Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

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|-
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| rowspan="8" align="center"| Ernest Augustus of Hanover| rowspan="4" align="center"| Father:George III of the United Kingdom
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Paternal Grandfather:Frederick, Prince of Wales
| align="center"| Paternal Great-grandfather:George II of Great Britain
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| align="center"| Paternal Great-grandmother:Caroline of Ansbach
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| Paternal Grandmother:Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
| align="center"| Paternal Great-grandfather:Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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| align="center"| Paternal Great-grandmother:Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
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| rowspan="4" align="center"| Mother:Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Maternal Grandfather:Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow
| align="center"| Maternal Great-grandfather:Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
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| align="center"| Maternal Great-grandmother:Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| Maternal Grandmother:Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
| align="center"| Maternal Great-grandfather:Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
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| align="center"| Maternal Great-grandmother:'''Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

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Category:1771 births
Category:1851 deaths
Category:British Dukes and Duchesses
Category:Kings and Queens of Hanover