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Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover , he initially seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but none of his elder brothers had a legitimate son.
Jun 1, 2024 · Ernest Augustus was the king of Hanover, from 1837 to 1851, the fifth son of George III of England. Ernest Augustus studied at Göttingen, entered the Hanoverian army, and served as a leader of cavalry when war broke out between Great Britain and France in 1793.
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Ernest Augustus (born Nov. 20, 1629, Herzberg am Harz Castle, Hanover [Germany]—died Jan. 23, 1698, Herrenhausen Castle) was a duke (from 1679) and elector (from 1692) of Hanover, father of George Louis, who became George I, king of Great Britain.
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Prince Ernest Augustus, the former Crown Prince of Hanover and former Duke of Cumberland, died of a stroke on his estate at Gmunden in November 1923. He is interred, next to his wife and his mother, in a mausoleum which he had built adjacent to Cumberland Castle.
A large equestrian statue of King Ernest Augustus stands in a square named after him in front of Hanover Central Station, he was an able and even a popular Monarch. He was succeeded in Hanover by his only son George, who had been blinded in an accident as a child.
Feb 28, 2023 · Biography. "Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the eldest child and only son of King George V of Hanover and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. "He was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later of the Duchy of Brunswick in 1884.
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On 24 May 1913, Ernest Augustus and Victoria Louise, third cousins once removed through descent from George III's sons King Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Edward, Duke of Kent, were married to each other.
