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HRH Prince Christian of Hanover

Titles	Prince of Hanover
Biographical Information
Born	1 June 1985 (age 41) Hanover, Hanover, Germany
Spouse	Princess Irina of Prussia (m. 2018)
Issue	Prince Nicholas Princess Sophia Princess Alexia
Name	Christian Heinrich Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Wilhelm Ernst Friedrich Franz
House	Hanover
Father	Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover
Mother	Princess Caroline of Monaco
Religion	Lutheran

Prince Christian of Hanover (born 1 June 1985) is a member of the Hanoverian Royal Family as the son 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.

Life[edit | edit source]

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

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 16 March 2018, Christian married Princess Irina of Prussia in Berlin. Christian and Irina have three children, Nicholas, Sophia, and Alexia.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Prince Nicholas	7 July 2020
	Princess Sophia	7 July 2020
	Princess Alexia	15 March 2024

Residences[edit | edit source]

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

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

1985-present Prince Christian of Hanover

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. George (2018)

Royal Guelphic Order (2003)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Crown (2018) (Prussia)

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]


Prince Christian of Hanover House of Hanover Born: 1 June 1985
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Hanoverian throne	Followed by
Princess Ingrid of Hanover	10th in the line of succession	Prince Nicholas of Hanover
Preceded by	Succession to the Monegasque throne	Followed by
Princess Ingrid of Hanover	16th in the line of succession	Prince Nicholas of Hanover

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