well as exhibition and meeting spaces sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation. Gardens The palace's extensive gardens extending beyond the original "Großer Garten" are an important example of baroque and later garden design and contain many significant period garden buildings. The gardens were reinstated following major damage in World War II, and became an important leisure resource for the city of Hanover, with new additions including an aquarium. Births, deaths and burials King George II of Great Britain was born in Herrenhausen Palace in 1683. Three of his daughters were born there: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange Princess Amelia of Great Britain Princess Caroline of Great Britain Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George II's grandfather, died in Herrenhausen Palace in 1698. After World War II the remains of King George I of Great Britain along with his parents' were removed from the chapel of Leineschloss in Hanover and reinterred in the 19th-century "Welfenmausoleum" of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, in the "Berggarten" at Herrenhausen. See also Burial places of British royalty House of Welf (Guelph) List of castles and palaces in Lower Saxony References External links Geography of Hanover Museums in Lower Saxony Palaces in Lower Saxony Buildings and structures in Hanover Tourist attractions in Hanover Culture of Lower Saxony