Kings of Hanover and Their Consorts
George III
Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
George IV
Princess Caroline of Brunswick
William IV
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Ernst August I
Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
George V (deposed)
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Pretenders to the Hanoverian Throne
Ernst August II, Crown Prince of Hanover
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover
Chantal Hochuli
Princess Caroline of Monaco
King George III
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Full Name: George William Frederick
Titles: His Majesty The King of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: June 4, 1738, Norfolk House, London
Parents: Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Married: September 8, 1761, at St James’ Palace, to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– King George IV (1762)
– Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763)
– Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg (1766)
– Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767)
– Princess Augusta Sophia (1768)
– Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770)
– King Ernst August I of Hanover (1771)
– Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773)
– Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774)
– Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776)
– Princess Sophia (1777)
– Prince Octavius (1779)
– Prince Alfred (1780)
– Princess Amelia (1783)
Reign: October 12, 1814 – January 29, 1820*
* King George III ruled The United Kingdom from 1760-1820. From October 1811, his son, the future King George IV served as Regent.
Died: January 29, 1820, Windsor Castle
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Full Name: Sophia Charlotte
Titles: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: May 19, 1744, Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Parents: Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Elizabeth of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Married: September 8, 1761, at St James’ Palace, to King George III
Children:
– King George IV (1762)
– Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763)
– Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg (1766)
– Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767)
– Princess Augusta Sophia (1768)
– Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770)
– King Ernst August I of Hanover (1771)
– Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773)
– Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774)
– Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776)
– Princess Sophia (1777)
– Prince Octavius (1779)
– Prince Alfred (1780)
– Princess Amelia (1783)
Died: November 17, 1818, Kew Palace, London
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
King George IV
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Full Name: George Augustus Frederick
Titles: His Majesty The King of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: August 12, 1762, St James’ Palace, London
Parents: King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: April 8, 1795, Chapel Royal, St James’ Palace, to Caroline of Brunswick
Children:
– Princess Charlotte (1796)
Reign: January 29, 1820 – June 26, 1830
Died: June 26, 1830, Windsor Castle
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Princess Caroline of Brunswick
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Full Name: George William Frederick
Titles: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: May 17, 1768, Brunswick
Parents: Charles, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Augusta of Great Britain
Married: April 8, 1795, Chapel Royal, St James’ Palace, to King George IV
Children:
– Princess Charlotte (1796)
Died: August 7, 1821, Brandenburg House, London
Burial Site: Brunswick Cathedral, Germany
King William IV
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Full Name: William Henry
Titles: His Majesty The King of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: August 21, 1765, Buckingham House, London
Parents: King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: July 11, 1818, at Kew Palace, to Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Children:
– Princess Charlotte of Clarence (1819)
– Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820)
Reign: June 26, 1830 – June 20, 1837
Died: June 20, 1837, Windsor Castle
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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Full Name: Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline
Titles: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover (and The United Kingdom)
Born: August 13, 1792, Meiningen, Germany
Parents: George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Married: July 11, 1818, at Kew Palace, to King William IV
Children:
– Princess Charlotte of Clarence (1819)
– Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820)
Died: December 2, 1849, Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
King Ernst August I
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Full Name: Ernest Augustus
Titles: His Majesty The King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Born: June 5, 1771, Buckingham House, London
Parents: King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: May 29, 1815, at Neustrelitz, to Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(the couple had a second marriage on August 29, 1815, at Carlton House, London
Children:
– King George V of Hanover (1819)
Reign: June 20, 1837 – November 18, 1851
Died: November 18, 1851, Hanover
Burial Site: Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Full Name: Frederica Louise Caroline Sophie Alexandrina
Titles: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Born: March 3, 1778, Hanover
Parents: Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt
Married (1): 1794, to Prince Ludwig Carl of Prussia; 2 children
Married (2): 1798, to Prince Frederick of Solms-Braunfels; 3 children
Married (3): May 29, 1815, at Neustrelitz, to King Ernst August I
(the couple had a second marriage on August 29, 1815, at Carlton House, London
Children:
– King George V of Hanover (1819)
Died: June 29, 1841, Hanover
Burial Site: Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
King George V
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Full Name: George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus
Titles: His Majesty The King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale)
Born: May 27, 1819, Berlin
Parents: King Ernst August I of Hanover and Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: February 18, 1843, in Hanover, to Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Children:
– Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845)
– Princess Frederica (1848)
– Princess Marie (1849)
Reign: November 18, 1851 – September 20, 1866*
* – Kingdom of Hanover annexed by Prussia. King George V never formally abdicated.
Died: July 12, 1878, in Paris, France
Burial Site: St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
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Full Name: Alexandrina Mary Wilhelmina Catherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louise Pauline Elizabeth Frederica Georgina
Titles: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Born: April 14, 1818, Hildburghausen, Germany
Parents: Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Amalie of Württemberg
Married: February 18, 1843, in Hanover, to King George V
Children:
– Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845)
– Princess Frederica (1848)
– Princess Marie (1849)
Died: January 9, 1907, at Cumberland Palace, Gmunden, Austria
Burial Site: Mausoleum at Cumberland Palace in Gmunden, Austria
Ernst August II, Crown Prince of Hanover
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Full Name: Ernst August Wilhelm Adolphus Georg Friedrich
Titles: Crown Prince of Hanover; Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (stripped in 1919)
Born: September 21, 1845, Hanover
Parents: King Ernst August I and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Married: December 21, 1878, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Thyra of Denmark
Children:
– Princess Marie Luise, Princess of Baden (1879)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1880)
– Princess Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882)
– Princess Olga (1884)
– Prince Christian (1885)
– Prince Ernst August III (1887)
Died: November 14, 1923, Cumberland Palace, Gmunden, Austria
Burial Site: Mausoleum at Cumberland Palace
Princess Thyra of Denmark
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Full Name: Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna
Titles: Crown Princess of Hanover; Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Born: September 2, 1845, Yellow Palace, Copenhagen
Parents: King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Married: December 21, 1878, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Ernst August II
Children:
– Princess Marie Luise, Princess of Baden (1879)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1880)
– Princess Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882)
– Princess Olga (1884)
– Prince Christian (1885)
– Prince Ernst August III (1887)
Died: November 14, 1923, Cumberland Palace, Gmunden, Austria
Burial Site: Mausoleum at Cumberland Palace
Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick
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Full Name: Ernst August Christian Georg
Titles: The Duke of Brunswick
Born: November 17, 1887, Vienna
Parents: Ernst August II and Princess Thyra of Denmark
Married: May 24, 1913, Berlin, to Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
Children:
– Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover (1914)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1915)
– Princess Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes (1917)
– Prince Christian Oscar (1919)
– Prince Welf Henry (1923)
Died: January 30, 1953, Marienburg Castle, Hanover
Burial Site: Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
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Full Name: Victoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte
Titles: The Duchess of Brunswick
Born: September 13, 1892, Marble Palace, Potsdam
Parents: Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Married: May 24, 1913, Berlin, to Ernst August IV, Duke of Brunswick
Children:
– Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover (1914)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1915)
– Princess Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes (1917)
– Prince Christian Oscar (1919)
– Prince Welf Henry (1923)
Died: December 11, 1980, Hanover
Burial Site: Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover
Full Name: Ernst August Georg Wilhelm Christian Ludwig Franz Joseph Nikolaus Oscar
Titles: The Prince of Hanover
Born: March 18, 1914, Brunswick, Germany
Parents: Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
Married (1): September 5, 1951, Marienburg Castle, to Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein
Children:
– Princess Marie, Countess of Hochberg (1952)
– Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover (1954)
– Prince Ludwig Rudolph (1955)
– Princess Olga (1958)
– Princess Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen (1959)
– Prince Henrich Julius (1961)
Married(2): July 16, 1981, Laubach, Hesse, to Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Died: December 9, 1987, Schulenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Full Name: Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig
Titles: The Princess of Hanover
Born: December 19, 1925, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Parents: Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Married (1): September 5, 1951, Marienburg Castle, to Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover
Children:
– Princess Marie, Countess of Hochberg (1952)
– Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover (1954)
– Prince Ludwig Rudolph (1955)
– Princess Olga (1958)
– Princess Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen (1959)
– Prince Henrich Julius (1961)
Died: February 6, 1980
Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Full Name: Monika
Titles: The Dowager Princess of Hanover
Born: August 8, 1929, Laubach, Hesse
Parents: Georg, Count of Solms-Laubach and Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Married: July 16, 1981, Laubach, Hesse, to Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover
Full Name: Ernst August Albert Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig
Titles: The Prince of Hanover
Born: February 24, 1954, Hanover
Parents: Ernst August IV and Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Married (1): August 18, 1981 to Chantal Hochuli (divorced 1997)
Children:
– Princess Ernst August (1983)
– Prince Christian (1985)
Married(2): January 23, 1999, in Monaco, to Princess Caroline of Monaco
Children:
– Princess Alexandra (1999)
Chantal Hochuli
Full Name: Chantal Hochuli
Titles: Chantal, Princess of Hanover
Born: June 2, 1955, Zurich Switzerland
Parents: Johann Hochuli and Rosemarie Lembeck
Married (1): August 18, 1981 to Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover (divorced 1997)
Children:
– Princess Ernst August (1983)
– Prince Christian (1985)
Princess Caroline of Monaco
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Full Name: Caroline Louise Marguerite
Title: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco
Born: January 23, 1957 at the Prince’s Palace of Monaco
Parents: Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly
Married: (1) Philippe Junot on June 28, 1978; divorced October 9. 1980; annulment from the Roman Catholic Church in 1992
Married: (2) Stefano Casiraghi on December 29, 1983; Stefano Casiraghi was killed in a boating accident on October 3, 1990
Children:
Andrea Casiraghi (1984)
Charlotte Casiraghi (1986)
Pierre Casiraghi born (1987)
Married: (3) Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover on January 23, 1999
Children:
Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1999)