Ernest Augustus | |
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Duke of York and Albany | |
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Born | Osnabrück, Germany | 17 September 1674
Died | 14 August 1728 Osnabrück, Germany | (aged 53)
House | Hanover |
Father | Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Sophia of the Palatinate |
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (17 September 1674 – 14 August 1728), was the younger brother of George I of Great Britain.[1] Ernest Augustus was a soldier and served with some distinction under Emperor Leopold I during the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1715, he became Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück.