Biography of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698

In 1617 [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641 (age 34) and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg.

On 24 Apr 1645 [his future brother-in-law] Edward Palatinate Simmern (age 19) and Anne Marie Gonzaga (age 29) were married. He the son of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 48). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 22 Feb 1650 [his future brother-in-law] Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 32) and Charlotte Hesse-Kassel (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Landgrave William V of Hesse-Kassel 1602-1637. He the son of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 53). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 06 Jan 1658 [his future brother-in-law] Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 40) and Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld (age 23) were married morganatically. She had previously been his mistress. As a result of the marriage being morganatic their children were excluded from the succession. He the son of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 61). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 30 Sep 1658 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 28) and Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 62). He the son of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641 and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 (age 57). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1679 [his son] King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726 (age 12) were married. She the daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624-1705 (age 54) and . He the son of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698 (age 49) and Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 48). They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

Before 1685 [his son-in-law] Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and [his daughter] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1668-1705 (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698 (age 55) and Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 54). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.