| Ernest Augustus | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Hanover Hereditary Prince of Brunswick | |||||
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| Head of the House of Hanover | |||||
| Predecessor | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick | ||||
| Successor | Prince Ernst August | ||||
| Tenure | 30 January 1953 – 9 December 1987 | ||||
| Born | 18 March 1914 Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire | ||||
| Died | 9 December 1987 (aged 73) Schulenburg, Pattensen, Lower Saxony, West Germany | ||||
| Burial | 11 December 1987 Schloss Marienburg, Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(m. 1951; died 1980) | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick | ||||
| Mother | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany | ||||
| Service |  German Army | ||||
| Years of service | 1941–1945 | ||||
| Rank | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Wehrmacht_Heer_Oberleutnant_insignia_horizontal.png){kind=small} Oberleutnant | ||||
| Battles / wars | World War II | ||||
Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover[1] (German: Ernst August Prinz von Hannover; 18 March 1914 – 9 December 1987) was head of the House of Hanover from 1953 until his death in 1987. From his birth until the German Revolution of 1918–1919 he was the heir apparent to the Duchy of Brunswick, a state of the German Empire.
He was born at Braunschweig, Germany, the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Emperor Wilhelm II, Ernest Augustus's third cousin in descent from George III the United Kingdom. Ernst August's parents were, therefore, third cousins, once removed. From his birth, he was the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick. He was also, shortly after birth in 1914, made a British prince by King George V of the United Kingdom,[2] and was heir to the titles Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh. His German titles were abolished in 1919 by the Weimar Republic, while his British titles were suspended under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917. Nonetheless, he carried both as titles of pretence during his lifetime.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVIII. "Haus Hannover". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 22–26. ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.
- ^ "Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain: Documents".