Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Ernest Augustus was deprived of the throne of Hanover upon its
Ernest Augustus in 1900
King George V and Queen Marie of Hanover and their children Ernest Augustus, Frederica and Marie in 1855.
The young crown prince with his blind father in Hanover in the 1860s.
The newlyweds depart Copenhagen Central Station after the wedding in 1878.
Princess Thyra of Denmark
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Princess Thyra of Denmark was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanov
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
…of the Garter on 20 July 1878. While visiting his second cousin Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) at Sandringham in 1875, he met Princess Thyra of Denmark (29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933), the youngest daughter of King Christian IX and a sister of the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra). On…
Princess Thyra c. 1900s
Painting by August Schiøtt, 1857
Left to right: Dagmar, Frederik, Valdemar, Queen Louise, King Christian IX, Thyra, George and Alexandra, in 1862