Heinrich Prinz von Hannover (born 29 April 1961) is a German publisher. He is managing director of MatrixMedia.
| Heinrich Prinz von Hannover | |||||
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 Prince Heinrich with a banner bearing the arms of King George I of Great Britain | |||||
| Born | 29 April 1961 Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | ||||
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| Issue | Oskar Nick (illegitimate) Prince Albert Princess Eugenia Prince Julius | ||||
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| House | Hanover | ||||
| Father | Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
Early life
editHeinrich is the youngest child of Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, and his first wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[1] He was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. His eldest brother, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, is the present head of the House of Hanover.
Professional life
editHeinrich founded, owns and manages the publishing company MatrixMedia Verlag in Göttingen. The company publishes history books, mostly on local history of the state of Lower Saxony, of which the predecessor states were the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Brunswick, and the history of the House of Welf. The company publishes books, monographs, historiographies, memoirs, illustrated books and films.[2] He also operates a website on the House of Welf called Welfen.de.[3]
Personal life
editHeinrich was in a relationship with cabaret artist Désirée Nick for 17 years. The couple have a son, born in 1996.[4][5] In 1999 he married Thyra Sixtina Donata von Westernhagen, with whom he has three children.[6]
References
edit- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVIII. "Haus Hannover". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 23, 26–27. ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.
- ^ Website of Matrix Media Verlag (in German)
- ^ "Website Welfen.de (in German)". Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Mächtig stolz: Ihr Sohn Prinz Oscar ist ein stattlicher junger Mann. Bunte, 1 January 2021.
- ^ Kommt sein unehelicher Neffe an die Welfen-Millionen? Bunte, 19 September 2018.
- ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Fürstl. Häuser (GGH I), Verl. d. Deutschen Adelsarchivs, Marburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817243-01, S. 124.
External links
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- www.Welfen.de – Official site of the House of Hanover (in German)
- Heinrich von Hannover at IMDb