Georg V of Hanover

Born Prince George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus of Great Britain and Ireland. Succeeded his father as King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Duke of Cumberland in 1851. The kingdom was annexed by Prussia in 1866. Georg V went into exile but never abdicated.

Son of Ernst August I King of Hanover (1771-1851) and Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)

Born: Berlin 27. May 1819

Baptised: Berlin 8. Jul 1819

Godparents:

• The Prince Regent (paternal uncle)

• Princess Augusta of the United Kingdom (paternal aunt)

• The Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Homburg, née Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (paternal aunt)

• Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (paternal aunt)

• Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (paternal aunt)

• Alexander I Emperor of Russia

• Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia

• Friedrich Wilhelm III King of Prussia (maternal uncle by marriage)

• Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia (later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV)

• Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (later Emperor Wilhelm I)

• Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, nephew of the King of Prussia

• Karl, Prince of Prussia, brother of the King of Prussia

• Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia, brother of the King of Prussia

• The Queen of the Netherlands, née Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia

• Alexandrine, Princess of Prussia, sister of the King of Prussia

• The Electoral Princess of Hesse-Kassel, née Augusta, Princess of Prussia, sister of the King of Prussia

• The Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau, née Friederike, Princess of Prussia, niece of the King of Prussia

• Maria Anna, Princess of Prussia, née Princess of Hesse-Homburg (sister-in-law of the King of Prussia)

• Luise, Princess Prussia, née Princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt, great-aunt by marriage of the King of Prussia

• Luise, Princess of Prussia, daughter of the King of Prussia

• Luise, Prinzess Radziwill, née Princess of Prussia, first cousin once removed of the King of Prussia

• Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (maternal uncle)

• Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: Hanover 18. Feb 1843 Marie, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907), daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789-1868) and Amalie, Duchess of Württemberg (1799-1848)

Issue:

• Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923) m. 1878 Thyra, Princess of Denmark (1853-1933)

• Friederike, Princess of Hanover (1848-1926) m. 1880 Alfons, Freiherr von Pawel-Ramingen (1843-1932)

• Marie, Princess of Hanover (1849-1904)

Died: Paris 12. Jun 1878

Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 2005, Vittorio Klostermann; For Godparents see London Gazette no. 17497, 24. Jul 1819 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17497/pages/1296