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Personal data Augustus von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG II 


Household of Augustus von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG II

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Elizabeth Sophie von MECKLENBURG-GUSTROW) is 34 years younger.

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Sophie von MECKLENBURG-GUSTROW.

They got married in the year 1635, he was 55 years old.


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(2) He is married to Dorothea von ANHALT-ZERBST.

They got married October 1623, he was 44 years old.


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(3) He is married to Clara Maria von POMERANIA-BARTH.

They got married December 1607, he was 28 years old.


Notes about Augustus von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG II

Augustus II (10 April 1579 - 17 September 1666), called the Younger (German: August der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel which he ruled until his death. Considered one of the most literate princes of his time, he is known for founding the Herzog August Library at his Wolfenbüttel residence, then the largest collection of books and manuscripts north of the Alps.

Augustus was born at Dannenberg Castle, the seventh child of Duke Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1533-1598). His father had ruled over the Brunswick Principality of Lüneburg, jointly with his yonger brother William, since 1559. Ten years later, however, upon his marriage with Ursula, a daughter of the Ascanian duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg, he had to waive all rights and claims and was compensated with the small Dannenberg lordship. Moreover, he received an annual payment and had reserved the inheritance right of his descendants should the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line become extinct.

Augustus was the seventh and youngest child from the marriage of Henry and Ursula. With little chance to take up any rule in the Brunswick lands, he concentrated on his studies in Rostock, Tübingen, and Straßburg. Afterwards, he travelled on a Grand Tour through Italy, France, the Netherlands, and England. Back in Germany at the age of 25, he took his residence in Hitzacker, where he spent the next three decades with a small court, continuing his studies.

Succession arose in the midst of the Thirty Years' War, when the last Wolfenbüttel prince, Duke Frederick Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg died without heirs in 1634. After lengthy and complicated negotiations with his reluctant Welf relatives and an intervention by Emperor Ferdinand II, it was finally agreed that Augustus should inherit the Wolfenbüttel principality. Because of the ongoing war, he had to stay at Dankwarderode Castle in Braunschweig and could not move to his residence until 1644. Soonafter, Augustus instituted a number of government reforms, and founded the Bibliotheca Augusta (now the Herzog August Bibliothek). After the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, the Wolfenbüttel lands recovered quickly under his capable rule.

The duke employed the scholar Justus Georg Schottel as tutor of his sons; he also kept an active correspondence with Johannes Valentinus Andreae, a founder of the esoteric Rosicrucianism movement. In 1632 he met with Prince Louis I of Anhalt-Köthen and joined his Fruitbearing Society.

Augustus died at Wolfenbüttel and was succeeded by his eldest son Rudolph Augustus.

Marriage and children
On December 1607 he married Clara Maria of Pomerania-Barth, the eldest daughter of the Griffin duke Bogislaw XIII of Pomerania. The marriage produced two stillborn children. Clara Maria died on February 1623.

On October 1623 he married Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of the Ascanian prince Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst. They had the following children:

Henry August (1625-1627)
Rudolph Augustus (1627-1704), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel married firstly, in 1650 Countess Christiane Elisabeth of Barby (1634-1681), married secondly, in 1681 Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663-1701)
Sibylle Ursula (1629-1671) married in 1663 Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1627-1698, son of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
Klara Auguste (1632-1700) married in 1653 Duke Frederick of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1615-1682)
Anton Ulrich (1633-1714), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel married in 1656 princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1634-1704).

Dorothea died on September 1634 and in 1635 Augustus married Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, daughter of Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg. They had two surviving children:

Ferdinand Albert I (1636-1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg married in 1667 Christine of Hesse-Eschwege (1649-1702)
Marie Elisabeth (1638-1687) married firstly, in 1663 Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, married secondly, in 1676 Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_the_Younger,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg

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Birthday April 10, 1579

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
    • January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
    • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
    • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
    • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
    • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

Day of death September 17, 1666

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1666: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
    • September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
    • September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
    • September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
    • September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
    • November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.


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