Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Duke of Brunswick may be a prisoner

October 21, 1914

There is anxiety in Brunswick today concerning the whereabouts of the reigning Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who is married to Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia.

The Duke was leading a squadron of hussars on the French front, where he was apparently cut off from German support. It is feared that he has been taken prisoner by the Allies.

Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was married in May 1913 to Kaiser Wilhelm II's only daughter. He is the eldest surviving son of Prince Ernst August, who bears the British title, Duke of Cumberland, and the former Princess Thyra of Denmark, a younger sister of Queen Alexandra, consort of Britain's King Edward VII and the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia.
The Duke is also a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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