QUEEN VICTORIA When William IV died in 1837 Salic law in Hannover prevented his niece, Victoria from becoming ruler there in Hannover so basically the connected of Hannoverian monarchs reigning in Great Britain and in Hannover which had been in place from the accession of George I in 1714 until 1837 were split. While there was not a lot of protest in Hannover, there was in Britain. There was some agitation for a repeal of the Salic law which prohibited a female from acceding the throne in