Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
| Ernest Augustus | |||||
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| Duke of Brunswick | |||||
| Reign | 1 November 1913 – 8 November 1918 | ||||
| Predecessor | William VIII | ||||
| Head of the House of Hanover | |||||
| Pretence | 30 January 1923 – 30 January 1953 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ernest Augustus | ||||
| Successor | Ernest Augustus | ||||
| Born |
17 November 1887 Penzing, Vienna |
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| Died | 30 January 1953 (aged 65) Marienburg Castle, Hanover |
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| Burial | Berggarten Mausoleum, Hanover, West Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia | ||||
| Issue |
Ernest Augustus Prince George William Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes Prince Christian Oscar Prince Welf Henry |
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus | ||||
| Mother | Princess Thyra of Denmark | ||||
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| Ernest Augustus Christian George German: Ernst August Christian Georg |
Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; German: Ernst August Christian Georg; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953), reigning Duke of Brunswick (2 November 1913 – 8 November 1918), was a grandson of George V of Hanover, whom the Prussians deposed in 1866, and Christian IX of Denmark.
Prince Ernest Augustus was born at Penzing near Vienna, the sixth and youngest child of Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover and his wife, Princess Thyra of Denmark. His great-grandfather, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom, became king of Hanover in 1837 because Salic Law barred Queen Victoria from reigning in Germany.
His father succeeded as pretender to the Hanoverian throne and as Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale in the peerage of Great Britain in 1878. The younger Prince Ernest August became heir apparent to the dukedom of Cumberland and to the Hanoverian claim upon the deaths of his two elder brothers, George and Christian. He was a first cousin of George V of the United Kingdom, Nicholas II of Russia, and Christian X of Denmark, Haakon VII of Norway, and Constantine I of Greece.
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