Ernest, Duke of York and Albany

Ernest, Duke of York and Albany

Infobox British Royalty|none
name = Prince Ernest
title = Duke of York
titles = "HH" The Duke of York and Albany
"HSH" Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
"HSH" Duke Ernst August of Brunswick-Lüneburg
royal house = House of Hanover
full name = Ernest Augustus
father = Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
mother = Electress Sophia
date of birth = birth date|1674|9|7|df=yes
place of birth = Osnabrück
date of death = death date and age|1728|8|14|1674|9|7|df=yes
place of death = Osnabrück|

Ernest, Duke of York and Albany (Ernest Augustus 7 September 167414 August 1728) was the youngest son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate and a younger brother of George I of Great Britain.

Ernest was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück from 1715 to 1728. On 3 July 1716 he was created a Knight of the Garter and two days later was created Duke of York and Albany and Earl of Ulster.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
2= 2. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
3= 3. Sophia, Princess Palatine of the Rhine
4= 4. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
5= 5. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
6= 6. Frederick V, Elector Palatine
7= 7. Princess Elizabeth Stuart of Scotland
8= 8. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
9= 9. Dorothea of Denmark
10= 10. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
11= 11. Margravine Magdalene of Brandenburg
12= 12. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
13= 13. Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau
14= 14. James I of England
15= 15. Anne of Denmark
16= 16. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
17= 17. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
18= 18. Christian III of Denmark
19= 19. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
20= 20. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
21= 21. Magdalene of Lippe
22= 22. John George, Elector of Brandenburg
23= 23. Princess Elizabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
24= 24. Louis VI, Elector Palatine
25= 25. Elisabeth of Hesse
26= 26. Prince William I of Orange
27= 27. Charlotte of Bourbon
28= 28. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
29= 29. Mary I of Scotland
30= 30. Frederick II of Denmark
31= 31. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Titles and styles

*7 September 1674 - October 1692: "His Serene Highness" Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Luneburg
*October 1692 - 5 July 1716: "His Serene Highness" Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
*5 July 1716 - 14 August 1728: "His Highness" The Duke of York and Albany

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