Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne

The following is the Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne:

The Kingdom of Hanover was abolished in 1866 and the Duchy of Brunswick in 1918. The Hanoverian royal family was also deprived of the Dukedom of Cumberland in 1919. The current senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom and head of the House of Hanover is Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, titular King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick, and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. The Succession Law in Hanover and Brunswick is semi-salic, allowing for female succession but only on the extinction of the male line of the house.

• King George V of Hanover (1819-1878)
  • Prince Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1845–1923)
    • Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953)
      • Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover ("Ernest Augustus IV") (1914–1987)
        • Ernst August, Prince of Hanover ("Ernst August V") (b. 1954)
          • (1) Prince Ernst August of Hanover (b. 1983)
          • (2) Prince Christian of Hanover (b. 1985)
        • Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover (1955-1988)
          • (3) Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover (b. 1988)
        • (4) Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover (b. 1961)
          • (5) Prince Albert of Hanover (b. 1999)
          • (6) Prince Julius of Hanover (b. 2006)
      • Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006)
        • (7) Prince Georg of Hanover (b. 1949)

Succession in 1866

• King George V of Hanover (1819-1878)

1. Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923)
2. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)

In the event of the extinction of the above royal line the succession was to pass to the ducal Brunswick line. Living members of that line in 1866 were:

1. Charles II, ex reigning Duke of Brunswick (1804-1873)
2. William, Duke of Brunswick (1806-1884)