact unknown), was a son of Pierce Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye, by Henrietta FitzJames, daughter of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill. The article was later reprinted (and given much wider circulation) in a collection of articles extracted from the Register titled English Origins of New England Families. The article appears in Volume III of the Second Series [Baltimore: Genealogical, 1985], pp. 409-414, and note 4 appears on page 413 of the reprint. Later, Gary Boyd Roberts, in The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants [Baltimore: Genealogical, 1993], presents, on page 9, the (valid) descent of Benedict Swingate Calvert from King Charles II, and adds "According to G.S.H.L. Washington (NEHGR 104[1950]:175, reprined in EO 2:3:413) the mother of Benedict Swingate Calvert was Melusina de Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham and wife of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, the man of letters, illegitimate daughter of George I, King of Great Britain, d. 1727, and Ermengard Melusina de Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal", and presents, on page 13, the ancestry (given above) for Gov. Charles Calvert.

Mr. Roberts and the folks who collected the Register articles for reprinting were apparently unaware that Washington published a later article, "Two scions of the Royal Stuarts in Colonial America", in Notes and Queries, vol. 198, no. 2 [December 1953], pp. 527-529, in which he withdraws those identifications and comes up with a completely different mother for Benedict Swingate Calvert and a completely different paternity for Gov. Charles Calvert. Not only that, but in yet another later article, "Family knowledge in genealogy", in Notes and Queries, vol. 210, no. 2 [February 1965], pp. 43-47, Washington withdraws both of those previous sets of identifications and comes up with yet another completely different mother for Benedict Swingate Calvert and yet another completely different paternity for Gov. Charles Calvert.

Those who want to further explore Mr. Washington's fecund imagination, and learn who else he said was the mother of Benedict Swingate Calvert and the parents of Gov. Charles Calvert, can find that information in the cited articles. They won't be included here, as they're as fictitious as his claims mentioned above.

Gary Boyd Roberts later released The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants [Baltimore: Genealogical, 2004, and the 2008 reissue], in which the discussion of the ancestry of Benedict Swingate Calvert (on page 13) doesn't mention G.H.S.L. Washington or his work, and the ancestry of Gen. Charles Calvert isn't given at all. The only place where Roberts refers to Washington's imposture is in the introduction, on page lii, where Roberts says, of G.S.H.L. Washington, "Calvert speculations discarded".

Those who show the Countess of Walsingham as the mother of Benedict Swingate Calvert are relying a little too much on usually trustworthy sources (the New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Gary Boyd Roberts) which in this case were hoodwinked by a persuasive fabulist.



4 -- The difficulties with the parentage described in her original birth registration are discussed at AD Note Lippe XVI 109. The correct parentage is shown at AD III:596.



4 c -- He appears to be the Carl Emil von Donop who served as personal adjutant to the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and as commander of the Jäger Corps of the Hessian soldiers who served in North America. He was fatally wounded in the attack on Fort Mercer in Red Bank, New Jersey, and died on 25 X 1777.







SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS




AD -- L'Allemagne Dynastique. Referenced families are:

     AD B -- Brunswick, in Tome III [1981]
     AD H -- Hohenzollern, in Tome V [1988]
     AD L -- Lippe, in Tome II [1979]
     AD N -- Nassau, in Tome III [1981]

CP -- The Complete Peerage, second edition

ES -- Europäsche Stammtafeln, ed. by Detlev Schwennicke







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