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He was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale in 1799. Although his mother, Queen Charlotte, disapproved of his marriage in 1815 to her twice-widowed niece, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, it proved happy.
The Duke of Cumberland was partially reconciled with the Hohenzollern dynasty in 1913, when his surviving son, Prince Ernest Augustus, married the only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the grandson of the Prussian king who had deposed his father.
Ernest Augustus was the king of Hanover, from 1837 to 1851, the fifth son of George III of England. Ernest Augustus studied at Göttingen, entered the Hanoverian army, and served as a leader of cavalry when war broke out between Great Britain and France in 1793.
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May 24, 2020 · The Wedding of Prince Ernst August of Hanover, son of Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (wearing the Brunswick Tiara), only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria, in Berlin on this day in 1913, which was the last gathering of the Royal Houses of Eur...
Ernest Augustus however did not marry Maria Anna because his parents would not have approved, since she was considered of inadequate birth and was also a divorcée, and the marriage would have made his younger brother Prince George William heir to the headship of the House of Hanover. The child, christened Christian Ernst August Hubertus, Freiherr von Humboldt-Dachroeden, was born in 1943 and currently is a bank consultant.
Dec 21, 2023 · Crown Prince Ernest Augustus, the son of King George V of Hanover and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, married Princess Thyra of Denmark, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel.
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He accordingly married at Strelitz on 29 May 1815 his cousin, Frederica Caroline Sophia Alexandrina, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and widow of Prince Frederick of Prussia and of Prince Frederick of Solms-Braunfels.
