Talk:Earth monarch/@comment-120.151.159.83-20120425082559/@comment-2120712-20130526015241

Geroge I wasn't neccessarily choosen to succeed Anne, his mother Sophia was choosen. She died before Anne and Sophia's son, Geroge, became the heir apparent. The reason why Sophia and her decendents were choosen over 50 others is because of the issues with Cathloicism and the Church of England. Rather than fight more religous civil wars they just cut out the Catholic royals from ascension and nipped the issue in the bud. Of course it would cost them most of Ireland later on.