Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick

Ernest Augustus
Duke of Brunswick
Reign1 November 1913 – 8 November 1918
PredecessorWilliam VIII
SuccessorMonarchy abolished
Head of the House of Hanover
Pretence14 November 1923 – 30 January 1953
PredecessorErnest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
SuccessorPrince Ernest Augustus
Born(1887-11-17)17 November 1887
Penzing, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died30 January 1953(1953-01-30) (aged 65)
Marienburg Castle, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Burial1 February 1953
Berggarten Mausoleum, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Spouse
(m. 1913)
Issue
Names
Ernest Augustus Christian George
German: Ernst August Christian Georg
HouseHanover
FatherErnest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
MotherPrincess Thyra of Denmark
SignatureErnest Augustus's signature

Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George, German: Ernst August Christian Georg); 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953) was Duke of Brunswick from 2 November 1913 to 8 November 1918. He was a grandson of George V of Hanover, thus a Prince of Hanover and a Prince of the United Kingdom. He was also a maternal grandson of Christian IX of Denmark and the son-in-law of German Emperor Wilhelm II. The Prussians had deposed King George from the Hanoverian throne in 1866, but his marriage ended the decades-long feud between the Prussians and the Hanoverians.


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