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November 14, 1923, Gmunden, Austria (aged 78) 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 ...
Biography Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Knight of the Orders of the Garter and St. Patrick, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and the Hanoverian Order, Field Marshal in the Army, was born June 5, 1771.
When the Duke of Cumberland attended the christening of Princess Alice in 1843, Queen Victoria found him 'very much changed, so shrunk & bent, so aged & all his hair gone' (Journal, 2 June 1843). Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover, fifth son of George III and Queen Charlotte, spent his childhood at Kew before following a ...
Son of George III Fifth son of George III, Ernest Augustus served in the English and Hanoverian armies during the war with France. He was created Duke of Cumberland in 1799. He entered the House of Lords as an ardent Tory who opposed Catholic emancipation and the Reform Act. His repressive politics and private influence over the Prince Regent, made the Duke the subject of much popular ...
In 1799 also he became governor of Chester. On 4 April 1799 George III created his four younger sons peers of the realm. Prince Ernest became Duke of Cumberland and of Teviotdale in the peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh in the peerage of Ireland. Parliament also granted him £12,000 a year, which was in 1804 increased to £18,000 In ...
May 1, 2014 · Prince Ernest (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was the fifth son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He was made Duke of Cumberland in 1799 and became King of Hanover on William IV’s death in 1837. His son, George, succeeded him. Salacious gossip Like the previous holders of the title, Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, seemed to attract controversy.
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Heir of Brunswick, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick; 21 September 1845 – 14 November 1923), was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.
