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The Order of Ernst August was founded 15 December 1865 by King George V of Hanover in memory of his father Ernest Augustus I of Hanover. The order was awarded for both civil and military merit.〔(Hanover: Order of Ernst August ). Megan C. Robertson, Medals of the World. 24 December 2006〕 It was divided in five classes: *Grand Cross *Grand Commander *Commander *Officer *Knight ==History== In 1866, Hannover was defeated and annexed by Prussia at the end of the Austro-Prussian War. As a result Prussia dissolved the three Hanoverian orders of knighthood. George V and his successors still continued to award the Order of Ernst August, but now as a House Order, in the same manner of many non-regnant royal houses. Between 1865 and 1900, forty two Grand Crosses were granted. Most of them after the royal family's expulsion from Hanover in 1866. Seventeen Hanoverian and twenty five foreign Grand Crosses are recorded.〔Lower Saxony Central State Archive, Dep.103, Stammbuch des Ernst-August-Ordens〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Order of Ernst August」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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