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  Ernest Augustus II of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernst August had the misfortune of being deprived of the thrones of Hanover upon its annexation by Prussia in 1866 and later the Duchy of Brunswick in 1884.
In 1884, the reigning Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick, a distant cousin, died and the Duke of Cumberland claimed to succeed to the territory.
The Duke of Cumberland was partially reconciled with the Hohenzollern dynasty in 1913, when his surviving son, Prince Ernst August, married the only daughter of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the grandson of the Prussian king who had deposed his father.
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 Duke of Cumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The last creation (the form being "Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") was for Ernest Augustus (later King of Hanover), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom.
The title was suspended for the third Duke's pro-German activities during World War I. Under the 1917 Titles Deprivation Act, the lineal male heirs of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale have the right to petition the British Crown for the restoration of his peerages.
The present heir is Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 26 February 1954), great grandson of the 3rd Duke and current head of the House of Hanover.
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 Ernst August of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Prince Ernst August (II) of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (1878-1919) and Crown Prince of Hanover (1851-1866), Ernst August Wilhelm Adolf Georg Friedrich (21 September 1845-14 November 1923), was the eldest child and only son of King George V of Hanover and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.
Prince Ernst August (III) of Hanover and Cumberland (17 November 1887-30 January 1953) reigning Duke of Brunswick, 1913-18; married Princess Viktoria Louise of Prussia (13 September 1892-11 December 1980)
In 1884, the reigning Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a distant cousin, died and the Duke of Cumberland claimed to succeed to the territory.
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 Wikipedia: George V of the United Kingdom
The Duke and Duchess of York lived mainly at York Cottage, Sandringham House, a relatively small house where their way of life was almost that of an ordinary family.
Following his father's accession to the throne on 22 January 1901, George, as the surviving son of the new British Sovereign, automatically became Duke of Cornwall in the peerage of England and Duke of Rothesay in the peerage of Scotland.
Although a female-line great granddaughter of King George III, Queen Mary was the daughter of the Duke of Teck, a morganatic scion of the Royal House of Württemberg.
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 Duke of Cumberland - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Prince Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom; created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh (in the peerage of Ireland), 24 April 1799; succeeded his brother William IV of the United Kingdom as King of Hanover, 1837.
George V of Hanover (1819-1878), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Crown Prince of Hanover (1837-1851), only son of Ernest I of Hanover; succeeded his father as King of Hanover (deposed by Prussian forces, 1866) and as 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, 1851.
Note The name of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale was "was removed from the roll of Peers of Great Britain and of Ireland by Order of the King in Council, 28 March 1919" for bearing arms against the United Kingdom in World War I.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Christian IX of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was born in Gottorp the fourth son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Louise Caroline, Princess of Hesse.
The duchies were inherited after the salic law among descendants of Helwig of Schauenburg, senior of which after Frederick VII was Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1829-1880) (the future father-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany), who in 1863 proclaimed himself as Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein.
In November 1863 Frederick of Augustenborg claimed the twin-duchies in succession after King Frederick VII of Denmark, who also was the Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and who had died without a male heir.
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 Article about "Christian IX of Denmark" on WebInfoBits.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was born in Gottorp the fourth son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glcksburg and Luise Caroline, Princess of Hesse-Kassel.
Through his mother, Christian was a great-grandson of Frederik V of Denmark, great-great-grandson of George II of Great Britain and descendant of several other monarchs, but had no strong claim to any European throne.
Princess Thyra of Denmark, later consort of Ernst August of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (September 29, 1853 - February 26, 1933).
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 George V of the United Kingdom - Gurupedia
Prince Albert Victor, later Duke of Clarence and Avondale, known to the family as "Eddy," was second in line to the throne after his father.
Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killarney.
On 17 July 1917, George V issued an Order in Council that changed the name of the British Royal House from the German-sounding House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the House of Windsor, to appease British nationalist feelings.
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 Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A man matching the description of a truck driver who disappeared in Cumberland County is at a hospital in Miami, being treated for amnesia.
The first Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate launched in 1842 and sunk by the CSS Virginia in 1862.
A Cumberland County grandmother died Tuesday afternoon in a crash with a suspected d 1000 runken driver.
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Mission and Capabilities The mission of USS John C. Stennis and her embarked Air Wing (Carrier Air Wing Nine) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena.
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland had six children: Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (11 October 1879-31 January 1948; married Prince Maximilian of Baden 10 July 1867-6 November 1929), and had issue.
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover and Cumberland (28 October 1880-20 May 1912) Princess Alexandra of
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 Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On March 4, 1767 the Duke of Cumberland allegedly married Olive Wilmot (later Mrs Payne), a commoner, in a secret ceremony.
There are 1,628 households out of which 30.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% are married couples living together, 9.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% are non-families.
The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.05.
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 Category:Knights of the Garter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower)
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 Princess Thyra of Denmark - Wikipedia Light!
On 22 December, she married Ernst August in Copenhagen.
Prince Ernst August (III) of Hanover and Cumberland (17 November 1887-30 January 1953) reigning Duke of Brunswick, 1913-18; married Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (13 September 1892-11 December 1980)nl:Thyra van Denemarken
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