Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland

Infobox Hanoverian Royalty|highness
name = Prince Christian
title = Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland
spouse =
issue =
royal house = House of Hanover
full name = Christian Frederick William George Peter Valdemar
" _de. Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar"
titles = "HRH" Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland
father = Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
mother = Princess Thyra of Denmark
date of birth = birth date|1885|7|4|df=yes
place of birth = Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
date of death = death date and age|1901|9|3|1885|7|4|df=yes
place of death = Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary|

Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland ("Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar Prinz von Hannover und Cumberland"cite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10091.htm#i100906| title=Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar Hanover, Prince of Hanover | date=10 May 2003 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] ) Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 4 July 1885 in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary; died 3 September 1901 in Gmunden) was the second 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). Christian was a great-great-grandson of George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818).

Personal life

Christian developed appendicitis which was not diagnosed and left untreated and the condition eventually developed into peritonitis.cite web | url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Hanover_Royal_Family.htm| title=Hanover Royal Family | date=24 June 2008 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher= [http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm Monarchies of Europe website] | author=Allan Raymond] The prince died from the peritonitis at the age of 16 at the Hanover family's residence in Gmunden.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*4 July 1885 – 3 September 1901: "His Royal Highness" Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ancestry

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1=1. Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland
2=2. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
3=3. Princess Thyra of Denmark
4=4. George V of Hanover
5=5. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
6=6. Christian IX of Denmark
7=7. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
8=8. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
9=9. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
10=10. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
11=11. Amelia of Württemberg
12=12. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13=13. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
14=14. Prince William of Hesse
15=15. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
16=16. George III of the United Kingdom
17=17. Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
18=18. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
19=19. Princess Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
20=20. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
21=21. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
22=22. Duke Louis of Württemberg
23=23. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
24=24. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
25=25. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
26=26. Charles of Hesse
27=27. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
28=28. Prince Frederick of Hesse
29=29. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
30=30. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway
31=31. Princess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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