Prince Heinrich of Hanover (Heinrich Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günter; born 29 April 1961) is a historian and publisher in

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with publishing firm MatrixMedia.

Early life

Prince Heinrich is the youngest child of Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, and his first wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVIII. "Haus Hannover". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 23, 26–27. . He was born in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, Germany. His eldest brother, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, is the present head of the

House of Hanover The House of Hanover (german: Haus Hannover), whose members are known as Hanoverians, is a European royal house of German origin that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17th to 20th centuries. The house or ...

. His father, a direct male descendant of the Hanoverian kings of Great Britain from

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was born a

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, confirmed by

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in 1914, but as a child lost the title due to the Titles Deprivation Act (1917). The House of Hanover refuses to recognise this letter and continues to bear the title of Prince (or Princess) of Great Britain and Ireland with the style of Royal Highness as titles of pretense. As it was entered into their German passports in 1914, the title still continues to be part of their official family name in Germany.

Professional life

Heinrich founded, owns and manages the publishing company MatrixMedia Verlag in

. The focal point of the house is history, namely local history of the state of

, of which the predecessor states were the

Kingdom of Hanover The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Ha ...

and the

Duchy of Brunswick The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna ...

, furthermore the history of the House of Welf, but also general historical items. The company publishes books, monographs, historiographies, memoirs, illustrated books and films. Furthermore, he is responsible for a website on the House of Welf called ''Welfen.de''

Personal life

Heinrich was in a relationship with

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artist Désirée Nick (born 30 September 1956 in

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). They have a son: Oscar Julius Heinrich Ferdinand Prinz von Hanover (29 September 1996 in Berlin). On 30 April 1999, Heinrich married Thyra von Westernhagen at

Teistungen Teistungen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. Teistungen was first mentioned in 1090 as the site of Teistungenburg monastery, a filiation of Beuren monastery. The old monastery buildings were demolished in 19 ...

estate, owned by the von Westernhagen family since 1283. They have three children: *Prince Albert Thilo Ludwig Arndt of Hanover (14 December 1999) *Princess Eugenia Friederike of Hanover (19 July 2001) *Prince Julius Eduard Emanuel of Hanover (22 February 2006)

Literary works

Heinrich has authored the following books under the name ''Heinrich von Hannover'': * ''Georg II. König und Kurfürst''. . * ''Macht Intrigen und Verbannung – Welfen und Romanows am Zarenhof''. . * ''Welfisches Hannover''. . * ''Frauen vom Hof der Welfen''. . * ''Elisabeth Herzogin von Calenberg''. . * ''Nicht im Auftrag Ihrer Majestät''. . * ''Hannover zwischen den Mächten Europas''. . * ''Welfenbericht''. .

References

External links

www.Welfen.de
– Official site of the

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