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Also Known As Ernst August
Born November 20, 1629 • Germany
Died January 23, 1698 (aged 68) • Germany
House / Dynasty House of Hanover
Notable Family Members spouse Sophia • son George I
Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus
king of Hanover
Ernest Augustus
pretender to Hanoverian throne
George V
king of Hanover
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
George IV
George IV
king of United Kingdom
William IV, detail from a painting by Sir Martin Archer Shee; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William IV
king of Great Britain
Agostino Steffani
Italian composer
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Robert Wiene
German film director
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist

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