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König von Hannover Georg V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August of Hanover (Hanover, Guelph), King of Hanover

German: Georg V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst von Hannover (Welf, Hannover), König zu Hannover, Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg
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Birthplace: Berlin, Deutschland(DB)
Death: June 12, 1878 (59)
Paris, France
Place of Burial: Windsor, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Ernest Augustus I King of Hanover and Frederica Queen Consort of Hanover
Husband of Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen consort of Hanover
Father of Ernst August II, Kronprinz von Hannover (Crown Prince); Friederike Sophie Marie Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Hanover, Peincess, Freifrau von Pawel-Rammingen and Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandrina Prinzessin von Hannover und Cumberland
Brother of Princess Frederica of Cumberland; Unnamed daughter of Cumberland; Stillborn; Stillborn and Maria von Hannover
Half brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Preußen, Prinz; Karl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm (Karl Georg) von Preußen, prinz; Friederike Wilhelmina Luise Amalie von Preußen, Herzogin zu Anhalt-Dessau; Sophie zu Solms-Braunfels; Friedrich Wilhelm zu Solms-Braunfels and 4 others

Occupation: King of Hanover
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About George V, King of Hanover

  • In 1834 he went blind after an accident.
  • Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 15 August 1835.
  • Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons, Hanoverian Army.
  • Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1851.
  • König von Hannover on 18 November 1851.
  • 2nd Earl of Armagh [G.B., 1799] on 18 November 1851.
  • 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale [G.B., 1799] on 18 November 1851.
  • Deposed as King of Hannover on 20 September 1866.
  • The last king of Hannover.
  • Rank of General in the service of the British Army

Predecessor: Ernst August I Successor: None



Was the last king of Hanover. The only child and Successor of King Ernest Augustus l.

  • Georg V. regin was ended by the Unification of Germany.
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George V, King of Hanover's Timeline

1819
May 27, 1819
Berlin, Deutschland(DB)
May 27, 1819
- June 20, 1837
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
July 8, 1819
Berlin, Deutschland(DB)
1837
June 20, 1837
- November 18, 1851
Age 18
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
1845
September 21, 1845
Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland(DB)
1848
January 9, 1848
Hannover, Kurhannover, Deutschland(DB)
1849
December 3, 1849
Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany)
1851
November 18, 1851
- September 20, 1866
Age 32
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
1866
September 20, 1866
- June 12, 1878
Age 47
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany