Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

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Portrait of Ernest Augustus

Ernest Augustus (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was the fifth son and eighth child of George III of the United Kingdom.

Ernest Augustus was made Duke of Cumberland by his father and became King of Hanover on 28 June 1837, on the death of his brother William IV of the United Kingdom.

His successor in Hanover was his only son, George V of Hanover.

Ancestors

Ernest Augustus I of Hanovers ancestors in three generations

Ernest Augustus of Hanover	Father: George III of the United Kingdom	Paternal Grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales	Paternal Great-grandfather: George II of Great Britain
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
	Mother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Maternal Grandfather: Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow	Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

Ernest Augustus, King Of Hanover Media

• Gainsborough - Prince Ernest, 1782.jpg

  Portrait of a young Ernest by Thomas Gainsborough, 1782

• After Sir William Beechey (1753-1839) - Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) - RCIN 403982 - Royal Collection.jpg

  c. 1795 portrait of Ernest

• Ernest Augustus by Fischer 1823.jpg

  An 1823 miniature of Ernest based on an 1802 portrait by William Beechey

• Knight of the Order of St Patrick.jpg

  Ernest Augustus wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of St Patrick

• Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.PNG

  Portrait of the Duke of Cumberland by George Dawe, 1828

• German States Hannover Ernst August 5 Taler 1849-B (obv).jpg

  1849 five-thaler coin depicting King Ernest Augustus

• Ernest1850.jpg

  Ernest Augustus portrait, circa 1850