Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

Ernest Augustus
Crown Prince of Hanover
Ernest Augustus in 1900
Head of the House of Hanover
Pretence12 June 1878 – 14 November 1923
PredecessorGeorge V
SuccessorErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
Born(1845-09-21)21 September 1845
Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover
Died14 November 1923(1923-11-14) (aged 78)
Gmunden, First Austrian Republic
Burial
Gmunden
Spouse
(m. 1878)
Issue
Names
German: Ernst August Wilhelm Adolf Georg Friedrich
English: Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick
HouseHanover
FatherGeorge V of Hanover
MotherMarie of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (German: Ernst August; 21 September 1845 – 14 November 1923), was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Ernest Augustus was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later the Duchy of Brunswick in 1884. He was also deprived of his British peerages (including Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale) and honours for having sided with Germany in World War I.