Christian from Hanover

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Far left Georg Wilhelm. Standing next to his father Ernst August (II.) Of Hanover, Prince Christian of Hanover. On the lap of the mother Thyra of Denmark, the youngest son Ernst August (III.)

Christian von Hanover (Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar Prince of Hanover; * July 4, 1885 in Gmunden , Austria-Hungary , † September 3, 1901 in Gmunden), from the family of the Welfs , Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Braunschweig -Lüneburg , was the second eldest son of Ernst August , the last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Hanover, and Thyra of Denmark , the youngest daughter of King Christian IX. from Denmark .

siblings

Prince Christian had five siblings:

⚭ 1913 Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia , only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

ancestors

Pedigree of Prince Christian of Hanover
Great-great-grandparents

King
George III of Great Britain and Ireland (1738–1820)
⚭ 1761
Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818)

Duke
Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(1741–1816)
⚭ 1768
Friederike Caroline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt
(1752–1782)

Duke
Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen
(1763–1834)
⚭ 1785
Charlotte Georgine Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769–1818)

Ludwig von Württemberg
(1756–1817)
⚭ 1797
Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857)

Duke
Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757–1816)
⚭ 1780
Friederike von Schlieben (1757–1827)

Landgrave
Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1744–1836)
⚭ 1766
Louise of Denmark and Norway (1750–1831)

Landgrave
Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel
(1747–1837)
⚭ 1786
Karoline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823)

Frederick of Denmark
(1753–1805)
⚭ 1774
Sophie Friederike von Mecklenburg (1758–1794)

Great grandparents

King Ernst August of Hanover (1771–1851)
⚭ 1815
Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778–1841)

Duke Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg (1789–1868)
⚭ 1817
Amalie von Württemberg (1799–1848)

Duke
Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(1785–1831)
⚭ 1810
Luise Karoline of Hessen-Kassel (1789–1867)

Landgrave
Wilhelm von Hessen -Kassel-Rumpenheim (1787–1867)
⚭ 1810
Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789–1864)
Grandparents

King George V of Hanover (1819–1878)
⚭ 1843
Marie von Sachsen-Altenburg (1818–1907)

King Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906)
⚭ 1842
Louise of Hesse (1817–1898)
parents

Ernst August von Hannover (1845–1923)
⚭ 1878
Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933)

Prince Christian of Hanover (1885–1901)

His death

Access building to the mausoleum of Cumberland Castle in Gmunden, in which Prince Christian of Hanover is also buried
Old wing of the Christian School Hermannsburg

Prince Christian fell ill with appendicitis , which was not recognized and treated. He died of the peritonitis caused by this at the age of 16. He was buried in the mausoleum of Cumberland Castle in Gmunden.

From the fortune of the late Prince Christian, his aunt, Princess Mary (1849–1904), daughter of King George V of Hanover , bequeathed a donation of 20,000 marks to the Hermannsburg Mission Institute , earmarked for the construction of a new boys' school in Hermannsburg . On April 24, 1903, the foundation stone for today's Christian school was laid. On April 14, 1904, the Christian School, initially with 94 pupils, was inaugurated by the Missionsanstalt (today Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM)).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wrangel, FU: The Sovereign Princely Houses of Europe . Stockholm, Hasse W. Tullberg, 1899, ISBN 978-5-87687-886-1 ( google.at ).
  2. ^ Hanover Royal Family
  3. ↑ Family tree of the Welfs
  4. ^ Reason for Christian's death
personal data
SURNAME Christian from Hanover
BRIEF DESCRIPTION second eldest son of Ernst August, the last crown prince of the Kingdom of Hanover and Thyra of Denmark
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Gmunden , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1901
Place of death Gmunden , Austria-Hungary