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Ernest Augustus (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who eleven years before Ernest's birth had inherited the thrones of two kingdoms, Great Britain and Ireland, and also that of the Electorate of Hanover, still part of the Holy Roman Empire. As a fifth son, Ernest seemed unlikely to ...
Ernest Augustus 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 Austria), Ernest Augustus lived mainly in Austria.
During Sophia's lifetime, there were various rumours about her alleged incestuous relationship with her brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who later became the King of Hanover. [33] [34] The Prince Regent supposedly warned his sisters not to be alone in the same room with the Duke, [35] and Cumberland was deeply unpopular with the ...
British Royalty. He was the King of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, along with the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. He was the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover and his queen, Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1837 he succeeded his brother King William IV as...
Dec 28, 2022 · English: King Ernest Augustus I of Hannover (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851), also (1799-1851) The Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, was the fifth son and eighth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).
They included two future British monarchs, George IV and William IV; as well as Charlotte, Princess Royal, who became Queen of Württemberg; and Prince Ernest Augustus, who became King of Hanover. Charlotte was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens .
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover, fifth son of George III and Queen Charlotte, spent his childhood at Kew before following a military career with the Prussian army. He married, in 1815, his cousin Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
