Name Prince William | House House of Hanover | |
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Born 28 October 1880
Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary ( 1880-10-28 ) Father Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover Mother Princess Thyra of Denmark Role Prince of Great Britain and Ireland Died May 20, 1912, Brandenburg, Germany Parents Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Princess Thyra of Denmark Grandparents George V of Hanover, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Christian IX of Denmark, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg Cousins George V, Nicholas II of Russia, Maud of Wales, Prince Albert Victor - Du, Haakon VII of Norway Similar People Princess Thyra of Denmark, Princess Olga of Hanover, George V of Hanover, George V, Ernest Augustus - Duke of B | ||
Prince George William of Hanover (Georg Wilhelm Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf Prinz von Hannover), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 28 October 1880 in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary; died 20 May 1912 in Nackel, Brandenburg, Germany) was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933), the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1817–1898). George William was a great-great-grandson of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820) and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818).
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Personal life
George William served as Captain of the 42nd Regiment of Austria. He was made an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order by King George V of the United Kingdom on 8 June 1910. The prince died in a motor accident on 20 May 1912 at age 31 at Nackel, Brandenburg, Germany. He was at the wheel of his car en route to the funeral of his uncle, Frederick VIII of Denmark, when he skidded on a newly laid road surface. At the time of his death, George William was unmarried and left no issue. He was known to his family by the nickname "Plumpy."