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This is a list of Hanoverian princesses from the accession of
George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
to the throne of 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 ...
in 1814. Individuals holding the title of princess will usually also be styled " Her Royal Highness" (HRH). Despite Hanover's annexation by
Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...
in 1866, male-line descendants of George III continue to style themselves as a prince or princess of Hanover. The eldest daughter of George III,
Charlotte, Princess Royal Charlotte, Princess Royal (Charlotte Augusta Matilda; 29 September 1766 – 5 October 1828), was Queen of Württemberg as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and hi ...
, is not included, as she was married before her father's accession to the throne. The title Princess of Hanover and the use of the style "Royal Highness" has generally been restricted to the following persons: *the legitimate daughters of a Hanoverian Sovereign, *the legitimate male line female descendants of a Hanoverian Sovereign


List of Hanoverian princesses since 1814

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Princess Marie Louise of Hanover Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (11 October 1879 – 31 January 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of ...
11 October 1879 – 31 January 1948 ''Princess of Baden'' * Princess Alexandra of Hanover 29 September 1882 – 30 August 1963 ''Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin'' *Princess Olga of Hanover 11 July 1884 – 21 September 1958 *
Frederica of Hanover Frederica of Hanover (''Friederike Luise''; ; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of Greece from 1947 until 1964 as the wife of King Paul, thereafter Queen mother during the reign of her son, King Constantine II. Early life ...
18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981 ''Queen consort of Greece'' {{Hanoverian princesses