Prince Welf Henry of Hanover
| Prince Welf Henry | |||||
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| Prince Welf Henry of Hanover | |||||
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11 March 1923 Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria |
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| Died | 12 July 1997 (aged 74) Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
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| Spouse | Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick | ||||
| Mother | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia | ||||
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| Welf Henry Ernest Augustus George Christian Berthold Frederick William Louis Ferdinand German: Welf Heinrich Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand |
Prince Welf Henry of Hanover (Welf Heinrich Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Hannover), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (11 March 1923 in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria; – 12 July 1997 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany) was the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, 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. The prince was known to his family as "Welfi."
Welf Henry married Princess Alexandra Sophie of Ysenburg and Büdingen (born 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, died 1 June 2015 in Frankfurt am Main), daughter of Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz, on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany, in a civil marriage ceremony, and on the following day in a religious ceremony at the Marienkirche in Büdingen. The couple had no children.
Welf Henry and Alexandra lived in Frankfurt's Niederrad district. Alexandra had served as a city councilwoman representing Niederrad on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.
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