Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover

HM The King of Hanover
Titles	King of Hanover
Reign	9 December 1987 - present
Coronation	25 July 1988
Predecessor	Ernest Augustus IV
Heir	Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
Biographical Information
Born	26 February 1954 (age 71) Hanover, Hanover, Germany
Spouse	Princess Caroline of Monaco (m. 1981)
Issue	Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince Prince Andreas Prince Christian Princess Charlotte of Italy Prince Peter Princess Alexandra
Name	Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich Ferdinand Christian Ludwig
House	Hanover
Father	King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover
Mother	Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein
Religion	Lutheran

Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover (born Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover on 26 February 1954) is the current reigning King of Hanover. He is also a member of the Monegasque Princely Family as the brother-in-law of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

Life

Ernest Augustus was born the second child and eldest son of King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover and Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein.

He succeeded his father as king upon his death in 1987.

Marriage and Issue

On 30 August 1981 Ernest Augustus married Princess Caroline of Monaco in Hanover. The couple have six children, Ernest Augustus, Andreas, Christian, Charlotte, Peter, and Alexandra.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince	19 July 1983		Princess Margaretha of Sweden (m. 2017); has issue
	Prince Andreas	8 June 1984		Princess Eilika of Anhalt (m. 2012); has issue
	Prince Christian	1 June 1985		Princess Irina of Prussia (m. 2018); has issue
	Princess Charlotte of Italy	3 August 1986		Princess Bona of Italy (m. 2017); has issue
	Prince Peter	5 September 1987		Countess Beatrice of Arona (m. 2015); has issue
	Princess Alexandra	20 July 1999		Unmarried and without issue

Residences

• 
  Welfenschloss; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
• 
  Herrenhausen Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)
• 
  Marienburg Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)

Titles and Honours

• 1954-1987 Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
• 1987-present Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover

National Honours

Order of St. George (1981)

Royal Guelphic Order (1972)

Order of Ernst August (1987)

Order of Henry the Lion (1987)

Foreign Honours

Order of St. Charles (1981)

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover	King Ernest Augustus III of Hanover Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia	King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover Princess Thyra of Denmark Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein	King George V of Hanover Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg King Christian IX of Denmark Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel Emperor Frederick III of Germany Victoria, Princess Royal Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein	Prince Albert Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Hertha of Ysenburg-Budingen	Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen	Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont Ernst Casimir II, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen Countess Thekla of Erbach-Furstenau Hereditary Count Adolf of Castell-Rudenhausen Marie von Thungen

Lines of Succession

Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover House of Hanover Born: 26 February 1954
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Hanoverian throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Ernest Augustus III	Incumbent	Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover