King George II | Letter signed, announcing the death of his father King George I, 27 June 1727

King George II

Letter signed, to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine,

announcing the death of his father, with a two-line autograph subscription, two pages, folio, integral address leaf, 27 June 1727

George I died in Germany on 11 June 1727, and was buried in Hanover, making him the most recent monarch of England to not be buried in the UK. He was succeeded by his son, King George II. This was the first time in more than a century that the crown had passed peacefully from parent to child.