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Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. Ernest Augustus ( German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692.
Feb 29, 2024 · 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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Feb 29, 2024 · Ernest Augustus (born June 5, 1771, Kew, Surrey, Eng.—died Nov. 18, 1851, Herrenhausen, Hanover [Germany]) 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 ...
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Feb 29, 2024 · Ernest Augustus (born September 21, 1845, Hannover, Hanover [Germany]—died November 14, 1923, Gmunden, Austria) was the only son of George V of Hanover and pretender to the Hanoverian throne from 1878 to 1913. After his father was deposed as a result of the Seven Weeks’ War between Prussia and Austria (in which Hanover had sided with losing ...
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List of electors of Hanover Elector Dates of reign Succession Notes George I Louis Georg Ludwig: 1708–1727 Son of Ernest Augustus. Became King of Great Britain and Ireland in 1714. Acquired Bremen-Verden in 1719. George II Augustus Georg II. August: 1727–1760 Son of George I. Acquired the Land of Hadeln in 1731. George III William Frederick ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Ernest Augustus ( German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692.
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.