Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

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HRH The Crown Prince of Hanover
Titles Crown Prince of Hanover
Biographical Information
Born 19 July 1983 (age 41)

Hanover, Hanover, Germany

Spouse Princess Margaretha of Sweden

(m. 2017)

Issue Princess Elisabeth

Prince Welf August
Princess Eleanora
Princess Eloise

Name Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin

Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph

House Hanover
Father Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover
Mother Princess Caroline of Monaco
Religion Lutheran

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (born Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover on 19 July 1983) is a member of the Hanoverian Royal Family as the son and heir of Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover. He is also a member of the Monegasque Princely Family as the nephew of Albert II, Prince of Monaco as well as the Swedish Royal Family as the son-in-law of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.

Life[edit | edit source]

Ernest Augustus was born the eldest child of Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover and Princess Caroline of Monaco.

He became heir apparent to the Hanoverian throne upon the death of his grandfather in 1987.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 8 July 2017, Ernest Augustus married Princess Margaretha of Sweden in Hanover. The couple have four children, Elisabeth, Welf August, Eleanora, and Eloise.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Elisabeth 22 February 2018
Prince Welf August 14 March 2019
Princess Eleanora 28 July 2021
Princess Eloise 18 July 2024

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1983-1987 Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
  • 1987-present Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. George (2017)

Royal Guelphic Order (2001)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Seraphim (2017) (Sweden)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein

King Ernest Augustus III of Hanover

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Prince Albert Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Hertha of Ysenburg-Budingen

King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover

Princess Thyra of Denmark

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen

Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen

Princess Caroline of Monaco Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

Grace Kelly

Count Pierre de Polignac

Princess Charlotte of Monaco

John Brendan Kelly

Margaret Majer

Count Maxence de Polignac

Susana de la Torre y Mier

Louis II, Prince of Monaco

Marie Juliette Louvet

John Henry Kelly

Mary Costello

Karl Majer

Margaretha Berg

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

House of Hanover

Born: 19 July 1983

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Hanoverian throne
Followed by
Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover
1st in the line of succession
Prince Welf August of Hanover
Preceded by
Succession to the Monegasque throne
Followed by
Queen Caroline of Hanover
7th in the line of succession
Prince Welf August of Hanover