Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
1771–1851
Duke of Cumberland, Victoria's uncle
Facts
- Born:
- 5 June 1771
- Died:
- 18 November 1851 (aged 80)
- At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 47
- At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 66
- At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 68
Family
Parents
Siblings
- George IV 1762–1830
- Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1763–1827
- William IV 1765–1837
- Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg 1766–1828
- Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent 1767–1820
- Princess Augusta Sophia 1768–1840
- Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg 1770–1840
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1773–1843
- Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 1774–1850
- Mary, Duchess of Gloucester 1776–1857
- Princess Sophia 1777–1848
- Prince Octavius 1779–1783
- Prince Alfred (son of George III) 1780–1782
- Princess Amelia 1783–1810
Children
Life in the Almanack
- 5 June 1771 Birth of Prince Ernest Augustus, the future Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover
- 29 May 1815 Prince Ernest Augustus marries Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz aged 43
- 27 May 1819 Birth of Prince George of Cumberland, the future George V of Hanover – three days after Victoria aged 47
- 18 November 1851 Death of Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, Victoria's uncle aged 80
- 18 November 1851 George V ascends the throne of Hanover on the death of his father, Ernest Augustus I aged 80
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