Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006)
| Prince George William | |
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| Spouse | Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark |
| Issue | |
| Prince Welf Ernest Prince George Princess Frederica, Mrs. Jerry Cyr | |
| Full name | |
| George William Ernest Augustus Frederick Axel German: Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel[1] | |
| House | House of Hanover |
| Father | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick |
| Mother | Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia |
| Born | 25 March 1915 Brunswick, Brunswick, German Empire |
| Died | 8 January 2006 (aged 90) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Prince George William of Hanover (Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover[1]), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg[2] (25 March 1915 in Brunswick, Brunswick, Germany – 8 January 2006 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany[1][2]) was the second eldest son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
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Life [edit]
George William was christened on 10 May 1915 in Brunswick.[3] The prince's godparents included Maria Christina of Austria, Prince Axel of Denmark, and Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland who held the infant prince over the baptismal font.
From 1930 through 1934, Prince George William attended the elite boarding school Schule Schloss Salem in Überlingen on Lake Constance. Schule Schloss Salem was co-founded by the prince's uncle, the last Chancellor of the German Empire, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and educator Kurt Hahn in 1920. Prince George William was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB). From 1948 to 1959, the prince headed the Schule Schloss Salem.
Prince George William of Hanover lived in Schliersee, near Munich, and died in Munich in 2006. His wife, Sophie, sister of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, died in 2001.
Marriage and issue [edit]
On 23 April 1946 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Prince George William married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the widow of Prince Christoph of Hesse.
Prince and Princess George William had three children:
- HRH Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (25 January 1947 – 10 January 1981)
- HRH Prince Georg of Hanover (born 9 December 1949)
- HRH Princess Friederike of Hanover (born 15 October 1954)
Titles, styles, honours and arms [edit]
Titles and styles [edit]
- 25 March 1915 – 8 January 2006: His Royal Highness Prince George William of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ancestry [edit]
George William was a descendant of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. His sister, Princess Friederike of Hanover married Paul I, King of the Hellenes.
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| Patrilineal descent, descent from father to son, is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that the historically accurate royal house of monarchs of the House of Hanover was the House of Lucca (or Este, or Welf). Descent before Oberto I is from [1] and may be inaccurate. This is the descent of the primary male heir. For the complete expanded family tree, see List of members of the House of Hanover.
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References [edit]
- ^ a b c Darryl Lundy (14 April 2007). "Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Hanover, Prince of Hanover". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ a b Allan Raymond (24 June 2008). "Hanover Royal Family". Monarchies of Europe website. Retrieved 2008-08-17.[dead link]
- ^ "Announcements" (in German). Neue Preußische Zeitung. 11 May 1915.
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