Monika, Princess of Hanover

Monika, Princess of Hanover
Monika
Dowager Princess of Hanover
Spouse Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
House House of Hanover
House of Solms-Laubach
Father Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach
Mother Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Born 8 August 1929 (1929-08-08) (age 82)
Germany Laubach, Hesse, Germany

Hanoverian Royal Family
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v · German: Monika Prinzessin von Hannover, née: Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach; born 8 August 1929 in Laubach, Hesse, Germany) is the second wife and widow of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover. Monika is the eldest daughter of Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach and Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.[1]

In 2008, she sold from her collection, art totaling £1.95 million, almost twice its estimate of £1.1 million, at Sotheby’s.[2]

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Marriage

Monika and Ernest Augustus married on 16 July 1981 at Laubach in Hesse, Germany, in a civil ceremony.[3][4] They were remarried in a religious ceremony on 17 July 1981 at Laubach. Monika was a first cousin once removed of Ernest Augustus' first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, through her great-grandparents Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

8 August 1929 – 16 July 1981: Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
16 July 1981 – 9 December 1987: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover
9 December 1987–present: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Princess of Hanover

Ancestry

References

Monika, Princess of Hanover
Cadet branch of the House of Solms
Born: 8 August 1924
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
— TITULAR —
Duchess consort of Cumberland and Teviotdale
16 July 1981 — 9 December 1987
Reason for succession failure:
Titles Deprivation Act 1917
Succeeded by
Chantal Hochuli
— TITULAR —
Queen consort of Hanover
16 July 1981 — 9 December 1987
Reason for succession failure:
Hanover annexed by Prussia in 1866
— TITULAR —
Duchess consort of Brunswick
16 July 1981 — 9 December 1987
Reason for succession failure:
Duchy abolished in 1918



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