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The Hanoverian Army was the standing army of Hanover from the seventeenth century onwards. From 1692 to 1806 it acted in defence of the Electorate of Hanover. Following the Hanoverian Succession of 1714, this was in conjunction with the British Army with which it shared a monarch. After Napoleon's incorporation of Hanover into the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806, many exiled members of the army served in Britain's King's German Legion. In 1813 the Hanoverian Army was reformed under Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and took part in the defeat of Napoleon. Following the Congress of Vienna, Hanover was made into a Kingdom. It continued to be tied to Britain until 1837 when, after the death of William IV, Hanover's Salic Law led it to crown Ernest Augustus in preference to his niece Queen Victoria. The Hanoverian Army was defeated in 1866 during the Austro-Prussian War and Hanover's independence ended. Hanoverian troops were subsequently incorporated into the Imperial German Army.
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The symbol of the army, incorporated into many of its uniforms and banners was the White Horse of Hanover. The term "Hanoverian Army" is also sometimes used after 1714 to refer to British forces supportive of the House of Hanover against their Jacobite opponents.