Ernst August Albert Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Frederik-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prince of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg (Hanover, 26 february 1954) is the oudste zoon van Ernst August of Hanover (1914-1987 ) en Ortrud van Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925-1980).
As the oldest male descendant of George V of Hanover, he is the head of the Welfen branch of the Hanover House. In Germany, since the abolition of the nobility, the title became part of the surname so that he is officially Ernst August Prinz von Hannover. He is an official pretendent of the Hanoverian throne. According to family tradition, he is His Royal Highness, Prince of Hanover, of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneberg. The prince is the head of the house Grandmaster of the dynastic Hanoverian words such as the Order of Saint Joris.
On 28 August 1981, he married Chantal Hochuli, daughter of an architect and born in a family of Swiss chocolate manufacturers, whom he divorced in 1997. The couple got two children:
His eldest son Ernst August VI went to Hanover on 5 July 2017 in marriage with fashion designer Ekatarina Malysheva. coat of arms of Ernst August and Caroline
On January 23, 1999, Ernst August married Princess Caroline of Monaco. They received a daughter in that year:
Ernst August has the image of a playboy. He was seized several times in difficulty. He hit a press photographer almost knock-out and had to pay a damages. During Expo 2000 in Hanover, he plotted against the Turkish Pavilion, which resulted in a diplomatic incident. In 2005 he was admitted to hospital with acute pancreatitis. Since then, he has stopped drinking alcohol.
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