Christian from Hanover
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:
- Marie Luise (1879–1948) ⚭ 1900 Prince Max von Baden , last Chancellor of the German Empire
- Georg Wilhelm (1880–1912), Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Prince of Hanover, died in a car accident in the forest near Nackel in Brandenburg
- Alexandra (1882–1963) ⚭ 1904 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Olga (1884-1958)
- Ernst August (1887–1953), ruling Duke of Braunschweig
- ⚭ 1913 Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia , only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
ancestors
His death
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
- ^ Wrangel, FU: The Sovereign Princely Houses of Europe . Stockholm, Hasse W. Tullberg, 1899, ISBN 978-5-87687-886-1 ( google.at ).
- ^ Hanover Royal Family
- ↑ Family tree of the Welfs
- ^ Reason for Christian's death
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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 |