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Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale ( German: Ernst August; 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. Ernest Augustus was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later ...
Ernest Augustus. On 23 April 1799, Ernest Augustus was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh by his father the king. With a seat in the House of Lords, he took an interest in politics. Ernest held radical Tory views, and soon became a leader of the right of the party, he opposed Catholic emancipation and the Reform Act.
History. The title Duke of Cumberland had been created three times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain.. In 1799, the double dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was bestowed on Ernest Augustus (later King of Hanover), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom.
- 24 April 1799
- Prince Ernest Augustus
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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Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale , was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Ernest Augustus was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later the Duchy of Brunswick in 1884. Although he was the most senior male-line descendant of George I, II, and III, the ...
Feb 28, 2023 · Biography. "Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the eldest child and only son of King George V of Hanover and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. "He was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later of the Duchy of Brunswick in 1884.
Born in Hanover as the Crown Prince of the Hanoverian royal family but also related to the British royals. In 1878 he became Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale on the death of his father, the 2nd Duke, and was knighted by Queen Victoria a few months later. Already a colonel in the British Army he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1892 and general in 1898. Being the eldest son of a king he ...