Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: George V ( George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus ; 27 May 1819 -- 12 June 1878 ) was the last king of Hanover and a member of the German branch of the House of Hanover .
Simplified: George V ( George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus ; 27 May 1819 -- 12 June 1878 ) was the last King of Hanover .