Ernst August of Hanover (1771–1851)

Ernst August (1771–1851), the duke of Cumberland, became king of Hanover in 1837 after the end of the British-Hanoverian union of crowns.

Ernst August Monument in Hanover, colour photograph of a sculpture by Albert Wolff (1814–1892), after 1856, photographer: AxelHH; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernst-August-Denkmal_in_Hannover.jpg?, Creative Commons Lizenz Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Deutschland, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE Deed).