Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover

Prince Christian Oscar
Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover
Born	1 September 1919 Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Died	10 December 1981 (aged 62) Lausanne, Switzerland
Spouse	Mireille Dutry
Issue	Princess Caroline-Luise Princess Mireille
Full name Christian Oscar Ernest Augustus William Victor George Henry German: Christian Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich[1][2]
House	Hanover
Father	Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
Mother	Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover (German: Christian Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich Prinz von Hannover), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 September 1919 in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria^[1][2] – 10 December 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland^[1][2]) was the fourth child^[1][2] of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

Life

During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe.

In 1960, Christian Prinz von Hannover, as head of the Duke of Cumberland Foundation, became a consulting manager for Durisol, an Austrian manufacturer of cement-bonded wood fiber.^[3]

Marriage and issue

Christian eloped^[4] with Mireille Dutry (born 10 January 1946), daughter of Belgian industrialist Armand Dutry and Tinou Soinne and childhood friend of Diane von Fürstenberg,^[4] on 23 November 1963 at Salzburg, Austria in a civil ceremony.^[1][2] They were remarried two days later in a religious ceremony in Brussels, Belgium.^[1][2] Christian and Mireille Dutry divorced in 1976.^[1][2] The couple had two daughters:

• HRH Princess Caroline-Luise Mireille Irene Sophie of Hanover (born 3 May 1965 at Wels, Upper Austria, Austria)
• HRH Princess Mireille Viktoria Luise of Hanover (born 3 June 1971 at Brussels, Belgium)

Ancestry

Christian was a descendant of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. His sister, Princess Frederika of Hanover married Paul I, King of the Hellenes.

Ancestors of Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover

16. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover               8. George V of Hanover                       17. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz               4. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover                             18. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg               9. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg                       19. Amelia of Württemberg               2. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick                                   20. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg               10. Christian IX of Denmark                       21. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)               5. Princess Thyra of Denmark                             22. Prince William of Hesse               11. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)                       23. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark               1. Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover                                         24. William I, German Emperor               12. Frederick III, German Emperor                       25. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar               6. William II, German Emperor                             26. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               13. Victoria, Princess Royal                       27. Victoria of the United Kingdom               3. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia                                   28. Christian, Duke of August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg               14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein                       29. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskjold-Samsøe               7. Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein                             30. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Patrilineal descent

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. Oberto I, 912 - 975 Oberto Obizzo, 940 - 1017 Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan, 970 - 1029 Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, d. 1097 Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, 1037–1101 Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, 1074–1126 Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, 1108–1139 Henry the Lion, 1129–1195 William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg, 1184–1213 Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1204–1252 Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1236–1279 Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1268–1318 Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1304–1369 Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1328–1373 Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1362–1434 Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1408–1478 Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1439–1471 Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1468–1532 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1497–1546 William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1535–1592 George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1582–1641 Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629–1698 George I of Great Britain, 1660–1727 George II of Great Britain, 1683–1760 Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707–1751 George III of the United Kingdom, 1738–1820 Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, 1771–1851 George V of Hanover, 1819–1878 Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1845–1923 Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, 1887–1953 Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover, 1919–1981

References

1. Darryl Lundy (1 July 2003). "Christian Oskar Hanover, Prince of Hanover". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
2. Paul Theroff. "HANNOVER". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
3. "Durisol: The Milestones". Durisol-Werke GES. M. B. H. Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-07-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Jess Cartner-Morley (27 January 2007). "Diane Von Furstenberg". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2008-07-17.