Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698

In 1617 [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 34] and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg.

On 20th November 1629 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg was born to George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 47] and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 28].

On 12th April 1641 [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 59] died. His son Christian [aged 19] succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.

In 1643 Frederick III King of Denmark [aged 33] and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 41]. He the son of Christian IV King of Denmark [aged 65]. They were sixth cousins.

On 28th February 1648 Christian IV King of Denmark [aged 70] died. His son Frederick [aged 38] succeeded III King of Denmark. Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [aged 19] by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

On 30th September 1658 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 28] and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 62]. He the son of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 57].

On 6th May 1659 [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 57] died.

On 28th May 1660 King George I was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 30] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 29]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He married 21st November 1682 his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg, and had issue.

In 1661 [his son] Frederick Augustus Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 31] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 30]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1665 [his brother] Christian Ludwig Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 43] died. His brother George [aged 40] succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.

In 1666 [his son] Maximilian Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 36] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 35]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 30th October 1668 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 38] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 38]. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She married before 1685 her second cousin Frederick I King Prussia and had issue.

In 1669 [his son] Charles Philip Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 39] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 38]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1671 [his son] Christian Henry Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 41] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 40]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 17th September 1674 [his son] Ernest Augustus Hanover 1st Duke of York and Albany was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 44] and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 43]. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1675 [his illegitimate daughter] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Countess of Darlington and Leinster was born illegitimately to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 45].

On 2nd April 1676 George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 52] and [his sister-in-law] Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. He the son of [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.

On 21st November 1682 George Louis of Hanover [aged 22] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 16] were married. The marriage had been arranged by their respective fathers Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 53] and George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 58], and his mother Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 52]. She the illegitmate daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg. He the son of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern. They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 29th November 1682 Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 62] died without legitimate issue at Westminster [Map]. Duke Cumberland and Earl Holderness extinct. He was buried in the Crypt, Westminster Abbey.

Before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 27] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 55] and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 54]. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 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.

In 20th February 1685 Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [aged 56] died.

In 1690 [his son] Frederick Augustus Hanover [aged 29] died.

In 1690 [his son] Charles Philip Hanover [aged 21] died.

On 19th December 1692 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 63] was elected Elector Brunswick Lüneburg.

On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I [aged 34] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 28] was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.

On 23rd January 1698 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 68] died.

On 8th June 1714 [his former wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 83] died.