Editing Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover

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! colspan="2" |HM The King of Hanover
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[Hanover]]
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|'''Reign'''
|9 December 1987 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|25 July 1988
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover|Ernest Augustus IV]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|26 February 1954 (age 71)
Hanover, Hanover, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Caroline of Monaco]]
(m. 1981)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover|Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince]]
[[Prince Andreas of Hanover|Prince Andreas]]<br>
[[Prince Christian of Hanover|Prince Christian]]<br>
[[Princess Charlotte of Italy]]<br>
[[Prince Peter of Hanover|Prince Peter]]<br>
[[Princess Alexandra of Hanover|Princess Alexandra]]
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|'''Name'''
|Ernst August Albert Paul Otto
Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich<br>
Ferdinand Christian Ludwig
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|'''House'''
|Hanover
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|'''Father'''
|[[King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
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'''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'''.
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Hanover Welfenschloss.jpg|Welfenschloss; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Hanover Herrenhausen Palace.jpg|Herrenhausen Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Hanover Marienburg Castle.jpg|Marienburg Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
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==Titles and Honours==

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

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_St._George.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. George (1981)

[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_Royal_Guelphic_Order.png|frameless|75x75px]] Royal Guelphic Order (1972)

[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_Ernst_August.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Ernst August (1987)

[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_Henry_the_Lion.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Henry the Lion (1987)

=== Foreign Honours ===
[[File:Honours_Monaco_Order_of_St._Charles.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Charles (1981)

==Ancestry==
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!Parents
!Grandparents
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!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[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]]
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|[[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]]
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==Lines of Succession==
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House of Hanover 

Born: 26 February 1954 
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Hanover|Hanoverian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
<small>'''preceded by'''</small>
[[King Ernest Augustus III|<small>'''Ernest Augustus III'''</small>]]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|[[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
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[[Category:Monarchs of Hanover]]
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