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Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (''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'';〔(''Royalty Who Wait'' by Olga S. Opfell, McFarland, 2001, p.42 )〕〔Prince's Palace of Monaco. (Biography: HRH the Princess of Hanover ). retrieved 10 August 2011.〕〔de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 702 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1〕〔In 1919 royalty and nobility lost their privileges as such in Germany, hereditary titles thereafter being legally retained only as part of the surname, according to (Article 109 ) the Weimar Constitution.〕 born 26 February 1954) is head of the deposed royal House of Hanover which held the thrones of the former Kingdom of Hanover (until 1866) and of the sovereign Duchy of Brunswick (1913 to 1918).〔Almanach de Gotha, ''Braunschweig-Lüneburg'' (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pages 38–39, 169 (French)〕 As the husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, he is the brother-in-law of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. His wealth is estimated at £500 million.〔"(Punchy Prince Ernst August snogs young woman on Thai beach )", ''Austrian Times'', 1 July 2010.〕 ==Name and ancestry== Ernst August was born in Hanover, the eldest son of Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914–1987) and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980).〔''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVIII. "Haus Hannover". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 22–26. ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.〕 He was christened, ''Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig''.〔''Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2008'', p. 117.〕 As the senior male-line descendant of George V of Hanover (and hence also of George III of the United Kingdom) Ernst August is head of the House of Hanover, the surviving senior branch of the medieval House of Welf which once also ruled Ferrara and Modena in Italy.〔 The title of Prince of Great Britain and Ireland was recognised ''ad personam'' for Ernst August's father and his father's siblings by King George V of the United Kingdom on 17 June 1914.〔Heraldica.org. Velde, François ''Styles of the members of the British royal family:Documents'', (Children of the duke and duchess of Brunswick (June 17, 1914) )〕 His father was deprived of that title under George V's letters patent of 1917, dated 30 November, while the hereditary Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale and the Earldom of Armagh, borne in 1917 by his paternal great-grandfather, were suspended under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917. However, on 29 August 1931, his grandfather Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, as head of the House of Hanover, declared the formal resumption, for himself and his dynastic descendants, of use of his former British princely title as a secondary title of pretense,〔 which style, "Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland", his grandson Ernst August continued to claim.〔(Ernst August (geb.1954) Prinz von Hannover ) at welfen.de (German)〕 As heir of the last Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, Ernst August has the right to petition under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 for the restoration of his ancestors' suspended British peerages, but he has not done so. His father, also called Ernst August, did, however, successfully claim British nationality after World War II by virtue of a hitherto overlooked (and since repealed) provision of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 (''Attorney-General v HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover'' () 1 All ER 49). Ernst August is also a great-grandson of the last German emperor, Emperor Wilhelm II.〔 His father's sister was Frederica of Hanover (1917–1981), sometime queen consort of the Hellenes, and he is thus a first cousin of both ex-King Constantine II and his sister, Queen Sophia, whose husband Juan Carlos I abdicated his throne in favour of their son, Felipe VI of Spain in 2014. Ernst August's uncle, Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006), married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914–2001), a sister of the future royal consort Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, evoking in 1946 the only known case of a British monarch, George VI, withholding requested permission for a kinsman's marriage under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 (on the advice of his Government as a result of World War II's hostilities).〔After consultations with the Foreign Office, Home Office and King George VI's private secretary, Sir Alan Lascelles, a ciphered telegram dated 18 April 1946 and crafted by Sir Albert Napier, permanent secretary to the Lord Chancellor, was transmitted from the British Foreign Office to the Foreign Adviser to the British Commander in Chief at Berlin, "The Duke of Brunswick has formally applied to The King by letter of March 22nd for the consent of His Majesty under the Act 12 Geo. III, cap. 11 to the marriage of his son Prince George William with Princess Sophia Dowager Princess of Hess. The marriage is understood to he taking place on April 23rd. Please convey to the Duke an informal intimation that in view of the fact that a state of war still exists between Great Britain and Germany, His Majesty is advised that the case is not one in which it is practicable for His consent to be given in the manner contemplated by the Act." The National Archives (UK) LCO 2/3371A: (Marriage of Prince George William, son of the Duke of Brunswick, with Princess Sophia, Dowager Princess of Hesse. Request for The King's consent ).〕 It was held by British officials at the time that the marriage and its issue would not be legitimate in the United Kingdom despite being legal in Germany.〔Eagleston, Arthur J. (The Home Office and the Crown ). pp. 9–14. 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