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Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

1629–1698 · 17th century

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, was a prince of the house of Brunswick-Lüneburg who was Lutheran Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück from 1662 and Duke of Calenberg from 1679. He centralised his state, employed Leibniz, and in 1692 won from Emperor Leopold I the rank of ninth elector. His wife Sophia of the Palatinate made their son George I heir to the British throne.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
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Prince-Bishopric of OsnabrückPrincipality of CalenbergElectorate of Hanover

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