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Prince George William of Hanover (born 1880)
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George William, Hereditary Prince of Hanover (Georg Wilhelm Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf Prinz von Hannover; He was made an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order by King George V of the United Kingdom on 8 June 1910. The prince died in a motor accident on 20 May 1912 at age 31 at Nackel, Brandenburg, Germany. At the time of his death, George William was unmarried and left no issue. He was known to his family by the nickname "Plumpy." * : ** Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise, 1892 ** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (RE), 9 October 1898 ** Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 18 April 1906 *: ** Jubilee Medal of 1898 (for the 50th anniversary of the reign of Kaiser Franz Joseph I.), 1898 ** Jubilee Cross of 1908 (for the 60th anniversary of the reign of Kaiser Franz Joseph I.), 1908 ** Marian Cross, German Knight Order, ca. 1910 * : ** Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1900 ** Grand Cross of the Order of Berthold the First, 1900 * : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), 8 June 1910<ref name=gazette/> Military ranks * Leutnant, Infanterie-Regiment "Ernst August, Herzog von Cumberland" Nr. 42, ca. 1900-ca. 1904 * Oberleutnant, Infanterie-Regiment "Ernst August, Herzog von Cumberland" Nr. 42, (presumed), ca. 1902-1907 * Hauptmann, Infanterie-Regiment "Ernst August, Herzog von Cumberland" Nr. 42, ca. 1907-1912 Ancestry References and notes See Also
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