Ernst August of Hannover

Ernst August Christian Georg, Prince of Hannover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; became reigning Duke of Brunswick in 1913, abdicated in 1918.

Son of Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hannover, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923) and his wife Thyra, Princess of Denmark (1853-1933)

Born: Penzing near Vienna 17. Nov 1887

Married: Berlin 24. May 1913 Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)

Issue:

• Ernst August, Prince of Hannover (1914-1987) m. 1951 Ortrud, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (1925-1980); m. 1981 Monika, Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach (1929)
• Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hannover (1915-2006) m. 1946 Sophia, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001)
• Friederike, Princess of Hannover (1917-1981) m. 1938 Pavlos, King of the Hellenes (1901-1964)
• Christian, Prince of Hannover (1919-1981) m. 1963 (div. 1976) Mireille Dutry (1946)
• Welf Heinrich, Prince of Hannover (1923-1997) m. 1960 Sophie-Alexandra, Prinzessin zu Isenburg und Büdingen (1937)

Died: Marienburg Castle near Hannover 30. Jan 1953

Buried: Mausoleum of the Kings of Hannover, Burggarten, Hannover

   

  

Source: GHdA, Fürsten I, Vol III 1955, Vol XII 1984 and Vol XVIII 2007