Ernest Augustus I of Hanover facts for kids

Ernest Augustus portrait

Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was the fifth son and eighth child of George III of the United Kingdom.

He became King of Hanover on 28 June 1837 on the death of his brother William IV of the United Kingdom.

Successor in Hanover George V of Hanover.

Ancestors

*Ernest Augustus I of Hanover*s ancestors in three generations
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover	Father: George III of the United Kingdom	Paternal Grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales	Paternal Great-grandfather: George II of Great Britain
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
	Mother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Maternal Grandfather: . Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow	Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

The young Ernest Augustus by Thomas Gainsborough, 1782
Colourised sketch of Ernest by James Gillray, 1799. Unusually, this depicts Ernest's disfigured left profile; most later portraits either show his right profile or omit the disfigurement.
1802 drawing of Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, by Henry Edridge, who has omitted Ernest's disfiguring scar.
Ernest Augustus in an 1823 miniature based on an 1802 portrait by William Beechey.
Ernest Augustus wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of St Patrick
Political cartoon supporting the Reform Act; King William sits above the clouds, surrounded by Whig politicians, below Britannia and the British Lion cause the Tories (Ernest, second from left) to flee.
1849 five-thaler coin depicting King Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus portrait, circa 1850
Statue of Ernest Augustus in front of the Hannover Hauptbahnhof. Bystanders meet "under the tail".