Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne

The following is the Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne:

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Former monarchies

The Kingdom of Hanover was abolished in 1866 and the Duchy of Brunswick in 1918. The Hanoverian royal family was also deprived of the Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale in 1919. The current senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom and head of the House of Hanover is Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, titular King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick, and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. The Succession Law in Hanover and Brunswick is semi-salic, allowing for female succession but only on the extinction of the male line of the house.[1]

Note: Prince Ernst August, head of the House of Hanover since 1987, refused to give consent to his eldest son Hereditary Prince Ernst August’s marriage to Ekaterina Malysheva. As a result the couple's children do not hold dynastic rights.[2]

Line of Succession in 1866

In the event of the extinction of the above royal line the succession was to pass to the ducal Brunswick line.[1] Living members of that line in 1866 were:

References

  1. Annual Register, Volume 78. Page 330 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0-UxAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA322&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. Welfenspross heißt Welf August von Hannover
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