Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) - Ancestry

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954)
16. George V of Hanover
8. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
17. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
4. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
18. Christian IX of Denmark
9. Princess Thyra of Denmark
19. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
2. Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover
20. Frederick III, German Emperor
10. William II, German Emperor
21. Victoria, Princess Royal
5. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
22. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
11. Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
23. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1. Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
6. Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
26. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
3. Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
28. Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
14. Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
29. Countess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau
7. Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen
30. Adolf, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen
15. Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen
31. Baroness Marie von Thüngen
Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent, reckoned from father to son, was the principle of membership in Europe's dynasties, including that of Hanover. As such monarchs of the House of Hanover belong patrilineally to the Welf branch of the House of Este).

Below is the descent of the heirs male of the House of Hanover concluding with Ernst August, Prince of Hanover according to agnatic primogeniture. For the complete expanded family tree, see List of members of the House of Hanover. Descent before Oberto I is from speculative.

  1. Richbald of Lucca, 700 - 761
  2. Boniface I, Count of Lucca, 725 - 785
  3. Boniface II, Count of Lucca, d. 823
  4. Boniface III, Count of Lucca, d. 842
  5. Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 891
  6. Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 915
  7. Gui de Lucca, d, 929
  8. Adalbert III, Margrave of Tuscany, d. 955
  9. Oberto I, 912 - 975
  10. Oberto Obizzo, 940 - 1017
  11. Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan, 970 - 1029
  12. Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, d. 1097
  13. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, 1037–1101
  14. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, 1074–1126
  15. Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, 1108–1139
  16. Henry the Lion, 1129–1195
  17. William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg, 1184–1213
  18. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1204–1252
  19. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1236–1279
  20. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1268–1318
  21. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1304–1369
  22. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1328–1373
  23. Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1362–1434
  24. Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1408–1478
  25. Otto IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1439–1471
  26. Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1468–1532
  27. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1497–1546
  28. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1535–1592
  29. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1582–1641
  30. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629–1698
  31. George I of Great Britain, 1660–1727
  32. George II of Great Britain, 1683–1760
  33. Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707–1751
  34. George III of the United Kingdom, 1738–1820
  35. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, 1771–1851
  36. George V of Hanover, 1819–1878
  37. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1845–1923
  38. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, 1887–1953
  39. Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, 1914–1987
  40. Ernest Augustus V, Prince of Hanover, b. 1954

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