Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

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Ernest Augustus
Portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet
Elector of Hanover (designate)
Reign	19 December 1692 – 23 January 1698
Successor	George I
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Calenberg
Reign	18 December 1679 – 23 January 1698
Predecessor	John Frederick
Successor	George I
Born	(1629-11-20)20 November 1629 Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz, Principality of Grubenhagen, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	23 January 1698(1698-01-23) (aged 68) Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany
Burial	18 March 1698 Leine Palace, Hanover; later Herrenhausen, Hanover
Spouse	Sophia of the Palatinate ​ ​ (m. 1658)​
Issue more...	George I, King of Great Britain Prince Maximilian William Sophia Charlotte, Queen in Prussia Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington (illegitimate)
House	Hanover
Father	George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
Mother	Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692.

He was also ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück from 1662 until his death.