Ernst August of Hanover
Born Ernst August Wilhelm Adolph Georg Friedrich, Prince of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg; became Crown Prince of Hanover upon the death of his grandfather, King Ernst August I. The kingdom was annexed by Prussia in 1866 and the family was exiled. Ernst August succeeded his father, King Georg V of Hanover, as Duke of Cumberland in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1878. He renounced his succession rights to Brunswick in favor of his son in 1913.
Son of Georg V King of Hanover (1819-1878) and Marie, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907)
Born: Hanover 21. Sep 1845
Married: Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen 21. Dec 1878 Thyra, Princess of Denmark (1853-1933), daughter of Christian IX King of Denmark (1818-1906) and Louise Princess of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898)
Issue:
Marie Louise, Princess of Hanover (1879-1948) m. 1900 Maximilian, Prince of Baden (1867-1929)
Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hanover (1880-1912)
Alexandra, Princess of Hanover (1882-1963) m. 1904 Friedrich Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882-1945)
Olga, Princess of Hanover (1884-1958)
Christian, Prince of Hanover (1885-1901)
Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953) m. 1913 Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)
Died: Gmunden, Upper Bavaria 14. Nov 1923 from a stroke
Buried: Mausoleum, Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden
Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 2005, Vittorio Klostermann