Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006)
| Prince George William | |||||
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| Born |
25 March 1915 Brunswick, Brunswick, German Empire |
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| Died | 8 January 2006 (aged 90) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
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| Spouse | Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark | ||||
| Issue |
Prince Welf Ernest Prince George Princess Frederica, Mrs. Jerry Cyr |
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick | ||||
| Mother | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia | ||||
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| George William Ernest Augustus Frederick Axel German: Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel |
Prince George William of Hanover (Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (25 March 1915 – 8 January 2006) was the second eldest son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
He was the brother-in-law of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
George William was christened on 10 May 1915 in Brunswick. The prince's godparents included Maria Christina of Austria, Prince Axel of Denmark, and Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland who held the infant prince over the baptismal font.
From 1930 through 1934, Prince George William attended the elite boarding school Schule Schloss Salem in Überlingen on Lake Constance. Schule Schloss Salem was co-founded by the prince's uncle, the last Chancellor of the German Empire, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and educator Kurt Hahn in 1920. Prince George William was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB). From 1948 to 1959, the prince headed the Schule Schloss Salem.
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