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As the fourth son, Ernest Au­gus­tus had lit­tle chance of suc­ceed­ing his fa­ther as ruler. There­fore, the cou­ple had to live in the Leineschloss at the Hanover court of Ernest Au­gus­tus' el­dest brother Chris­t­ian Louis. How­ever, in the Peace of West­phalia of 1648, it had been agreed be­tween the Catholic and Protes­tant pow­ers that the r...

In 1683, against the protes­ta­tions of his five younger sons, Ernest Au­gus­tus in­sti­tuted pri­mo­gen­i­ture, so that his ter­ri­tory would not be fur­ther sub­di­vided after his death, and also as a pre-con­di­tion for ob­tain­ing the cov­eted elec­tor­ship. He par­tic­i­pated in the Great Turk­ish War on the side of Leopold I, Holy Roman Em­pe...

Ernest Au­gus­tus died in 1698 at Her­ren­hausen Palace, Hanover. He was suc­ceeded as ruler by his el­dest son, George Louis, later King George I of Great Britain. His main res­i­dences were the Leineschloss, in Hanover, and the Her­ren­hausen, a sum­mer res­i­dence a short dis­tance out­side the city. Ernest Au­gus­tus and Sophia had the Great Ga...