Prince George William of Hanover
Prince George William | |
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Born | Brunswick, Brunswick, German Empire | 25 March 1915
Died | 8 January 2006 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | (aged 90)
Burial | Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany |
Spouse | |
Issue | Welf Georg Friederike |
House | Hanover |
Father | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick |
Mother | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia |
Prince George William of Hanover (Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover; 25 March 1915 – 8 January 2006) was the second-eldest son of
His wife was a sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His children are thus first cousins of King Charles III.
Life
George William was christened on 10 May 1915 in Brunswick.[1] The prince's godparents included Maria Christina of Austria, Prince Axel of Denmark, and Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland who held the infant prince over the baptismal font.
From 1930 through 1934, Prince George William attended the elite
With George William having completed his law studies at the University of Göttingen in 1948,[2] he was approached by his brother-in-law, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, to take over the management of the Salem Castle School, which had since been closed due to the Second World War. A former student of the institution, the prince then went to Scotland with his wife to meet with Kurt Hahn, the founder of the school, and to visit Gordonstoun, the establishment that the latter founded when he had to flee Nazi Germany because of his Jewish origins.[3] The family remained in Salem until 1959, when George William gave up his post of school director.
The horse lover George William, who had belonged to the German
Prince George William of Hanover lived in Schliersee, near Munich, and died in Munich in 2006 aged 90. His wife, Sophie, sister of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, died in 2001.
Marriage
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On 23 April 1946 in
"The Duke of Brunswick has formally applied to The King by letter of March 22nd for the consent of His Majesty under the Act 12 Geo. III, cap. 11 to the marriage of his son Prince George William with Princess Sophia Dowager Princess of Hesse. The marriage is understood to be taking place on April 23rd. Please convey to the Duke an informal intimation that in view of the fact that a state of war still exists between Great Britain and Germany, His Majesty is advised that the case is not one in which it is practicable for His consent to be given in the manner contemplated by the Act."[5]
They had three children: Welf (1947–1981), Georg (born 1949) and Friederike (born 1954).[4]
Ancestry
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George William was a descendant of
He was born a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[6]
Ancestors of Prince George William of Hanover |
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References
- Neue Preußische Zeitung. 11 May 1915.
- ^ Petropoulos, Jonathan (2006): Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany, p. 362. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533927-7.
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (2000): Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece, p. 329. Londres: Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-13686-7.
- ^ a b Welfenprinz Georg Wilhelm gestorben, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12 January 2006
- The National Archives (UK).
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28850. 17 July 1914. p. 14/552. Declaration, 14 June 1914. [Children born to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1914]. Retrieved 27 April 2016.