Ernst August von Hannover (born 1954)
| Ernst August von Hanover | |||||
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| Head of the House of Hanover | |||||
| Tenure | 9 December 1987 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Prince Ernest Augustus | ||||
| Heir apparent | Prince Ernst August | ||||
| Born | 26 February 1954 Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Prince Ernst August Prince Christian Princess Alexandra | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus of Hanover | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
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Ernst August von Hanover (German: Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland, lit. 'Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland'; born 26 February 1954) is the head of the House of Hanover, members of which reigned in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Great Britain and Ireland were separate kingdoms, 1714 to 1801) from 1714 to 1901, the Kingdom of Hanover from 1814 to 1866 (electorate, from 1714 to 1814), and the Duchy of Brunswick from 1913 to 1918. As the husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, he is the brother-in-law of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.