Ernst August von Hannover (born 1954)
Ernst August von Hanover | |||||
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Prince Ernst August | |||||
Born | Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | 26 February 1954||||
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Prince Christian Princess Alexandra | |||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | Ernest Augustus of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
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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
The title of
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
In 1988, Ernst August unsuccessfully claimed custody of his infant nephew Otto Heinrich, son of his younger brother,
Ernst August married secondly, civilly in Monaco on 23 January 1999,
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
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
Health
On Monday, 3 April 2005, Ernst August was admitted to hospital with
His health deteriorated in subsequent years. He was hospitalized again in 2011, 2017 and 2018 for problems related to alcohol.
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
Ancestors of Ernst August von Hannover (born 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ISBN 9780786450572– via Google Books.
- ^ Prince's Palace of Monaco. Biography: HRH the Princess of Hanover Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
- ^ Almanach de Gotha, Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pages 38–39, 169 (French)
- ^ 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.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.
- ^ Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2008, p. 117.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Germany, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hannover, Niedersachsen (15 March 2014). "Exklusiv: Ernst August im HAZ-Interview – In der Prinzenrolle". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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- Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) with Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
- ^ Ernst August von Hannover: Böser Streit mit seinem Sohn, RTL News, 12 July 2017
- ^ Gala, 3 June 2017
- ^ Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I Europe and Latin America
- ^ 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.
- ^ ISBN 91-630-5964-9
- ^ "German Prince Kills Himself After Wife Dies of Overdose". The New York Times. Reuters. 31 December 1988. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ^ Statement by Nick Clegg MP, UK parliament website, 26 March 2015 (retrieved on same date).
- ^ "Le Mée-sur-Seine. Manoir princier, lieu de tournage et bientôt hôtel". 18 September 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Willsher, Kim Royalty reaps riches in strict privacy laws The Standard, 26 July 2006 [dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Royal Wedding Crisis! Why a German Prince Is Opposing His Son's Marriage Days Before the Ceremony".
- ^ "Ernst August von Hannover: Er will seinen Sohn vernichten". 5 July 2017.
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 Dec 2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ernst-August Publicly Opposes His Son's Marriage, July 2017
- ^ Carlo, Colin Randall in Monte (9 April 2005). "Princess Caroline's husband seriously ill". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ B.Z. (newspaper), 25 April 2005.
- ^ El País, 6 February 2019
- ^ Bunte.de, 13 February 2019
- ^ Stephanie Horsman (24 March 2021). "Prince of Hanover handed suspended sentence". Monaco Life. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "(HIS,P) Weimar Constitution". zum.de. 24 May 2023.