Ernst August of Hanover

Ernst August Georg Wilhelm Christian Ludwig Franz Joseph Nikolaus Oskar, Prince of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His British titles were suspended in 1917.

Son of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover etc. (1887-1953) and Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)

Born: Braunschweig (Brunswick) 18. Mar 1914

Godparents:

• Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover (paternal grandfather)

• George V King of the United Kingdom (third cousin once removed)

• Wilhelm II, German Emperor (maternal grandfather)

• Ludwig III King of Bavaria

• Franz Joseph I Emperor of Austria

• Nikolai II Emperor of Russia

• Auguste Viktoria, German Empress (maternal grandmother)

• Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanover (paternal grandmother)

• Friedrich Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (paternal uncle by marriage)

• Adalbert, Prince of Prussia (maternal uncle)

• Oskar, Prince of Prussia (maternal uncle)

• Maximilian, Prince of Baden (paternal uncle by marriage)

• The 1^st Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry Regiment

In addition to his sponsors he was named for his paternal uncle, Prince Christian of Hanover, who had died at age 16.

Married:

1. (civ.) Schloss Marienburg (Marienburg Castle) near Hanover 31. Aug and (rel) Hanover 4. Sep 1951 Ortrud Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Grlücksburg (1925-1980), daughter of Albrecht, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Grlücksburg (1863-1948) by his second wife Hertha, Prinzessin zu Isenburg-Büdingen (1883-1972)

2. Laubach, Hesse (civ) 16. Jul and (rel) 17. Jul 1981 Monika Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach (1929), his first wife's first cousin once removed, daughter of Georg Graf zu Solm-Laubach (1899-1969) and Johanna Prinzessin zu Solm-Hohensolms-Lich (1905-1982)

Issue of first marriage:

• Marie, Princess of Hanover (1952) m. Michael Graf von Hochberg (1943)

• Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (1954) m. 1981 (div. 1997) Chantal Hochuli (1955); m. 1999 Caroline, Princess of Monaco (1957)

• Ludwig, Prince of Hanover (1955-1988) m. 1987 Isabella Gräfin von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1962-1988)

• Olga, Princess of Hanover (1958)

• Alexandra, Princess of Hanover (1959) m. 1981 Andreas Prinz zu Leiningen (1955)

• Heinrich, Prince of Hanover (1961) m. 1999 Thyra von Westernhagen (1973)

Died: Hanover 9. Dev 1987

Buried: Marienburg Castle

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVIII, Starke Verlag 2007; burial place: www.royaltyguide.nl; godparents: enrty on wikipedia