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Georg Ludwig leaves Leibniz in Hanover while taking the British throne, marking court disfavor

When Georg Ludwig became George I in 1714, Leibniz was left in Hanover rather than brought to London, a dated mark of court disfavor after years of Guelph historiography. In the causal graph this event weakens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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When Georg Ludwig became George I in 1714, Leibniz was left in Hanover rather than brought to London, a dated mark of court disfavor after years of Guelph historiography.

Context

A counsellor left behind is still a cohesion rupture at court. Britannica and GWLB independently narrate the final Hanover isolation.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are 1646–1716. Surviving public files are GWLB Nachlass pages, the Akademie-Ausgabe, SEP, and encyclopedias. Leibniz did not typeset those later pages. Later electronic computers are not this life.

Why it matters

Social-cohesion cost path. High confidence on the exclusion.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    The elector-king refused to take him to London. Court rivals share the exclusion.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactGeorg Ludwig leaves Leibniz in Hanover while taking the British throne, marking court disfavor
    2. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 October 1714 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek — Leibniz Nachlass pagesGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and GWLB independently describe Leibniz’s exclusion from the London move of 1714.

Established: he remained in Hanover when George I left for Britain. Not established: a unique pension coefficient from that refusal.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Court disfavor is not Monadology composition. Keep the exclusion off the digest row as a duplicate.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  2. contributed toFactGeorg Ludwig leaves Leibniz in Hanover while taking the British throne, marking court disfavor
  3. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Georg Ludwig leaves Leibniz in Hanover while taking the British throne, marking court disfavor. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gwl-georg-ludwig-disfavor

https://factrail.ai/facts/gwl-georg-ludwig-disfavor

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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