Since the Act of Settlement was signed in 1701, the descendants of Sophia of Hanover enjoyed the right of succession to the English (and later British) crown following the death of Queen Anne. From 1707 to 1714, a whole four generations of Hanoverians were alive at the same time (starting with Sophia herself, then her son George Louis, followed by her grandson George Augustus, and after him her great-grandson Frederick Louis).
OTL the succession played out largely as the act designed it to: Sophia never became queen because Anne was able to inch her out by a matter of months, but her son George did and her grandson after him.
But what if, by some fluke, the three eldest generations of Hanoverians were wiped out after 1707, leaving only the youngest, Frederick Louis, as heir for Anne? How would all these sudden deaths realistically play out, and how would they be perceived by Whigs and Jacobites at the time? How would the Hanoverian succession be impacted if its first monarch were a young child?
OTL the succession played out largely as the act designed it to: Sophia never became queen because Anne was able to inch her out by a matter of months, but her son George did and her grandson after him.
But what if, by some fluke, the three eldest generations of Hanoverians were wiped out after 1707, leaving only the youngest, Frederick Louis, as heir for Anne? How would all these sudden deaths realistically play out, and how would they be perceived by Whigs and Jacobites at the time? How would the Hanoverian succession be impacted if its first monarch were a young child?