Ernst August of Hanover

Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (German: Prinz von Hannover, in English also known as Ernest Augustus of Hanover), styled His Royal Highness The Prince of Hanover; born 26 February 1954 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany) is the eldest son of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his first wife, Ortrud Prinzessin von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). He is best known for his much-publicized bouts of temper, his conviction for grievous bodily harm, and for being the third and present husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco.

Family

He first married, civilly on 28 August 1981 and religiously on 30 August 1981, Chantal Hochuli, heiress to a Swiss chocolate fortune. They had two children, Ernst August (b. 1983) and Christian (b. 1985), and divorced on 23 October 1997. In 2000, Tatler magazine named the prince's former wife one of the "hottest dates" of the year.

Related Topics:
28 August - 1981 - 30 August - Chantal Hochuli - 23 October - 1997 - Tatler

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He married secondly, on 23 January 1999, HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco, eldest child of TSH Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Grace, Princess of Monaco and the widow of Stefano Casiraghi, a sportsman heir to an Italian oil fortune. In accordance with the Act of Settlement 1701, by marrying a Catholic, he was removed from the line of succession to the British throne, where he occupied approximately the 445th position, but he retains his hereditary claims to the throne of Hanover. His wife is now heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco.

Related Topics:
23 January - 1999 - Princess Caroline of Monaco - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco - Grace, Princess of Monaco - Stefano Casiraghi - Italian - Act of Settlement 1701 - Line of succession to the British throne - Heiress presumptive

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Ernst August and Caroline have one daughter, Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia (b. 1999).

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