Succession Laws : Junior son Ernst-August I of Hannover only became king because neither of his eldRe: Younger sons on throneser brothers could produce a male son, just daughters.
But because it was the law of the house of Hanover, this happened in an orderly manner -- as opposed to a fluke. It's not much different from saying that Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent succeeded to the British throne as queen regnant because her three senior paternal uncles, between them, failed to provide a single surviving legitimate child (male or female).
So while the succession of Ernest Augustus to the German kingdom was not guaranteed, it became an increasing expectation. Don't forget that Queen Adelaide, as the Duchess of Clarence, miscarried a pair of twin boys. If either had lived, neither Victoria nor Ernest Augustus would have inherited any throne.
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