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- Queen of George II of Great Britain and
- Ireland. The daughter of the Margrave of
- Brandenburg-Anspach, she married George,
- Electoral Prince of Hanover 1705, and
- followed him to England in 1714 when his
- father became King George I. She was the
- patron of many leading writers and
- politicians such as Alexander Pope, John Gay,
- and Chesterfield. She supported Sir Robert
- Walpole and kept him in power and acted as
- regent during her husbands four absences.
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