Guelphic Legion
The Guelphic Legion was an irregular, volunteer military unit. It was founded and maintained at the expense of the deposed Welf king George V of Hanover, after the annexation of the kingdom by Prussia in 1866. King George V continued to maintain the Legion at his own expense while in exile in France.
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The Guelphic Legion was an irregular, volunteer military unit. It was founded and maintained at the expense of the deposed Welf king George V of Hanover, after the annexation of the kingdom by Prussia in 1866. King George V, who never abandoned his claim to the Hanoverian throne, continued to maintain the Legion at his own expense while in exile in France.
In 1869 the Prussian House of Representatives passed a law sequestering the funds of the former King.
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