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'''Hanover''' ([[German]]: ''Hannover'') is a [[city]] in north-west [[Germany]]. It is the capital of the German [[state]] (''Bundesland'') ''Lower Saxony'' (German: ''Niedersachsen''), a [[state]] created after the [[Second World War]] out of the area of the [[Prussian]] [[province]] (German: ''Provinz'') of the same name, as well as of '''Oldenburg''' and '''Brunswick'''.
'''Hanover''' ([[German]]: ''Hannover'') is a [[city]] in north-west [[Germany]]. It is the capital of the German [[state]] (''Bundesland'') ''Lower Saxony'' (German: ''Niedersachsen''), a [[state]] created after the [[Second World War]] out of the area of the [[Prussian]] [[province]] (German: ''Provinz'') of the same name, as well as of '''Oldenburg''' and '''Brunswick'''.
The duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was made an electorate in 1692 and then informally known as ''Electorate of Hanover''. Since 1714, the [[Prince elector]] of Hanover became in [[personal union]] the [[King]] of [[Great Britain]]. This unions split in 1837, when [[Queen Victoria]] mounted the British throne, while in Hanover [[Ernest Augustus]] became the ruler.
The current British royal family is descended from the Elector of Hanover, who became [[King George I]] in 1714. His dynasty adopted the style 'House of Hanover', which lasted until the marriage of [[Queen Victoria]] to [[Prince Albert]] in 1840; the dynasty was then known as the 'House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' until 1917, when the present style, 'House of Windsor' was adopted.
The current British royal family is descended from the Elector of Hanover, who became [[King George I]] in 1714. His dynasty adopted the style 'House of Hanover', which lasted until the marriage of [[Queen Victoria]] to [[Prince Albert]] in 1840; the dynasty was then known as the 'House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' until 1917, when the present style, 'House of Windsor' was adopted.