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Napoleonic Wars. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profession, from 1764 to 1803 he was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in the Holy Roman Empire.
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 ...
Anon, line engraving 'The Royal Dozen: or the King & Queen of Great Britain with the 10 Royal Children', example in British Museum. 1776-9 Oils by Benjamin West in Royal Collection (Buckingham Palace) 'Prince Ernest with the Princes Augustus and Adolphus and the Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth and Mary' ( Millar 1145, plate 115); a related ...
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 ...
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.
May 23, 2024 · George V (born May 27, 1819, Berlin—died June 12, 1878, Paris) was the last king of Hanover (1851–66), the only son of Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland. His youth was passed in England and in Berlin until 1837, when his father became king of Hanover. He lost sight in one eye during a childhood illness and in the other ...
