George II, originally from Hanover in Germany, was King of England in 1746. The Redcoats fought for him during the Battle of Culloden. (TV: The Highlanders)
During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Jacobites sought to depose George II and replace him with Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Glaswegians fought on side of King George II and the English. (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice)
Jamie McCrimmon once contemptuously referred to George II as "a German king". (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead)
England fought the Seven Years' War against France during his reign. (AUDIO: Death on the Mile)
King George III was his grandson. (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice) Lady Christina de Souza claimed herself to be a distant relative of George II, supposedly inheriting his eyes. (AUDIO: Death on the Mile)
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