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Ernest Augustus, Pr of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, succeeded his brother William as King ERNST AUGUST I of Hannover (20.6.1837-1851), *Queen's House, St.James's Park 5.6.1771, +Herrenhausen 18.11.1851; m.Strelitz 29.5.1815 and Carlton House 29.8.1815 Dss Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*Hannover 2.3.1778 +Hannover 21.6.1841); during the First World War his descendants were stripped of their British titles, though they continue to use them among their official titles; They had issue:

A1. GEORG V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, King of Hannover (1851-66), Pr of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, etc, lost his throne as a result of annexation by Prussia 20.9.1866, *Berlin 27.5.1819, +Paris 12.6.1878, he was blind; m.Hannover 18.2.1843 Pss Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (*Hildburghausen 14.4.1818, +Gmunden 9.1.1907)
- B1. ERNST AUGUST Wilhelm Adolf Georg Friedrich, Crown Pr of Hannover, succeeded his cousin as Duke of Braunschweig in 1884 but was stopped from reigning by the Imperial Diet in 1885; he renounced his rights to Braunschweig in favor of his son 24.10.1913; during and immediately after the First World War he was stripped of his British titles, *Hannover 21.9.1845, +Gmunden 14.11.1923; m.Christiansborg 21.12.1878 Pss Thyra of Denmark (*29.9.1853 +26.2.1933)
  - C1. GEORG WILHELM Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf, *Gmunden 28.10.1880, +k.in car accident at Nackel, Brandenburg 20.5.1912
  - C2. CHRISTIAN Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar, *Gmunden 4.7.1885, +Gmunden 3.9.1901
  - C3. ERNST AUGUST Christian Georg, Prince of Hannover, etc, upon his marriage Prussia agreed to install him as Duke of Braunschweig (1913-18), *Penzing, nr Vienna 17.11.1887, +Schloß Marienburg 30.1.1953; m.Berlin 24.5.1913 Pss Viktoria Luise of Prussia (*Marmorpalais 13.9.1892, +Hannover 11.12.1980)
    - D1. ERNST AUGUST Georg Wilhelm Christian Ludwig Franz Joseph Nikolaus Oskar, Prince of Hannover, etc, *Braunschweig 18.3.1914, +Hannover 9.12.1987; 1m: (civ) Schloß Marienburg 31.8.1951 (rel) Hannover 4.9.1951 Pss Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (*Flensburg 19.12.1925, +Hannover 6.2.1980); 2m: Laubach (civ) 16.7.1981 (rel) 17.7.1981 Monika Gfn zu Solms-Laubach (*Laubach 8.8.1929)
      - E1. ERNST AUGUST Albert Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig, Pr of Hannover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, *Hannover 26.2.1954; 1m: (civ) Pattensen 28.8.1981 (rel) Schloß Marienburg 30.8.1981 (div 1997) Chantal Hochuli (*Zürich 2.6.1955); 2m: Monaco 23.1.1999 Pss Caroline of Monaco (*23.1.1957)
        F1. [1m.] ERNST AUGUST Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph, *Hildesheim 19.7.1983
        F2. [1m.] CHRISTIAN HEINRICH Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Ernst-Wilhelm Friedrich Franz, *Hildesheim 1.6.1985
        F3. [2m.] ALEXANDRA Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, *Hospital, Vöcklabruck 20.7.1999
      - E2. LUDWIG RUDOLPH Georg Wilhelm Philipp Friedrich Wolrad Maximilian, *Hannover 28.11.1955, +Gmunden am Traunsee 29.11.1988; m.Bleiburg 4.10.1987 Gfn Isabella von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (*Klagenfurt 12.2.1962, +Gmunden am Traunsee 28.11.1988)
        F1. OTTO HEINRICH Aripard Georg Johannes Ernst August Vinzenz Egmont Franz, *Gmunden 13.2.1988
      - E3. HEINRICH Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günter, *Hannover 29.4.1961; m.Teistungen 19.6.1999 Thyra von Westernhagen (*Oldenburg 14.8.1973)
        F1. [illegitimate by Desirée Saskia Dick] Oscar Julius Heinrich Ferdinand Nick, *Berlin 29.9.1996
        F2. Albert Thilo Ludwig Arndt, *Göttingen 14.12.1999
        F3. Eugenia, *Göttingen 19.7.2001
      - E4. OLGA Sophie Charlotte Anna, *Hannover 17.2.1958
      - E5. ALEXANDRA Irene Margitha Elisabeth Bathildis, *Hannover 18.2.1959; m.(civ) Amorbach 5.10.1981 (rel) Gmunden 11.10.1981 Fst Andreas zu Leiningen (*Frankfurt 27.11.1955)
    - D2. GEORG WILHELM Ernst August Friedrich Axel, *Braunschweig 25.3.1915, +Munich 8.1.2006; m.Salem (civ) 23.4.1946 (rel) 24.4.1946 Sophie Pss of Greece and Denmark (*Corfu 26.6.1914)
      - E1. WELF ERNST August Andreas Philipp Georg Wilhelm Ludwig Berthold, *Schloß Marienburg 25.1.1947, +Poona, India 10.1.1981; m.(morganatically) (civ) Munich 23.5.1969 (rel) Essen-Bredeney 25.5.1969 (div 1979) Wibke van Gunsteren (*Lübbecke 26.11.1948)
        F1. Pss Tanja Saskia Luise, *Duisburg 24.7.1970; m.London 6.7.1990 Michael Naylor-Leyland (*London 14.7.1956)
      - E2. GEORG Paul Christian, *Salem 9.12.1949; m.(morganatically) Munich 15.9.1973 Victoria Ann Bee (*New York 6.3.1951)
        F1. Pss Vera, *Munich 5.11.1976
        F2. Pss Nora, *Munich 15.1.1978
      - E3. FRIEDERIKE Elisabeth Victoria Luise Alice Olga Theodora Helene, *Salem 15.10.1954; m.Vancouver 17.8.1979 Jerry William Cyr (*Port Alberni, British Columbia 16.1.1951)
    - D3. CHRISTIAN Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich, *Gmunden 1.9.1919, +Lausanne 10.12.1981; m.(morganatically) (civ) Salzburg 23.11.1963 (rel) Brussels 25.11.1963 (div 1976) Mireille Dutry (*Chelsea 10.1.1946)
      - E1. Pss Caroline-Luise Mireille Irene Sophie, *Wels, Upper Austria 3.5.1965
      - E2. Pss Mireille Victoria Luise, *Brussels 3.6.1971
    - D4. WELF HEINRICH Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand, *Gmunden 11.3.1923, +Büdingen/Frankfurt 12.7.1997; m.Büdingen (civ) 20.9.1960 (rel) 21.9.1960 Alexandra, Pss zu Ysenburg u.Büdingen (*Frankfurt 23.10.1937)
    - D5. FRIEDERIKE Luise Thyra Viktoria Margarete Sophie Olga Cecile Isabelle Christa, *Blankenburg, Harz 18.4.1917, +Madrid 6.2.1981; m.Athens 9.1.1938 King Paul of the Hellenes (*14.12.1901 +6.3.1964)
  - C4. MARIE LOUISE Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Auguste Friederike, *Gmunden 11.10.1879, +Schloß Salem 31.1.1948; m.Gmunden 10.7.1900 Pr Maximilian von Baden (*10.7.1867 +6.11.1929)
  - C5. ALEXANDRA Luise Marie Olga Elisabeth Therese Vera, *Gmunden 29.9.1882, +Glücksburg 30.8.1963; m.Gmunden 7.6.1904 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*Palermo 9.4.1882, +Flensburg 17.11.1945)
  - C6. OLGA Adelheid Luise Marie Alexandrine Agnes, *Gmunden 11.7.1884, +Hubertihaus, nr Gmunden 21.9.1958
- B2. FRIEDERIKE Sophie Marie Henriette Amalie Therese, *Hannover 9.1.1848, +Biarritz 16.10.1926; m.Windsor Castle 24.4.1880 Alfons, Frhr von Pawel-Ramingen (*Coburg 27.7.1843, +Biarritz 20.11.1932)
- B3. MARIE Ernestine Josephine Adolfine Henriette Therese Elisabeth Alexandrine, *Hannover 3.12.1849, +Gmunden 4.6.1904)

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