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Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

Ernest Augustus
Elector of Hanover
(designate)
Reign19 December 1692 – 23 January 1698
SuccessorGeorge I
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince of Calenberg
Reign18 December 1679 – 23 January 1698
PredecessorJohn Frederick
SuccessorGeorge I
Born(1629-11-20)20 November 1629
Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz, Principality of Grubenhagen, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died23 January 1698(1698-01-23) (aged 68)
Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany
Burial18 March 1698
Leine Palace, Hanover; later Herrenhausen, Hanover
Spouse
Issue
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HouseHanover
FatherGeorge, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
MotherAnne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692.

He was also ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück from 1662 until his death.


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