| REFERENCE | TITLE | NAME | BORN | DIED | TITLE | NAME | BORN | DIED | COMMENTS | |
| 25 | King | Ernest August I of Hanover | 1771 | 1851 | Duchess | Friederike Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778 | 1841 | See 24.7 - For over 100 years prior to 1837 Hanover was linked to Great Britain sharing the same Kings. This link being
broken
Queen Victoria ascended the throne of Great Britain in 1837 (succeeding her uncle King William IV ) but was prevented from succeeding to
the Hanover throne due to the prevailing Salic laws of that country. Queen Victoria's uncle Prince Ernest (Duke of Cumberland) was next in line to the Hanover throne and became King Ernest August I in 1837. This ended the
123 year personal union of Hanover and Great Britain under a common King, which commenced when George Louis (1660-1727) Elector of Hanover became King George I of Great Britain in 1714. A newspaper article in June 1837 reported that King William IV had signed a paper on the subject of the family law of Brunswick Lunenburg in relationship to the succession to the throne of Hanover. Ernest August and Friederike Karoline were first cousins. Ernest August's mother (Sophie-Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)) was a sister to Friederike Karoline's father Grand Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741-1816)). The New York Times report of the death of King Ernest August. A somewhat uncomplimentary report on the death of Ernest August. Report on the death of Queen Friederike. The report mention the Duchess of Anhalt Dessau attended the Queen leading up to her death; the Duchess of Anhalt Dessau was the daughter of Queen Friederike by her first husband Prince Ludwig of Prussia (1773-1796) |
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| 25.1 | King | George V of Hanover | 1819 | 1878 | Princess | Marie of Saxe-Altenburg | 1818 | 1907 | See 30.41 - George lost his throne as a result of the Annexation of Hanover by Prussia on 20 September 1866 after having taken the side of
Austria in the Austrian-Prussian War. He, his wife and 3 children fled in exile to Austria. He died while on a visit to Paris. His body was brought to England for burial in St George Chapel, Windsor. George lost the sight of one
eye during a childhood illness and finally went blind following a riding accident in 1834 (an alternative source quotes 1833). However in a New York Times article it was reported that Georg had lost the sight in one eye as a boy and the sight in the other was gradually deteriorating. In 1840 a celebrated German surgeon Karl Ferdinand von Grafe (1787-1840) operated on Georg but cut through the optic nerve due to an accidental slip of his hand. Karl Ferdinand possibly through despair died shortly afterwards. When Hanover was separated from Great Britain in 1837, George's father Ernest August sought to obtain the jewels left by his mother Queen Charlotte. The matter went to arbitration, and just as the three arbitrators made up of eminent lawyers were to announce their decision one of them died making the arbitration void. Queen Victoria put delaying tactics in place but in 1858 by virtue of an arbitration the jewels were awarded and handed over to Hanover. With Hanover being annexed by Prussia following the Austrian-Prussian War, King George made arrangements for the Hanover state treasures to be shipped to Great Britain. The New York Times report of the death of Marie The New York Times report of the death of King George. The funeral of King George |
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| 25.11 | Crown Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) & (Duke of Cumberland) | 1845 | 1923 | Princess | Thyra of Denmark | 1853 | 1933 | See
2.5 - Ernst August declared his rights to succeed his very distant cousin
Duke Wilhelm (1806-1884) to the Duchy of Brunswick (and Wolfenbüttel) in 1884 but was stopped from
reigning by the Imperial Diet in 1885. He renounced his rights to Brunswick in favour of his son 24 October 1913, which on 27 October 1913 resulted
in the reversal of the decision by the Imperial Diet. The duchy was governed by regents between 1885 and 1913 Another insight into the Hanover and Brunswick dispute. Some thoughts by a German correspondent on the betrothal of Ernst August and Thyra. A report on the wedding of Ernst August and Thyra. An interesting The New York Times article on the succession rights to Brunswick |
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| 25.111 | Princess | Marie Louise of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1879 | 1948 | Margrave | Maximilian "Max" of Baden | 1867 | 1929 | See
32.552 - Maximilan "Max" was appointed German Chancellor on 3 October 1918 and placed in charge of obtaining a negotiated peace with the allies. He resigned his office on 9 November 1918. Max who was Heir Apparent to the Throne of Baden, renounced all claims to the Succession for himself and his heirs on 22 November 1918, coincidentally with the Abdication of
Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden. An interesting article on the betrothal of Max and Marie Louise. A report on the death of Max. A genealogical biased article on Max |
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| 25.112 | Prince | George William of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1880 | 1912 | Prince George (along with his valet) was killed in a motor accident in Brandenburg , Germany whilst
on the way to the funeral of his uncle
King Frederick VIII of Denmark. It was reported the
Prince was driving his car. at a speed of
60 miles per hour in order to reach an overnight stop in Schwerin before travelling the following day to Copenhagen, the car skidded an a newly laid
road surface. A detailed report on the accident. The article also mentions the Kaiser was alone amongst the reigning Royal Families of Europe not to be appraised of the accident and as a consequence ordered that none of Hohenzollern Princess would attend the funeral. The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) article Wednesday 22 May 1912 gives another insight into the Prince's death. |
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| 25.113 | Princess | Alexandra of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1882 | 1963 | Grand Duke | Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1882 | 1945 | See
23.11112 - Friedrich Franz IV renounced his throne on 14 November 1918. Report on the wedding of Alexandra and Friedrich Franz which took place on 7 June 1904 but which was overshadowed by the death of Alexandra's Aunt Princess Marie Ernestine of Hanover who died a couple of days earlier on 4 June 1904 |
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| 25.114 | Princess | Olga of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1884 | 1958 | There were rumours in 1913 that Princess Olga was to be betrothed to Prince Adalbert of Prussia the third son of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. It was also reported around the same time that Olga was to be betrothed to Prince Oskar of Prussia a younger brother of Prince Adalbert. | |||||
| 25.115 | Prince | Christian of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1885 | 1901 | Christian died in unfortunate circumstances, he developed appendicitis which was left untreated and which turned into peritonitis. A short report on Christian's death |
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| 25.116 | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1887 | 1953 | Princess | Viktoria-Luise of Prussia | 1892 | 1980 | See
11.2117 - Ernst August succeeded to the
Duchy of Brunswick (and Wolfenbüttel) on
1 November 1913 following his father's renunciation on 24 October 1913. He abdicated his throne on 8 November 1918. An in depth newspaper article regarding the quarrel between the Houses of Hanover and Hohenzollern before and after the marriage of Prince Ernst August and Princess Viktoria-Luise. |
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| 25.1161 - QVD | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1914 | 1987 | Princess | Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | 1925 | 1980 | See
35.455 - A very short report on the
wedding of Ernst August and Ortrud ogether with a photograph of the happy couple on
their arrival at the Market Church Hanover for their Church Wedding. An unfortunate circumstance occurred a couple of days after their wedding. A 17 year old god-child of Prince Ernst August by the name of Ernst August Oppermann was found seriously injured from knife wounds which possibly were self inflicted in a suicide attempt because of his disappointment at not being invited to the wedding. Ernst August and Ortrud were married on 31 August 1951. Prior to this marriage Ernst August had an affair with Baroness Maria Anna von Humbodt-Dachroeden (ex-wife of his cousin Prince Hubertus of Prussia, Maria Anna and Hubertus divorced 4 January 1943) from which a son Christian von Humboldt-Dachroeden was born on 27 December 1943 |
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| 25.1161 - QVD | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1914 | 1987 | Countess | Monika of Solms-Laubach | 1929 | 2015 | Official announcement of the death of Countess Monika | |
| 25.11611 - QVD | Princess | Marie of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1952 | Count | Michael von Hochberg (and Baron zu Fürstenstein) | 1943 | Michael's great great grandfather Hans Heinrich X Count von Hochberg (and Baron zu Fürstenstein) (1806-1855) was created the first Prince (Fürst) of Pless in 1850. | |||
| 25.116111 - QVD | Count | Conrad von Hochberg | 1985 | |||||||
| 25.116112 - QVD | Count | Georg von Hochberg | 1987 | |||||||
| 25.11612 - QVD | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1954 | Chantal Hochuli | 1955 | Ernst August is the present Head of the Royal Houses of Hanover and Brunswick | ||||
| 25.11612 - QVD | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1954 | Princess | Caroline Louise of Monaco | 1957 | See 46.2111121 - Ernst August is the present Head of the Royal Houses of Hanover and Brunswick | |||
| 25.116121 - QVD | Prince | Ernst August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1983 | Ekaterina Malysheva | 1986 | Ekaterina Malysheva is a Russian born London based designer and founder of EKAT *** apparently this site i sunder revamp *** | ||||
| 25.1161211 - QVD | Princess | Elisabeth of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2018 | A report on the birth of Elisabeth | ||||||
| 25.1161212 - QVD | Prince | Welf August of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2019 | A report on the birth of Welf August | ||||||
| 25.1161213 - QVD | Princess | Eleonora of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2021 | A report on the birth of Eleonora | ||||||
| 25.116122 - QVD | Prince | Christian Heinrich of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1985 | Alessandra de Osma | 1993? | Report on the civil wedding of
Prince Christian and Alessandra. Report on the religious wedding of Prince Christian and Alessandra |
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| 25.1161221 - QVD | Prince | Nicolas of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2020 | Nicolas and Sofia are twins. Report on their birth. |
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| 25.1161222 - QVD | Princess | Sofia of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2020 | Nicolas and Sofia are twins. Report on their birth. |
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| 25.1161223 - QVD | Princess | Alexia of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2024 | Nicolas and Sofia are twins. Report on their birth. |
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| 25.116123 - QVD | Princess | Alexandra Charlotte of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1999 | |||||||
| 25.11613 - QVD | Prince | Ludwig Rudolph Adolph of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1955 | 1988 | Countess | Isabella von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli | 1962 | 1988 | Isabelle died of a drug overdose and later on the same day
Ludwig Rudolph committed suicide by shotgun. Another report on the tragic circumstances. This tragic event occurred just 14 months after the couple were married. |
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| 25.116131 - QVD | Prince | Otto Heinrich of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1988 | |||||||
| 25.11614 - QVD | Princess | Olga Sophie of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1958 | |||||||
| 25.11615 - QVD | Princess | Alexandra of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1959 | Prince | Andreas of Leiningen (8th Prince of Leiningen) | 1955 | See 39.212313 - Following the second marriage of his elder brother Prince Karl-Emich it would appear that the family members regard Prince Andreas as the Head of the Family | |||
| 25.11616 - QVD | Prince | Heinrich Julius of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1961 | Thyra von Westernhagen | 1973 | |||||
| 25.116161 - QVD | Oscar Julius Nick | 1996 | Oscar Julius parents are Prince Heinrich Julius and Désirée Saskia Nick. A strange court case involving Désirée Saskia Nick and Heinrich Julius's wife Thyra |
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| 25.116162 - QVD | Prince | Albert of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1999 | |||||||
| 25.116163 - QVD | Princess | Eugenia of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 2001 | |||||||
| 25.116164 - QVD | Prince | Julius of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 2006 | |||||||
| 25.1162 - QVD | Prince | Georg Wilhelm of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1915 | 2006 | Princess | Sophie of Greece and Denmark | 1914 | 2001 | See
16.74 - Prince Georg Wilhelm was headmaster 1948 to 1958 of the famous Salem College in Germany which had been
founded in 1920 by his uncle by marriage Prince Maximilian "Max" of Baden. A short article on Princess Sophie and her two sisters not being invited to the wedding of her brother Prince Philip to the future Queen Elizabeth II. An obituary on Prince Georg Wilhelm can be found at Telegraph.co.uk and the corresponding obituary on Princess Sophie can be found at Telegraph.co.uk |
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| 25.11621 - QVD | Prince | Welf Ernst of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1947 | 1981 | Wibke van Gunsteren | 1948 | Prince Welf died Poona. India of a cerebral haemorrhage after collapsing during a karate practice session. Prince Welf joined an Indian mystic sect led by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho). Prince Welf was given the name Vimalkirti and his wife Wibke the name Turiya. An interesting account of the life and death of Welf (Vimalkirti) on the sect site. Scroll to page 830 The web site of Wibke (i.e. Turiya Hanover). |
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| 25.116211 - QVD | Tania Saskia Prinzessin von Hanover | 1970 | Michael Naylor-Leyland | 1956 | 2015 | Birth Registration of
Michael Naylor-Leyland Michael was "Front of House Manager" at the 5 star "The Lanesborough" hotel in London. By all accounts he was quite a flamboyant but likeable individual. |
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| 25.116211 - QVD | Tania Saskia Prinzessin von Hanover | 1970 | Edward Hooper | 1966 | Birth Registration of Edward Hooper | |||||
| 25.1162111 - QVD | Jake Naylor-Leyland | 1993 | ||||||||
| 25.1162112 - QVD | Gabriel Naylor-Leyland | 1996 | ||||||||
| 25.1162113 - QVD | Louis Ivan Welf Otto Hooper | 2007 | ||||||||
| 25.11622 - QVD | Prince | Georg of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1949 | Victoria Bee | 1951 | Victoria is the daughter of Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen and her first husband Robert Bee | ||||
| 25.116221 - QVD | Vera Alice Prinzessin von Hanover | 1976 | Manuel Dmoch | 1977 | ||||||
| 25.1162211 - QVD | Celina Sophie Dmoch | 2007 | ||||||||
| 25.1162212 - QVD | Elena Luisa Dmoch | 2009 | ||||||||
| 25.116222 - QVD | Nora Prinzessin von Hanover | 1979 | Christian Falk | 1972 | ||||||
| 25.1162221 - QVD | Konstantin Georg Erik Falkk | 2007 | ||||||||
| 25.1162222 - QVD | Leopold Welf Christian Falk | 2009 | ||||||||
| 25.11623 - QVD | Princess | Friederike of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1954 | Jerry William Cyr | 1951 | |||||
| 25.116231 - QVD | Julia Emma Cyr | 1982 | Miguel Gelasio Sanchez | 1971 | ||||||
| 25.116231 - QVD | Julia Emma Cyr | 1982 | John Patrick Smart | 1981 | ||||||
| 25.1162311 - QVD | Son (of Julia Emma Cyr and Miguel Gelasio Sanchez) | 2009? | ||||||||
| 25.1162312 - QVD | Child (of Julia Emma Cyr and John Patrick Smart) | 2016 | ||||||||
| 25.116232 - QVD | Jean-Paul Cyr | 1985 | ||||||||
| 25.1163 - QVD | Princess | Friederike of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1917 | 1981 | King | Paul I of the Hellenes | 1901 | 1964 | See
16.14 - A report on the wedding of Paul and
Friederike. Friederike died from anesthesia poisoning or possibly a heart attack while undergoing eye surgery. An obituary on Friederike |
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| 25.1164 - QVD | Prince | Christian Oskar of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1919 | 1981 | Mireille Dutry | 1946 | Prince Christian had his dancing shoes on and ran almost a mile through New York's Central Park and apprehended
two individuals who had snatched a purse from a woman. Birth Registration of Mireille Dutry "Vintage" photograph of Mireille Dutry and her parents. |
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| 25.11641 - QVD | Caroline-Luise Prinzessin von Hanover | 1965 | ||||||||
| 25.11642 - QVD | Mireille Prinzessin von Hanover | 1971 | ||||||||
| 25.1165 - QVD | Prince | Welf Heinrich of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg) | 1923 | 1997 | Princess | Sophie "Alexandra" of Isenburg and Büdingen in Wachtersbach | 1937 | 2015 | See 27.242422 | |
| 25.12 | Princess | Friederike Sophie of Hanover (Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) | 1848 | 1926 | Baron | Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen | 1843 | 1932 | Alfons was the Master of The Household of King George V of Hanover. An interesting short article
on Princess Friederike can be found
here *** note, this document was copied via the "Internet Archive" site, the original link I used to show this information appear to be no longer in being *** A report on the wedding of Princess Friederike and Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen. Another interesting article on the involvement of Queen Victoria in the marriage of Princess Friederike and Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen. Princess Friederike and Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen lived at Hampton Court in apartments given by her cousin Queen Victoria. They lived there from 1880 until 1898. Please see "Grace & Favour A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950" (pages 102/103) for further details. It was at Villa Mouriscot (or possible spelt Mauriscot) the residence of Princess Friederike and Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen where Princess Beatrice of Battenberg and her daughter Princess Victoria Eugenie (future Queen Ena of Spain) were visited by King Alfonso XIII of Spain to conduct a chaperoned, three-day-romance with his future wife. In 1905 Baron Alfons suffered a serious injury including a fracture of the skull as a result of carriage accident, obviously he survived for another 27 years. |
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| 25.121 | Baroness | Victoria von Pawel-Rammingen | 1881 | 1881 | Birth Registration of Victoria von Pawel-Rammingen and Death Registration of Victoria von Pawel-Rammingen | |||||
| 25.13 | Princess | Marie Ernestine of Hanover | 1849 | 1904 |
