H M King Georg V of Hannover, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cumberland
✶ 27 May 1819 in Berlin, Prussia
✟ 12 June 1878 in Paris, France
Appointed
Hannover 9 September 1852
motto
Suscipere et finire (To undertake and complete)
shield
Painted 1857 by S C Cadovius. Date of death added 1878 by Carl Högberg.
other awards
None
Biography
The only son of King Ernst August. Succeeded him as King 1851. Georg V’s reign ended during the unification of Germany.
He lost the sight of one eye following a childhood illness in 1828, and in the other eye following an accident in 1833.
Received the order at King Oscar I’s bathing trip to Germany.
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