Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover
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| Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover | |||||
| Born | 25 January 1947 Schloss Marienburg, Nordstemmen, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Poona, Maharashtra, India |
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| Spouse | Wibke 'Turiya' van Gunsteren | ||||
| Issue | Princess Saskia | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Prince George William of Hanover | ||||
| Mother | Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark | ||||
Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (Welf Ernst August Andreas Philipp Georg Wilhelm Ludwig Berthold Prinz von Hannover[1]), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (25 January 1947 at Schloss Marienburg, Nordstemmen, Lower Saxony, Germany; – 10 January 1981 in Poona, Maharashtra, India[1]) was the eldest son of Prince George William of Hanover and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Welf was a first cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales. The prince used the name Welf Prinz von Hannover.[2]
Personal life
Born in Lower Saxony at the Hanover family seat of Schloss Marienburg, Welf was raised in Munich.[2] In 1969, the prince married Wibke van Gunsteren. Welf and his wife became followers of a syncretic movement led by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.[2] In 1975, Welf and Wibke, along with their five-year-old daughter Tania Saskia, made a pilgrimage to Poona, India to live in an ashram with other followers of Bhagwan. Once there, Bhagwan gave Welf the name Vimalkirti ("Spotless splendour") and Wibke Prem Turiya ("Spiritual love").[2]
Welf died at the age of 33 at a clinic in Poona from a cerebral haemorrhage after collapsing during a morning karate practice session and becoming paralyzed.[3][4][2]
Marriage and issue
Welf married Wibke Christians[1] (born 26 November 1948 at Lübbecke, Westphalia, Germany[1]), daughter of Dr Hans Daniel Christians and Ursula Schmidt-Prange (later Mrs Harry Van Gunsteren),[1] on 23 May 1969 in a civil ceremony.[1] They were married two days later in a religious ceremony at Essen-Bredeney in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[1] Although many genealogical sources record the opposite, Welf Ernst and Wibke were not divorced in 1979,[3] but lived together (un-divorced) up to his death. They had one daughter:
- HRH Princess Tania Saskia Viktoria-Luise of Hanover[1] (born 24 July 1970 at Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[1]). Princess Saskia's first husband was Michael Alexander Naylor-Leyland[5] (14 July 1956 -16 October 2015)[6]) whom she married on 6 July 1990.[1][6] They have two children:
Princess Saskia married her second husband, Edward Hooper, on 27 January 2001. They have one son:
- Louis Ivan Welf Otto Hooper (born 6 April 2007)
Ancestry
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Patrilineal descent, descent from father to son, is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that the historically accurate royal house of monarchs of the House of Hanover was the House of Lucca (or Este, or Welf). This is the descent of the primary male heir. For the complete expanded family tree, see List of members of the House of Hanover.
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References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Daughters. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. P.173, note 41. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
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