Ernst August von Hannover (born 1954)

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Ernst August von Hanover
Prince Ernst August
Born (1954-02-26) 26 February 1954 (age 70)
Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Spouse
Chantal Hochuli
(m. 1981; div. 1997)
(m. 1999)
Prince Christian
Princess Alexandra
Names
Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland
HouseHanover
FatherErnest Augustus of Hanover
MotherPrincess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Ernst August von Hanover (German: Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland, lit.'Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland';[1][2][3] born 26 February 1954) is the head of the House of Hanover, members of which reigned in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Great Britain and Ireland were separate kingdoms, 1714 to 1801) from 1714 to 1901, the Kingdom of Hanover from 1814 to 1866 (electorate, from 1714 to 1814), and the Duchy of Brunswick from 1913 to 1918.[4] As the husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, he is the brother-in-law of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

Education

He left secondary school at the age of 15 to work on a farm, but returned to education a bit later to study at the Royal Agricultural College in England and the University of Guelph in Canada.[5]

Ancestry and name

Ernst August was born in

George III of the United Kingdom, Ernst August is head of the House of Hanover.[6] He is a first cousin of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of the Hellenes
.

The title of

Guelph, with the addition of His Royal Highness.[11] His children, including Ernst August, inherited British nationality under this name.[12][13]

Family

By a 24 August 1981 declaration issued by his father as the Head of House, pursuant to Chapter 3, §§ 3 and 5 of the

Prince Christian (born 1 June 1985). Ernst August and Chantal Hochuli divorced in London
on 23 October 1997.

In 1988, Ernst August unsuccessfully claimed custody of his infant nephew Otto Heinrich, son of his younger brother,

Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover. The infant's mother, Countess Isabella von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli, died of a cocaine overdose on 28 November 1988. Ludwig Rudolph placed a call to his brother in London, imploring him to take care of the couple's 10-month-old son,[15][16] and shortly afterwards died by suicide.[15][17] Custody of Otto Heinrich was eventually awarded, contrary to the expressed wishes of Ludwig Rudolph as the surviving parent and Ernst August's legal efforts, to the child's maternal grandparents, Count Ariprand (1925–1996) and Countess Maria von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (born 1929), to be raised at their family seat, Bleiburg Castle in southern Austria.[16]

Ernst August married secondly, civilly in Monaco on 23 January 1999,

Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1918. Moreover, in order for Caroline to retain her claim to the throne of Monaco and to transmit succession rights to future offspring, the couple were also obliged to obtain the approval of yet a third nation, in the form of official consent to the marriage of Caroline's father, Prince Rainier III as the sovereign of Monaco.[3]

After their marriage, Ernst August and Caroline moved to Le Mée-sur-Seine, France, where they had purchased an 18th-century manor house from their friend Karl Lagerfeld.[19] In 2009, it was reported that Caroline had separated from Ernst August and returned to live in Monaco.[20]

Controversy

Ernst August was photographed urinating on the Turkish Pavilion at the

Bild-Zeitung) the photograph for invasion of privacy, obtaining an award of 9,900 euros.[21]

In 2004, he was convicted of aggravated assault and causing grievous bodily harm after supposedly beating a German man, Joe Brunnlehner, with a knuckleduster on the Kenyan island of Lamu.[22][23] He has demanded a retrial for the case on the basis of false evidence. His lawyers have publicly stated that he has never owned a knuckleduster nor held one in his hand.[23]

In 2004, Ernst August had signed over his German property to his elder son, including

Ekaterina Malysheva[27] which he did not attend.[20]

Health

On Monday, 3 April 2005, Ernst August was admitted to hospital with

BBC World described his condition as "serious but not irreversible."[28] After his release he was subsequently seen in public with his wife. In an interview he admitted at the time that his health crisis was caused by his hyperactive lifestyle and problems with alcohol.[29]

His health deteriorated in subsequent years. He was hospitalized again in 2011, 2017 and 2018 for problems related to alcohol.

throat cancer.[31] In July 2020, he was taken to the psychiatric unit of a hospital after calling the police for immediate help, which was followed by a physical fight between him and the police upon their arrival.[32]

Titles and arms

In Germany, the legal privileges of royalty and nobility were abolished in 1919; thereafter, for legal purposes, hereditary titles form part of the name only.[33]

Arms and monograms

Arms of Prince Ernst and
Princess Caroline of Hanover
Cypher of Prince Ernst
and Princess Caroline

Ancestry

References

  1. – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Prince's Palace of Monaco. Biography: HRH the Princess of Hanover Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. ^
  4. ^ Almanach de Gotha, Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pages 38–39, 169 (French)
  5. ^ Robinson, Jeffrey (2015). Grace of Monaco: The True Story (Kindle ed.). Da Capo Press. Leaving school at the age of 15--because his hair was too long and he'd been caught smoking--he went to work on a farm, but returned to his education to study at the University of Guelph in Canada and the Royal Agricultural College in England.
  6. ^ .
  7. ^ Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2008, p. 117.
  8. ^ In 1919 royalty and nobility lost their privileges as such in Germany, hereditary titles thereafter being legally retained only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 the Weimar Constitution.
  9. ^ Germany, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hannover, Niedersachsen (15 March 2014). "Exklusiv: Ernst August im HAZ-Interview – In der Prinzenrolle". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Ernst August (geb.1954) Prinz von Hannover at welfen.de (German)
  11. Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) with Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
  12. ^ Ernst August von Hannover: Böser Streit mit seinem Sohn, RTL News, 12 July 2017
  13. ^ Gala, 3 June 2017
  14. ^ Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I Europe and Latin America
  15. ^ a b Montgomery Brower and Franz Spelman (9 January 1989). "Death Turns Out the Lights at a Noble Couple's Last Soiree". People Weekly. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  16. ^
  17. ^ "German Prince Kills Himself After Wife Dies of Overdose". The New York Times. Reuters. 31 December 1988. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  18. ^ Statement by Nick Clegg MP, UK parliament website, 26 March 2015 (retrieved on same date).
  19. ^ "Le Mée-sur-Seine. Manoir princier, lieu de tournage et bientôt hôtel". 18 September 2017.
  20. ^ a b Peter Mikelbank. "Prince Ernst-August Jr. Gets Married in Royal Fashion, Despite His Father's Public Denunciation of the Wedding". Peoplemag. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  21. ^ Willsher, Kim Royalty reaps riches in strict privacy laws The Standard, 26 July 2006 [dead link]
  22. ^ Jüttner, Julia (19 May 2008). "Prince Ernst August's Case Heads to Court -- Again". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 23 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  23. ^ a b Boyes, Roger (20 May 2008). "Prince Ernst August demands retrial after knuckleduster claim". The Times. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Royal Wedding Crisis! Why a German Prince Is Opposing His Son's Marriage Days Before the Ceremony".
  25. ^ "Ernst August von Hannover: Er will seinen Sohn vernichten". 5 July 2017.
  26. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 Dec 2017[permanent dead link]
  27. ^ Ernst-August Publicly Opposes His Son's Marriage, July 2017
  28. ^ Carlo, Colin Randall in Monte (9 April 2005). "Princess Caroline's husband seriously ill". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  29. ^ B.Z. (newspaper), 25 April 2005.
  30. ^ El País, 6 February 2019
  31. ^ Bunte.de, 13 February 2019
  32. ^ Stephanie Horsman (24 March 2021). "Prince of Hanover handed suspended sentence". Monaco Life. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  33. ^ "(HIS,P) Weimar Constitution". zum.de. 24 May 2023.

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