government = republic
add_government_reform = peasants_republic
government_rank = 2
primary_culture = lower_saxon
religion = catholic
technology_group = western
capital = 1758# Hannover
1529.1.1 = { religion = protestant }
#Dukes of Braunschweig-Kalenberg
1636.1.1 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Georg"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 2
		adm = 2
		mil = 2
	}
}
1636.1.1 = { 
	heir = { 
		name = "Christian Ludwig"
		monarch_name = "Christian Ludwig"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		birth_date = 1622.2.25
		death_date = 1665.3.15
		claim = 95
		adm = 0
		dip = 1
		mil = 4
	}
}
1641.4.12 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Christian Ludwig"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 1
		adm = 0
		mil = 4
	}
}
1641.4.12 = { 
	heir = { 
		name = "Georg Wilhelm"
		monarch_name = "Georg II Wilhelm"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		birth_date = 1624.1.26
		death_date = 1705.8.28
		claim = 95
		adm = 2
		dip = 4
		mil = 3
	}
}
1648.12.10 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Georg II Wilhelm"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 4
		adm = 2
		mil = 3
	}
}
1648.12.10 = { 
	heir = { 
		name = "Johann Friedrich"
		monarch_name = "Johann Friedrich"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		birth_date = 1625.4.25
		death_date = 1679.12.18
		claim = 95
		adm = 4
		dip = 5
		mil = 3
	}
}
1665.12.10 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Johann Friedrich"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 5
		adm = 4
		mil = 3
	}
}
1665.12.10 = { 
	heir = { 
		name = "Ernst August"
		monarch_name = "Ernst August"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		birth_date = 1629.11.20
		death_date = 1698.1.23
		claim = 95
		adm = 3
		dip = 4
		mil = 3
	}
}
#Electors of Hannover (from 1698), also Kings of England (from 1714)
1679.12.28 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Ernst August"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 4
		adm = 3
		mil = 3
	}
}
1679.12.28 = { 
	heir = { 
		name = "Georg Ludwig"
		monarch_name = "Georg I Ludwig"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		birth_date = 1660.5.28
		death_date = 1727.6.11
		claim = 95
		adm = 3
		dip = 3
		mil = 5
	}
}
#1692.1.1 = { elector = yes }	
1698.1.23 = { 
	monarch = { 
		name = "Georg I Ludwig"
		dynasty = "von Hannover"
		dip = 3
		adm = 3
		mil = 5
	}
}
#1806.7.12 = { elector = no } # The HRE is formally abolished
