Prince Welf Henry of Hanover

Prince Welf Henry of Hanover (Welf Heinrich Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Hannover;[1][2] 11 March 1923 – 12 July 1997) was the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia,[1][2] the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The prince was known to his family as "Welfi."[2]

Prince Welf Henry
Prince Welf Henry (1958)
Born(1923-03-11)11 March 1923
Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria[1][2]
Died12 July 1997(1997-07-12) (aged 74)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany[2]
Burial14 July 1997
Waldensberg, Hesse, Germany
SpousePrincess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Full name
Welf Henry Ernest Augustus George Christian Berthold Frederick William Louis Ferdinand
German: Welf Heinrich Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand[1][2]
HouseHanover
FatherErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
MotherPrincess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Marriage and personal life

Welf Henry married Princess Alexandra Sophie of Ysenburg and Büdingen[1][2] (born 23 October 1937[1][2] in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany,[3] died 1 June 2015 in Frankfurt am Main[4]), daughter of Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz,[1] on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany, in a civil marriage ceremony,[1] and on the following day in a religious ceremony at the Marienkirche in Büdingen.[1][2] The couple had no children.

Welf Henry and Alexandra lived in Frankfurt's Niederrad district.[5] Alexandra had served as a city councilwoman representing Niederrad on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980.[5] She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.[3][5]

Welf Henry died in 1997 after a long illness.[2][5]

Titles and styles
  • 11 March 1923 – 12 July 1997: His Royal Highness Prince Welf Henry of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ancestry

Welf Henry 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 Friederike 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 Welf Henry of Hanover, 1923–1997

References
  1. Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Welf Heinrich Hanover, Prince of Hanover". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. Henri van Oene (15 December 2003). "Genealogy of the Royal Family of the Netherlands". www.geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. CDU (2008). "Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover". Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  4. "Prinzessin von Hannover: Große Frau der Kultur". Frankfurter Rundschau (FR). 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  5. Konstanze Crüwell (12 January 2007). "Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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