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Ernest Augustus | |
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Portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet | |
Elector of Hanover (designate) | |
Reign | 19 December 1692 – 23 January 1698 |
Successor | George I |
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Calenberg | |
Reign | 18 December 1679 – 23 January 1698 |
Predecessor | John Frederick |
Successor | George I |
Born | Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz, Principality of Grubenhagen, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire | 20 November 1629
Died | 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany | (aged 68)
Burial | 18 March 1698 Leine Palace, Hanover; later Herrenhausen, Hanover |
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House | Hanover |
Father | George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg |
Mother | Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692.
He was also ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück from 1662 until his death.