Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover

Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover (German: Christian Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich Prinz von Hannover; 1 September 1919 – 10 December 1981) was the fourth child of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

Prince Christian Oscar
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born(1919-09-01)1 September 1919
Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Died10 December 1981(1981-12-10) (aged 62)
Lausanne, Switzerland
SpouseMireille Dutry
IssuePrincess Caroline-Luise
Princess Mireille
Full name
Christian Oscar Ernest Augustus William Victor George Henry
German: Christian Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich
HouseHanover
FatherErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
MotherPrincess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Life

During World War II, he served the Nazi party as a member of the Luftwaffe.

In 1960, Christian Prinz von Hannover, as head of the Duke of Cumberland Foundation, became a consulting manager for Durisol, an Austrian manufacturer of cement-bonded wood fiber.[1]

Marriage and issue

Christian eloped[2] with Mireille Dutry (born 10 January 1946), daughter of Belgian industrialist Armand Dutry and Tinou Soinne and childhood friend of Diane von Fürstenberg,[2] on 23 November 1963 at Salzburg, Austria in a civil ceremony. They were remarried two days later in a religious ceremony in Brussels, Belgium. Christian and Mireille Dutry divorced in 1976. The couple had two daughters:

  • Caroline-Luise Mireille Irene Sophie of Hanover (born 3 May 1965), married Bryan Samuel Goswick in 2014.
  • Mireille Viktoria Luise of Hanover (born 3 June 1971).

Ancestry

Christian was a descendant of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. His sister, Princess Frederica of Hanover married Paul I, King of the Hellenes.

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent, descent from father to son, is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that the historically accurate royal house of monarchs of the House of Hanover was the House of Lucca (or Este, or Welf).

This is the descent of the primary male heir. For the complete expanded family tree, see List of members of the House of Hanover.

  1. Oberto I, 912 - 975
  2. Oberto Obizzo, 940 - 1017
  3. Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan, 970 - 1029
  4. Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, d. 1097
  5. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, 1037–1101
  6. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, 1074–1126
  7. Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, 1108–1139
  8. Henry the Lion, 1129–1195
  9. William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg, 1184–1213
  10. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1204–1252
  11. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1236–1279
  12. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1268–1318
  13. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1304–1369
  14. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1328–1373
  15. Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1362–1434
  16. Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1408–1478
  17. Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1439–1471
  18. Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1468–1532
  19. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1497–1546
  20. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1535–1592
  21. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1582–1641
  22. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629–1698
  23. George I of Great Britain, 1660–1727
  24. George II of Great Britain, 1683–1760
  25. Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707–1751
  26. George III of the United Kingdom, 1738–1820
  27. Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771–1851
  28. George V of Hanover, 1819–1878
  29. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1845–1923
  30. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, 1887–1953
  31. Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover, 1919–1981

References
  1. "Durisol: The Milestones". Durisol-Werke GES. M. B. H. Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  2. Jess Cartner-Morley (27 January 2007). "Diane Von Furstenberg". Guardian Unlimited. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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