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Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover

1914 - 1987

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Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover (German: Ernst August Prinz von Hannover; 18 March 1914 – 9 December 1987) was head of the House of Hanover from 1953 until his death in 1987. From his birth until the German Revolution of 1918–1919 he was the heir apparent to the Duchy of Brunswick, a state of the German Empire. He was born at Braunschweig, Germany, the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Emperor Wilhelm II, Ernest Augustus's third cousin in descent from George III the United Kingdom. Ernst August's parents were, therefore, third cousins, once removed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover is the 2,981st most popular politician (up from 7,859th in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,183rd in 2019) and the 219th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover ranks 2,981 out of 19,576. Before him are Kyösti Kallio, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Necho I, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Louis I of Spain, and Al-Muqtadir. After him are Maharana Pratap, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Longqing Emperor, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Ferhat Abbas, and Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover ranks 34. Before him are Joe DiMaggio, Joe Louis, Max Perutz, Aribert Heim, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and William Vickrey. After him are Arthur Kennedy, Boris Christoff, Philippe Ariès, Gino Bartali, Vincent J. McMahon, and Etty Hillesum. Among people deceased in 1987, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover ranks 27. Before him are Jascha Heifetz, Georg Wittig, Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Huston, and Lee Marvin. After him are Jean Anouilh, Nobusuke Kishi, Andrés Segovia, Joseph Campbell, Luis Federico Leloir, and Anthony de Mello.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover ranks 772 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Werner Mölders (1913), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), and Anna Seghers (1900). After him are Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Thomas Anders (1963), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover ranks 219. Before him are Werner von Haeften (1908), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), George V of Hanover (1819), and Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883). After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Artur Axmann (1913), Anthony of Saxony (1755), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), and Wilhelm Cuno (1876).

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