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• Zij is geboren op 16 november 1532 in Wolfenbüttel, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• Titel: Princess of Wolfenbuttel, Duchess of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
• Titel: Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
• (Ancestry) : House of Guelph.
• Zij is overleden op 23 november 1595 in Schloss Herzberg, Herzberg am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany, zij was toen 63 jaar oud.
• Zij is begraven in het jaar 1595 in Aegidiuskirche, Osterode, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
• Een kind van Heinrich von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG en Maria von WURTTEMBERG

Gezin van Clara von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL

Zij is getrouwd met Philipp von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 1 juli 1560 te Wolfenbüttel, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, zij was toen 27 jaar oud.

Notities over Clara von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16 November 1532 in Wolfenbüttel - 23 November 1595 at Herzberg Castle), was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth. She was abbess of the secular Gandersheim Abbey and later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen by marriage.

Clara was the youngest daughter of the Duke Henry II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1489-1568) from his first marriage with Maria (1496-1541), daughter of the Earl Henry of Württemberg.

At the urging of her father, Clara was elected abbess of Gandersheim Abbey after the death of her sister Maria. Since Clara was only 6 years old at the time, officials acting for her father administered the abbey in her name. It is unknown if the Pope ever confirmed Clara as abbess. In any case, she never took up the position.

In 1542, troops of the Schmalkaldic League occupied Gandersheim and forced the Abbey to convert to Lutheranism. The Chapter, however, practiced passive resistance and remained Catholic. In 1543, the abbey suffered from iconoclasm. In 1547, Clara's father declared her resignation from the office of abbess, returning to the lay state.

Clara married on 1 July 1560 in Wolfenbüttel with her cousin Duke Philip II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1533-1596).[1] As dowry, her father gave her 20000guilders and half the jurisdiction and castle of Westerhof. The marriage remained childless. After their marriage, the couple moved to Katlenburg Castle and converted it to a Renaissance château. Clara was responsible for the installation of numerous pharmacies and destileries. She also designed the interior of the newly built church in Rotenkirchen.

When Clara's brother Julius inherited Wolfenbüttel in 1568, he also took possession of Westerhof. Clara sued him before the Aulic Council, but in 1580, Philip confirmed Juilius's ownership. Clara then sued Julius over the inheritance of her sister Margaret. The Aulic Council created an imperial commission to look into the matter. Julius, however, rejected the commission and filed a complaint at the Diet of Augsburg of 1582 about the illegal practices of his sister.

Clara and her court moved from Katlenburg Castle to Herzberg Castle. She died in 1595, after a long illness. The court preacher and superintendent Andreas Georg Leopold delivered her funeral sermon, which was also published in printed form. Clara was buried in the Aegidius Church in Osterode am Harz.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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