Editing Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HRH The Crown Prince of Hanover
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Hanover_Ernest_Augustus_1983.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Crown Prince of [[Hanover]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|19 July 1983 (age 41)
Hanover, Hanover, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Margaretha of Sweden]]
(m. 2017)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Hanover|Princess Elisabeth]]
[[Prince Welf August of Hanover|Prince Welf August]]<br>
[[Princess Eleanora of Hanover|Princess Eleanora]]<br>
[[Princess Eloise of Hanover|Princess Eloise]]
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|'''Name'''
|Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin
Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph
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|'''House'''
|Hanover
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|'''Father'''
|[[Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Caroline of Monaco]]
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|'''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==
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==
On 8 July 2017, Ernest Augustus married '''Princess Margaretha of Sweden''' in Hanover. The couple have four children, '''Elisabeth, Welf August, Eleanora,''' and '''Eloise'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Hanover Elisabeth.png|frameless]]
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Hanover|Princess Elisabeth]]
|22 February 2018
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|[[File:Hanover Welf August.png|frameless]]
|[[Prince Welf August of Hanover|Prince Welf August]]
|14 March 2019
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|[[File:Hanover Eleanora.png|frameless]]
|[[Princess Eleanora of Hanover|Princess Eleanora]]
|28 July 2021
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|[[File:Hanover Eloise.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Eloise of Hanover|Princess Eloise]]
|18 July 2024
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Hanover Leineschloss.jpg|Leineschloss; 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)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1983-1987'''   Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
* '''1987-present'''   Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_St._George.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. George (2017)

[[File:Honours_Hanover_Order_of_Royal_Guelphic_Order.png|frameless|75x75px]] Royal Guelphic Order (2001)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Sweden_Order_of_the_Seraphim.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Seraphim (2017) (Sweden)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[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]]
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|[[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==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
House of Hanover 

Born: 19 July 1983 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Hanover|Hanoverian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center>[[Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover]]</center>
|<center>1st in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Prince Welf August of Hanover]]</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Monaco|Monegasque]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center>[[Queen Caroline of Hanover]]</center>
|<center>7th in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Prince Welf August of Hanover]]</center>
|}
[[Category:Hanover]]
[[Category:House Hanover]]
[[Category:Heirs]]