Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
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Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (German: Ernst August Prinz von Hannover) (18 March 1914, Brunswick – 9 December 1987 Schulenburg (Leine)) was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia. From his birth, he was the Hereditary Duke of Brunswick (German: Ernst August, Erbherzog von Braunschweig). He lost his titles when his father abdicated in 1918 when he was 4 years old. After his father's death in 1953, he became head of the House of Hanover.
He was usually styled His Royal Highness The Prince of Hanover and sometimes as Ernest Augustus IV.
Ernest Augustus married for the first time in 1951, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Glücksburg (1925-1980), and had issue. He married again in 1980, Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach (born 1929). In addition to being a German, he also held British nationality, after successfully claiming it under the Sophia Naturalisation Act; he is heir to the British title of Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, suspended under the Titles Deprivation Act of 1917.
His children by his first wife are:
- Princess Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike of Hanover (1952 - ), married Count Michael of Hochberg and had issue
- Ernst August V Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian Ludwig, Prince of Hanover (1954 - ), married first Chantal Hochuli and had issue, married second Princess Caroline of Monaco and had issue
- Prince Ludwig Rudolph Georg Wilhelm Philipp Friedrich Wolrad Maximilian of Hanover (1955 - 1988), died with his wife, Countess Isabelle of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1962-88) with whom he had one son
- Princess Olga Sophie Charlotte Anna of Hanover (1958 - )
- Princess Alexandra Irene Margaretha Elisabeth Bathildis of Hanover (1959 - ), married Andreas, 11th Prince of Leiningen and had issue
- Prince Heinrich Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günther of Hanover (1961 - ), married Thyra von Westernhagen and had issue (including a son, Albert, born on the 138th anniversary of the death of his ancestor, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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| House of Hanover Born: 18 March 1914; Died: 9 December 1987 |
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| Preceded by Ernest Augustus III |
* NOT REIGNING * King of Hanover (1953-1987) |
Succeeded by Ernst August V |
| * NOT REIGNING * Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1953-1987) |
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