Background
Ernst August was born in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony.
Ernst August was born in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony.
Ernst August attended Malvern College. He studied in New York and lives in London, working in the banking business.
Ernst August is a male line descendent of George III of Great Britain and a descendent through the female line of Queen Victoria. He is in the line of succession to the British throne. Ernst August was christened on 15 October 1983 at Marienburg Castle.
The prince"s godparents are Prince Andreas of Leiningen, Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Constantine II of Greece, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Rolf Sachs, Stephan von Watzdorf, Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover, and Princess Welf Henry of Hanover.
In 2004, his father signed over to him the German property of the Royal House of Hanover, including Marienburg Castle (Hanover) and the agricultural estates of former Calenberg Castle. After the sale of his nearby Calenberg manor house in 2010, the young prince is now using the Princely House (Fürstenhaus) at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover as his private residence when in Germany.
The elaborate museum in this small palace, built by King George I of Great Britain in 1720, has been closed in 2011. The prince also manages the Austrian property owned by the House of Hanover since it went into exile at Gmunden, Austria, after its dethronement in the Kingdom of Hanover in 1866.
A family foundation there still owns the Queen"s Villa, Cumberland Wildlife Park, vast forests, a hunting lodge and the mausoleum at Cumberland Castle.
During the past few years, the hereditary prince has continuously resumed more representation duties in the State of Lower Saxony, large parts of which once formed the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Brunswick. In 2014, he lent a number of paintings and objects to the Lower Saxony state exhibition When the Royals came from Hanover - The rulers of Hanover on England"s throne, an exhibition taking place in five museums and castles, under the protectorate of His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales. 30 of more than 1000 items had been contributed by Her Majesty The Queen, including the State Crown of George I, while Earnest Augustus provided the king"s famous Augsburg silver throne and other furniture of 1720.
He is hosting a parallel exhibition, The Way to the Crown, at Marienburg Castle until the end of 2016, showing - among other items - the crown jewels of the Kingdom of Hanover.
Titles and styles
19 July 1983 – 9 December 1987: His Royal Highness Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
9 December 1987 – present: His Royal Highness The Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Honours.
