Ernst August II of Hanover

Ernst August, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück

Ernst August II of Hanover, Duke of York and Albany, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück , KG (born September 17, 1674 in Osnabrück ; † August 14, 1728 there ) was a prince from the House of Hanover .

Life

Ernst August was the youngest son of Ernst August von Hannover , Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Sophie von der Pfalz . He was a younger brother of King George I of Great Britain , Elector of Hanover.

On July 3, 1716 he was made Knight of the Garter and two days later Duke of York and Albany and Earl of Ulster . In contrast to his four older brothers, he had never opposed the transition from the division of the estate to the primogeniture decided by his father in 1684 and therefore maintained a good relationship with his oldest brother.

Ernst August was the ruling Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück from 1716 to 1728 . In Hilter in the Teutoburg Forest , he promoted hard coal mining.

Ernst August remained unmarried. His correspondence with Johann Franz von Wendt (1678–1740), the father of Amalie Sophie von Wallmoden , was interpreted as evidence of a homosexual relationship.

Ernst August died a year after his royal brother, like this one in Osnabrück Castle, and was also buried in the chapel of the Leineschloss in Hanover. The sarcophagus was after the Second World War in the Welfenmausoleum in mountain garden in Herrenhausen transferred, along with his brother George I and those of the parents.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Duke Ernst August II.
Great grandparents	Duke Wilhelm the Elder J. von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1535–1592) ⚭ 1561 Dorothea of Denmark (1546–1617)	Landgrave Ludwig V of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577–1626) ⚭ 1598 Madgalena of Brandenburg (1582–1616)	Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate (1574–1610) ⚭ 1593 Luise Juliana of Oranien-Nassau (1576–1644)	King James I of England (1566–1625) ⚭ 1589 Anna of Denmark (1574–1619)
Grandparents	Duke Georg von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1582–1641) ⚭ 1617 Anna Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601–1659)		Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate (1596–1632) "Winter King" ⚭ 1612 Elisabeth Stuart (1596–1662)
parents	Duke / Elector Ernst August von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1629–1698) ⚭ 1658 Sophie von der Pfalz (1630–1714)
Duke Ernst August II (1674–1728)

literature

Max Bär : Ernst August II. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 399-402.
Heinrich Schmidt: Ernst August II, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 617 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Mausoleum . [In:] Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 92.

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl Joseph of Lorraine	Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück 1716–1728	Clemens August I of Bavaria
New title created	Duke of York and Albany Earl of Ulster 1716-1728	Title expired

personal data
SURNAME	Ernst August II of Hanover
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Osnabrück
DATE OF BIRTH	September 7, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH	Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1728
Place of death	Osnabrück

[1] Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Mausoleum . [In:] Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 92.