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Maximilian William was born on 13 December 1666 at Schloss Iburg near Osnabrück. His parents were Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sophia of the Palatinate, and he was the third of six sons to survive to adulthood. In her memoirs, Duchess Sophia described this childbirth as very difficult; Maximilian William's younger twin ...
Eric I was born on 16 February 1470 in Neustadt am Rübenberge at the castle of Rovenburg . He was the founder of the Calenberg line of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His father, William II, died in 1503, but had already divided his lands in 1495, between his sons, Henry and Eric. Eric was given the Principalities of Calenberg and Göttingen ...
Life. George was born in Copenhagen Castle. His father was Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway. His mother was Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg . In 1674, George was a candidate to be elected King of Poland. King Louis XIV of France wanted him to be elected. [2] George was a Lutheran, but Poland was Roman Catholic, [3] so John ...
Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern (25 September 1718, Wolfenbüttel – 12 May 1788, Eisenach) was a field-marshal in the armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, the elected Duke of Courland (1741). From 13 November 1750 to 1766 he was the Captain-General of the Netherlands, where he was known as the Duke of Brunswick ...
Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg (also known as Julius of Braunschweig; 29 June 1528 – 3 May 1589), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death. From 1584, he also ruled over the Principality of Calenberg. By embracing the Protestant Reformation ...
Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( Latin: Henricus; 10 November 1489 – 11 June 1568), called the Younger, ( Heinrich der Jüngere ), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1514 until his death. The last Catholic of the Welf princes, he was known for the large number ...
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (c. 1488 – 29 June 1563), married Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg in November 1509. Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1489–1568), succeeded as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Bishop of Minden (c.1492 – 1529) George of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archbishop of Bremen (1494 ...
