Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland (German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

: Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes Prinzessin von Hannover und Cumberland), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland

British princess

This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. This article deals with both princesses of the blood royal and women who become princesses upon marriage....

, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Brunswick-Lüneburg

The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...

 (born 11 July 1884 in Gmunden

Gmunden

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, Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

; died 21 September 1958 at Hubertihaus in Gmunden).

Biography

Olga was the youngest daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) and Princess Thyra of Denmark

Princess Thyra of Denmark

Princess Thyra of Denmark was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.-Early life:Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and...

 (1853–1933), the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

 (1818–1906) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Louise of Hesse was a German Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.-Early Life and Ancestry:...

 (or Hesse-Cassel) (1817–1898). Olga was a great-great-granddaughter of George III of the United Kingdom

George III of the United Kingdom

George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...

 (1738–1820) and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...

 (1744–1818).

Princess Olga resided with her family at Gmunden and remained unmarried throughout her life. In 1958, shortly before Olga's death, her nephew Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover

Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover

Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland was head of the House of Hanover from 1953 until his death...

 and his wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a Princess of...

 named their second eldest daughter

Princess Olga of Hanover (b. 1958)

Princess Olga of Hanover , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the fourth child and second eldest daughter of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover and...

 after her. Olga died of natural causes at her home, Hubertihaus, near Gmunden on 21 September 1958.

Titles and styles

• 11 July 1884 – 21 September 1958: Her Royal Highness Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ancestry