The House of Hannover,past and present

[Carolath Habsburg]

This was after or before the big argument he had with Thyra s relatives about how sick he was of being teased about his clothes and costumes?. I read his family spent a loooong time without oing to the reunions because of that.

[Eric_Lowe]

I think it was done by then, the children were older at this time. There were times Thyra just arrive with her daughters to see her parents.

[kmerov]

Well, I think he just in generel preferred to stay at home, which got on his relatives nerves and they felt pity for Thyra who normally stayed at home with him.

[kmerov]

Ernst August in Austrian uniform.

[Eric_Lowe]

I wonder when this was taken ?

[kmerov]

I'm not sure, and I was wondering myself. I got the picture from an old magazine, and now the year escapes me.

[Eric_Lowe]

Maybe around the time of Marie Louise's marriage ?

[kmerov]

Yes, my guess was around 1900, so it could be around Marie Louise's marriage.

[grandduchessella]

It might also be part of the series of photograhs for their silver anniversary. There's one of hiim in the same outfit with Tyra (in a few poses).

[HerrKaiser]

are you all sure that is EA and not his father?

[Carolath Habsburg]

Yes , is Ernst august. Here a picture of his father



 

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes. The poor blind king that was chased out of his kingdom by his cousin...

[kmerov]

are you all sure that is EA and not his father?

Yes, no question that it's Ernst August.

A small picture of his father, King George V of Hannover, who was "too blind to see the problems."

[Eric_Lowe]

George was not born blind though...

[HerrKaiser]

I see what happened. I was sure the earlier photo with kids was referring to Ernst, VL's husband, not his father. Hence, the subsequent posts got generationally affected with reference to "EA" but meaning actually four generations of EA.