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Ernest Augustus (5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, he initially seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but none of his elder brothers had a legitimate son. When his elder brother William IV, who ruled both kingdoms, died in 1837, his niece Victoria inherited the British throne under British succession law, while Ernest succeeded in Hanover under Salic law, which barred women from the succession, thus ending the personal union between Britain and Hanover that had begun in 1714.
The King died on 18 November 1851 after an illness of about a month.
Both he and Queen Frederica rest in a mausoleum in the Berggarten of Herrenhausen Gardens.
More information: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover - Wikipedia
Mausoleum of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, in the Hill Garden.
King Ernest Augustus wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (3 March 1778 – 29 June 1841) was Queen of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1841 as the wife of King Ernest Augustus. She was a German princess who married successively Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and her first cousin Ernest Augustus. Through her 1815 marriage to Ernest, then Duke of Cumberland, Frederica became a British princess and Duchess of Cumberland. Ernest was the fifth son and eighth child of Queen Charlotte and King George III of the United Kingdom, Frederica's paternal aunt and her husband.
After a short illness, Queen Frederica died on 29 June 1841 at Hanover.
More information: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Wikipedia
George V (Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August; 27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the last King of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866. The only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. George's reign was ended by the Austro-Prussian War, after which Prussia annexed Hanover.
George V died at his residence in the Rue de Presbourg, Paris, on 12 June 1878.
After a funeral service in the Lutheran Church at the Rue Chaucat, his body was removed to England and buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
More information: George V of Hanover - Wikipedia
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (14 April 1818 – 9 January 1907) was Queen of Hanover from 18 November 1851 until 20 September 1866 as the wife of King George V. George V was a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Queen Marie died, some twenty-eight years after her husband, on 9 January 1907, in The Queen's Villa (Königinvilla) at Gmunden, where she was later buried in a mausoleum that her eldest son had built next to his residence, Cumberland Castle.
More information: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg - Wikipedia
Mausoleum of Queen Marie in Gmunden:
King George V of Hanover, his wife Marie of Saxe-Altenburg and their children.
The King died on 18 November 1851 after an illness of about a month.
Both he and Queen Frederica rest in a mausoleum in the Berggarten of Herrenhausen Gardens.
More information: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover - Wikipedia
Mausoleum of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, in the Hill Garden.
King Ernest Augustus wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (3 March 1778 – 29 June 1841) was Queen of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1841 as the wife of King Ernest Augustus. She was a German princess who married successively Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and her first cousin Ernest Augustus. Through her 1815 marriage to Ernest, then Duke of Cumberland, Frederica became a British princess and Duchess of Cumberland. Ernest was the fifth son and eighth child of Queen Charlotte and King George III of the United Kingdom, Frederica's paternal aunt and her husband.
After a short illness, Queen Frederica died on 29 June 1841 at Hanover.
More information: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Wikipedia
George V (Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August; 27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the last King of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866. The only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. George's reign was ended by the Austro-Prussian War, after which Prussia annexed Hanover.
George V died at his residence in the Rue de Presbourg, Paris, on 12 June 1878.
After a funeral service in the Lutheran Church at the Rue Chaucat, his body was removed to England and buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
More information: George V of Hanover - Wikipedia
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (14 April 1818 – 9 January 1907) was Queen of Hanover from 18 November 1851 until 20 September 1866 as the wife of King George V. George V was a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Queen Marie died, some twenty-eight years after her husband, on 9 January 1907, in The Queen's Villa (Königinvilla) at Gmunden, where she was later buried in a mausoleum that her eldest son had built next to his residence, Cumberland Castle.
More information: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg - Wikipedia
Mausoleum of Queen Marie in Gmunden:
King George V of Hanover, his wife Marie of Saxe-Altenburg and their children.
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The German family territories followed semi-Salic succession law: The male line had priority and so Ernest Augustus succeeded ahead of Victoria, but if all male heirs had died out, a woman could have inherited. 
