Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany

Ernest Augustus
Duke of York and Albany
Born	(1674-09-17)17 September 1674 Osnabrück, Germany
Died	14 August 1728(1728-08-14) (aged 53) Osnabrück, Germany
House	Hanover
Father	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Sophia of the Palatinate

Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (17 September 1674 – 14 August 1728), was the younger brother of George I of Great Britain.^[1] Ernest Augustus was a soldier and served with some distinction under Emperor Leopold I during the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1715, he became Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück.