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DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

RINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS WILLIAM ADOLPHUS GEORGE FREDERICK, in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh in Ireland, Princo of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, K.G.. & G.C.H.; a Colonel in the British Army 1876, and a Colonel in the Austrian Army; succeeded as 3rd Duke 12 June, 1878; b. at Hanover 21 Sept. 1845; m. at Copenhagen 21 Dec. 1878, H.R.H. Princess Thyra Amélie Caroline Charlotte Anne (C.I.), 4th dau. of Christian IX. King of Denmark, and sister of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, and has a son and dau.

[1] Prince George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Waldemar Ernst Adolf, b. 28 Oct. 1880.

[2] Princess Mary Louisa Victoria Carolina Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica, b. 11 Oct. 1879.

RNEST AUGUSTUS,, and , K.G. 5th son of III. created in Great Britain, and  in Ireland, 23 April, 1799, succeeded to the throne of Hanover 20 June, 1837; b. 5 June, 1771; d. 18 Nov. 1851, having m. at Strelitz, 29 May, and in London 29 Aug. 1815, Princess Frederica Caroline Sophia Alexandrina, 3rd dau. of Charles Louis Frederick, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Streliiz; she d. 21 June, 1841. [The Queen had been twice married before her union with the King of Hanover; 1st—26 Dec. 1793, to Prince Frederick Louis Charles, 2nd son of Frederick William, 2nd King of Prussia, d. 28 Dec. 1796; 2ndly—10 Dec. 1798, to Prince Frederick William of Solms-Brannfels, d. 13 April, 1814.] Their Majesties had an only son,

, 2nd Duke of Cumberland, last King of Hanover, K.G. succeeded 18 Nov. 1851; b. at Berlin 27 May, 1819; d. in Paris 12 June, 1878, having m. 18 Feb. 1843, Princess Mary Alexandrina Wilhelmina Catherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louisa Paulina Elizabeth Frederica Georgina (V.A.), eldest daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and had a son and 2 daus.

[1] Prince Ernest Augustus William Adoiphus George Frederick, 3rd and present Duke.

[2] Princess Frederica Sophia Maria Henrietta Amelia Theresa (C.I.), b. 9 Jan. 1848; m. 24 April, 1880, to Baron von Luitbert Alexander George Lionel Alphonse Freiherr von Pawel Ramminingen, K.C.B. and had a dou.

Victoria Georgina Beatrice Mande Anne, h. 7, d. 27 Mar. 1881.

[3] Princess Maria Ernestina Josephine Adolphine henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandrina (C.I.), b. 3 Dec. 1849.

—23 April, 1759.

—The royal arms of the United Kingdom, on an inescutcheon the arms of the kingdom of Hanover (being the entire coat of III.), differenced by a label of three points arg. charged with a fleur-de-lis az. between two St. Georges' crosses.

—On a coronet a lion gnardant or, crowned with a coronet, differenced as the arms.