George V of Hanover

King of Hanover from 1851 to 1866

For other uses, see George V (disambiguation).

George V

Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale

George V, c. 1860s

King of Hanover
Reign| 18 November 1851 –
20 September 1866
Predecessor| Ernest Augustus
Successor| Monarchy abolished
Head of the House of Hanover
Pretence| 20 September 1866 – 12 June 1878
Predecessor| himself as King of Hanover
Successor| Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

Born| Prince George of Cumberland
27 May 1819
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died| 12 June 1878(1878-06-12) (aged 59)
Paris, France
Burial| 24 June 1878

Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Spouse|

Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

(m. 1843)​

Issue|

* Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
* Princess Frederica, Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen
* Princess Marie

| Names

German: Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August
English: George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus
House| Hanover
Father| Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Mother| Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Religion| Lutheran
Signature|

George V (Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August; 27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the last King of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866. The only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. George's reign was ended by the Austro-Prussian War, after which Prussia annexed Hanover.

## Early life

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Portrait of George as a boy by Thomas Lawrence, 1828.

George was born on 27 May 1819 in Berlin, the only son of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. Ernest Augustus was the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince George's mother was Princess Frederica, niece of Queen Charlotte, the daughter of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt. George was seventh in the line of succession to the British throne at birth and later became the son of the heir presumptive.

Prince George was baptised on 8 July 1819 at a hotel in Berlin where his parents were staying, by the Rev. Henry Thomas Austen (brother of author Jane Austen). His godparents were the Prince Regent (represented by the Duke of Cumberland), the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, the Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince William of Prussia, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince and Princess William of Prussia, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke Charles of Mecklenburg, the Dowager Empress of Russia, the Queen of the Netherlands, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, the Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Homburg, the Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, the Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel, the Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess Ferdinand of Prussia, Princess Louisa of Prussia, and Princess Radziwiłł.[1]

George spent his childhood in Berlin and in Great Britain. He lost the sight of one eye following a childhood illness in 1828,[2] and in the other eye following an accident in 1833.[3] His father had hoped that the young prince might marry his cousin, the future Queen Victoria, who was older by three days, thus keeping the British and Hanoverian thrones united. However, nothing came of the plan.[4]

## Crown Prince

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Upon the death of King William IV and the accession of Queen Victoria to the British throne, the 123-year personal union of the British and Hanoverian thrones ended because Hanover's semi-Salic law prevented a woman from ascending its throne. The Duke of Cumberland succeeded to the Hanoverian throne as Ernest Augustus, and Prince George became the Crown Prince of Hanover. As a legitimate descendant of George III in the male line, he remained a member of the British royal family and second in line to the British throne until the birth of Queen Victoria's first child, Victoria, Princess Royal, in 1840. Since he was totally blind, there were doubts as to whether the Crown Prince was qualified to succeed as king of Hanover, but his father decided that he should do so.[5]

George V of Hanover, his wife Marie of Saxe-Altenburg and their children Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Princess Frederica of Hanover, and Princess Marie of Hanover Carte de visite made by Nadar in Paris, 1874

## Marriage

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George married, on 18 February 1843, at Hanover, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, the eldest daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, by his wife, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg.

## King of Hanover

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Battle of Langensalza (1866) Hanoverian Medal, awarded by George V to his troops fighting in that battle. Obverse

The Crown Prince succeeded his father as the King of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg as well as Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, in the Peerage of Great Britain and Earl of Armagh, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 18 November 1851, assuming the style George V.[6]

From his father and from his maternal uncle, Prince Charles Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, one of the most influential men at the Prussian court, George had learned to take a very high and autocratic view of royal authority.[5] During his 15-year reign, he engaged in frequent disputes with the Hanoverian Landtag (parliament).

Unlike his father, the King had a deep aversion to Prussia, which bordered on the Kingdom of Hanover in the west and east. George was generally supportive of the Austrian Empire in the Diet of the German Confederation. He also refused Prussia permission to build the railway line from the Prussian garrison town of Minden to the Prussian naval port in Wilhelmshaven.

Against the decision of his parliament, he refused to agree to the Prussian demand for neutrality and thus a break with the German Confederation in the upcoming German War, but joined the other loyal central states.[7] As the Austro-Prussian War started, the Prussian government sent a dispatch on 15 June 1866 demanding that Hanover enter into an alliance with them and Hanoverian troops submit to their authority or face war.[8] Despite previously having concluded that Hanover could not win an armed confrontation with Prussia, George remained protective of his throne and refused the ultimatum.[9] Contrary to the wishes of the parliament, Hanover joined the Austrian camp in the war. As a result, the 20,600-strong Hanoverian Army surrendered on 29 June 1866 following the Battle of Langensalza, although tactically successful but hopelessly outnumbered in soldiers. George V had joined his army headquarters in Göttingen. The Kingdom of Hanover was then occupied by Prussian troops. Austria lost the war and several of its Central German allies were annexed by Prussia, such as the Electorate of Hesse and the Duchy of Nassau. George firmly rejected an abdication in favour of his son Ernest Augustus, as suggested by Queen Marie in order to be able to possibly save the existence of the Kingdom.

The Prussian government formally annexed Hanover on 20 September 1866, despite the King of Prussia, William I, being a first cousin of King George V of Hanover; their mothers were sisters. The deposed King never renounced his rights to the defunct throne or acknowledged Prussia's actions. He went into exile in Austria. While the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I successfully campaigned for the continuation of the Kingdom of Saxony at the Prague peace negotiations, he did nothing to prevent the annexation of Hanover.[10] The Prussian interest in the land bridge between the two parts of Prussia seemed to leave him little hope.

Queen Marie with their children stayed at Marienburg Castle for a year, but then followed her husband. They initially lived in Vienna, where George bought a house that is now the Czech Embassy,[11] but in 1868 bought a summer villa in Gmunden, Austria, which they soon used as their main residence.

From exile he appealed in vain for the European great powers to intervene on behalf of Hanover. From 1866 to 1870, George V maintained the Guelphic Legion partially at his own expense, hoping that a Franco-Prussian war would lead to the reconquest of his kingdom.[9] In Paris he had the magazine Situation published, which daily attacked the new order of things in Germany in the most violent terms and fueled France's hatred of a Germany that was becoming more and more Prussian. Much to his disappointment, Napoleon III lost the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.

All of this ultimately led to Prussia suspending financial compensation that had already been promised and confiscating his private assets. The Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck had the sequestered assets, the so-called Guelph Fund, managed by a special Prussian commission in Hanover and used the proceeds "to combat Guelph activities".[12]

While in exile, he was appointed an honorary full general in the British army in 1876.[13]

British Royalty

House of Hanover
George III

Children
George IV
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
William IV
Charlotte, Princess Royal and Queen of Württemberg
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Augusta Sophia
Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Princess Sophia
Prince Octavius
Prince Alfred
Princess Amelia
Grandchildren
Charlotte, Princess Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
Victoria
Princess Frederica of Cumberland
George V of Hanover
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck
Great-grandchildren
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
Frederica, Baroness Alfons of Pawel-Rammingen
Princess Marie of Hanover
Great-great-grandchildren
Marie Louise, Margravine of Baden
George William, Hereditary Prince of Hanover
Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland
Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
Great-great-great-grandchildren
Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick
Prince George William of Hanover and Cumberland
Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes

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## Death

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George V died at his residence in the Rue de Presbourg, Paris, on 12 June 1878. He had come there to seek financial and political support for a re-establishment of his legion. After a funeral service in the Lutheran Church at the Rue Chaucat,[13] his body was removed to England and buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.[6][14][15]

## Legacy

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The King supported industrial development. In 1856 the "Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein" was founded which was named after him and his wife. The company erected an iron and steel works which gave the city Georgsmarienhütte its name.[16]

## Titles, styles, honours and arms

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### Titles and styles

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* 27 May 1819 – 20 June 1837: His Royal Highness Prince George of Cumberland[17]
* 20 June 1837 – 18 November 1851: His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Hanover[18]
* 18 November 1851 – 12 June 1878: His Majesty The King of Hanover[19]

### Honours

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* Kingdom of Hanover:
* Sovereign and Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1825[13]
* Sovereign and Knight of St. George, 1839[20]
* Founder and Sovereign of the Order of Ernst August, 15 December 1865
* United Kingdom: Knight of the Garter, 15 August 1835[21]
* Ascanian duchies: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 16 June 1840[22]
* Austrian Empire:[23]
* Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1843
* Commander of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, 1866
* Baden:[24]
* Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1855
* Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1855
* Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1852[25]
* Brunswick: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion[26]
* Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 25 May 1853[27]
* Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 23 November 1851[28]
* Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, August 1839[29]
* French Empire: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 28 June 1860[30]
* Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 29 October 1865[31]
* Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 11 September 1841[32]
* Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 June 1838; with Collar, 1852[33]
* Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 27 May 1857[34]
* Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1852[35]
* Spain: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 5 May 1865[36]
* Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 9 September 1852[37]
* Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1852[38]

### Arms

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By grant dated 15 August 1835, George's arms in right of the United Kingdom were those of his father (being the arms of the United Kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points, the centre point charged with a fleur-de-lys azure, and each of the other points charged with a cross gules), the whole differenced by a label gules bearing a horse courant argent.[39][40] He removed the label after his father's death in 1851.[41]

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## Ancestry

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Ancestors of George V of Hanover

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| 4\. George III of the United Kingdom|

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| 9\. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

| 2\. Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|

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| 10\. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (= 12)

| 5\. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|

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| 11\. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (= 13)

| 1\. George V of Hanover|
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| 12\. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (= 10)

| 6\. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|

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| 13\. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (= 11)

| 3\. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|

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| 14\. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 7\. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt|

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| 15\. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

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## Issue

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Name | Birth | Death | Notes

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Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover | 21 September 1845 | 14 November 1923 | Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick; born at Hanover, died at Gmunden, married Princess Thyra of Denmark; had issue
Princess Frederica of Hanover | 9 January 1848 | 16 October 1926 | born at Hanover, died at Biarritz; married Alfons, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen; had no surviving issue
Princess Marie of Hanover | 3 December 1849 | 4 June 1904 | Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandrina; born at Hanover, died unmarried at Gmunden

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George V of Hanover

House of Hanover

Cadet branch of the House of Welf

Born: 27 May 1819 Died: 12 June 1878

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Preceded by

Ernest Augustus

|  King of Hanover
18 November 1851 – 20 September 1866  | Hanover annexed by Prussia
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by

Ernest Augustus

|  Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
18 November 1851 – 12 June 1878  | Succeeded by

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* George V**

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* George V1,2
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* Ernest Augustus1,4 (1923-1953)
* Ernest Augustus1 (1953-1987)
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* heir: Ernest Augustus

See also House of Hanover
Potential claimants of the Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale since 1917 and the Duchy of Brunswick since 1918
1 also a British prince; 2 also Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh; 3 also Duke of Brunswick until 1913; 4 also Duke of Brunswick until 1918

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* King George II

2nd generation|

* Frederick, Prince of Wales
* Prince George William
* Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

3rd generation|

* King George III
* Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
* Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
* Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
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4th generation|

* King George IV
* Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
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* King Ernest Augustus of Hanover
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* Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
* Prince Octavius
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5th generation|

* Prince Albert1
* King George V of Hanover
* Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

6th generation|

* King Edward VII
* Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
* Prince Ernest Augustus

7th generation|

* Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
* King George V
* Prince Alexander John of Wales
* Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince Arthur of Connaught
* Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince George William of Hanover
* Prince Christian of Hanover
* Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick

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* King Edward VIII
* King George VI
* Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
* Prince George, Duke of Kent
* Prince John
* Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
* Prince George William of Hanover

9th generation|

* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh2
* Prince William of Gloucester
* Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
* Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
* Prince Michael of Kent

10th generation|

* King Charles III
* Prince Andrew, Duke of York
* Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

11th generation|

* William, Prince of Wales
* Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
* James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex

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* Prince George of Wales
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* Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany1
* King William IV1
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* King Ernest Augustus1
* Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex1
* Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge1

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* King George V1
* Prince George, Duke of Cambridge1

3rd generation|

* Crown Prince Ernest Augustus1

4th generation|

* Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick1

5th generation|

* Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick1
* Prince George William1

6th generation|

* Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover
* Prince Ludwig Rudolph
* Prince Heinrich

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* Hereditary Prince Ernest Augustus
* Prince Christian

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