Prince George William of Hanover

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Prince George William
Prince George William of Hanover
Spouse Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
Issue
Prince Welf Ernest
Prince George
Princess Frederica
Full name
George William Ernest Augustus Frederick Axel
Royal house House of Hanover
Father Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
Mother Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Born 25 March 1915(1915-03-25)
Brunswick, Germany
Died 8 January 2006 (aged 90)
Munich, Germany

Prince George William of Hanover (25 March 1915–8 January 2006) was the second son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein.

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[edit] Marriage and issue

On 23 April 1946 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Prince George married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the widow of the late Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel.

Prince and Princess George had three children:

Prince George William of Hanover died in 2006 of a brain aneurysm whilst in India. 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.

Prince George formerly lived in Schliersee, near Munich.

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

[edit] Titles and styles

[edit] Ancestry

George was a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.

His sister, Princess Frederika of Hanover married King Paul I of the Hellenes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. George V of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Amelia of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Christian IX of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Thyra of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince William of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince George William of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. William I, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Frederick III, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. William II, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Victoria, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Christian, Duke of August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskjold-Samsøe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen
 
 
 
 
 
 
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