caption father house death_date mother birth_place death_place religion title birth_date spouse issue image article_title name
portrait nbsp ; 1705 by michael dahl , '' c. '' & frederick iii , king of denmark house of oldenburg 28 october 1708 sophie amalie of brunswick-lüneburg copenhagen castle , denmark kensington palace , london , great britain lutheran duke of cumberland 2 april 1653 anne , queen of great britain prince william , duke of gloucester george , prince of denmark by michael dahl.jpg prince george of denmark
 prince george
prince george of denmark

prince george of denmark and norway , duke of cumberland -lrb- ; 2 april 165328 october 1708 -rrb- , was the husband of queen anne , who reigned over great britain from 1702 .
his marriage to anne was arranged in the early 1680s with a view to developing an anglo-danish alliance to contain dutch maritime power .
as a result , george was unpopular with his dutch brother-in-law william of orange , who was married to anne 's elder sister , mary .
william and mary became joint monarchs of britain , with anne as their heiress presumptive , in 1689 after the `` glorious revolution '' deposed james ii and vii , the father of both anne and mary .
william excluded george from active military service , and neither george nor anne wielded any great influence until after the deaths of william and mary , when anne became queen .
during his wife 's reign , george occasionally used his influence in support of his wife , even when privately disagreeing with her views .
he had an easy-going manner and little interest in politics ; his appointment as lord high admiral in 1702 was largely honorary .
anne 's seventeen pregnancies by george resulted in twelve miscarriages or stillbirths , four infant deaths , and a chronically sick son , william , who died at the age of eleven .
despite the history of their children , george and anne 's marriage was a strong one .
george died aged 55 from a recurring and chronic lung disease and was buried in westminster abbey .
