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George I
Ragnhild Hatton
Hatton's Yale life rehabilitates the German elector who founded Britain's Hanoverian dynasty.
George I of Great Britain
- Life
- 1660–1727
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1713–1740
Kangxi Emperor
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1661–1722
Ahmed III
Ottoman Empire
1703–1730
Louis XV of France
France
1715–1774
Farrukhsiyar
Mughal Empire
1713–1719
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Empire
1711–1740
Emperor Nakamikado
Japan
1709–1735
John V of Portugal
Portugal
1706–1750
Peter the Great
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1721–1725
Catherine I of Russia
Russia
1725–1727
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Japan (Shogunate)
1716–1745
Philip V of Spain
Spain
1700–1706; 1714–1724; 1724–1746
Louis XIV of France
France
1643–1715
Muhammad Shah
Mughal Empire
1719–1748
Pope Clement XI
Papacy
1700–1721
Frederick I of Sweden
Sweden
1720–1751
Yongzheng Emperor
China
1722–1735
Charles XII of Sweden
Sweden
1697–1718
Pope Benedict XIII
Papacy
1724–1730
Pope Innocent XIII
Papacy
1721–1724
Louis I of Spain
Spain
1724–1724
Tokugawa Ietsugu
Japan (Shogunate)
1713–1716
Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden
Sweden
1718–1720
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