Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg human member of the House of Hanover prince

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Hanover whose lineage helped pave the way for the Hanoverian succession to the British throne.

Aliases (3)

Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany ×4
Elector of Hanover ×1
Georg August ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → human → member of the House of Hanover → prince →
birthDate	1629-11-20 →
birthPlace	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Herzberg am Harz →
child	Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → George I of Great Britain → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Sophia Charlotte of Hanover →
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire →
deathDate	1698-01-23 →
deathPlace	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Hanover → Herrenhausen Palace →
endTime	1698 →
familyName	Welf →
father	George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
givenName	Augustus → Ernest →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
memberOfDynasty	House of Hanover → House of Welf →
mother	Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt →
nobleFamily	Hanoverian line of the House of Welf →
nobleRank	prince-elector →
nobleTitle	Duke → Elector →
notableFor	paving the way for the Hanoverian succession to the British throne → strengthening the House of Hanover →
participatedIn	Imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire →
positionHeld	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück →
predecessor	George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Hanover → Herrenhausen Palace →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	creation of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → implementation of primogeniture in Hanoverian territories →
spouse	Sophia of the Palatinate →
startTime	1679 →
successor	George I of Great Britain →
titleCreatedFor	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → George I of Great Britain → George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Sophia Charlotte of Hanover →	father
Sophia of the Palatinate ("Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany") → Sophia of the Palatinate ("Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany") → Sophia of the Palatinate ("Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany") →	child
Sophia of the Palatinate → Sophia of the Palatinate → Sophia of the Palatinate →	spouse
Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany") → George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	sibling
George II of Great Britain ("Georg August") →	birthName
Philip Christoph von Königsmarck →	employer
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	followedBy
Hanoverian royal vault →	hasNotablePersonBuried
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt →	motherOf
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	notableHolder
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	notableRuler
George III of the United Kingdom ("Elector of Hanover") →	title