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Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover (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.
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.
Birth 18 MAR 1914 - Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. Death 9 Dec 1987 - Pattensen, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Mother Victoria Louise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte Hohenzollern Preussen Prussia. Father Ernest Augustus Christian George Hanover. Quick access. Family tree. Records 6. Photos 31. New search.
- Male
- March 18, 1914
- Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
- December 9, 1987
Ernst August was born in Hanover, the eldest son of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), the former Hereditary Prince of Brunswick and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980).
Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover ( 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.
Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, was born at Hanover during the reign of his paternal grandfather, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. He became the crown prince of Hanover upon his father's accession as George V in November 1851.
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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.
