Ancestral Trails 2016 » Karl von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL I (1713-1780)

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Household of Karl von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL I

(1) He has/had a relationship with Claire DESMARETS.


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(2) He is married to Philippine Charlotte von PREUSSEN.

They got married on July 2, 1733 at Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, he was 19 years old.


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    • Notes about Karl von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL I

    Charles (German: Karl; 1 August 1713, Braunschweig - 26 March 1780, Braunschweig), Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg (Bevern line), was ruling as Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1735 until his death.

    Charles was the eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He fought under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the Ottoman Empire before inheriting the Principality of Wolfenbüttel from his father in 1735.

    On the suggestion of his priest, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem, in 1745 he founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. He also hired Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as the librarian for the Bibliotheca Augusta, the ducal library. Lorenz Heisters of the University of Helmstedt named the botanical genus Brunsvigia in his honour, in recognition of his encouragement of botany and the study of B. orientalis.

    Charles attempted to promote the economic development of his state; for example, he founded the Fürstenberg Porcelain Company, and he installed mandatory fire insurance. However, he did not manage to keep the state finances in check. As a consequence, in 1773 his eldest son Charles William Ferdinand took over government.

    Marriage and children
    In 1733, Charles married Philippine Charlotte, daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia. They had the following children that reached adulthood:

    Charles William Ferdinand (1735-1806)
    Sophie Caroline Mary (1737-1817), married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    Anna Amalia (1739-1807), married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    Frederick Augustus (1740-1805)
    Albert Henry (1742-1761), died childless
    William Adolf (1745-1770), died childless
    Elizabeth Christine Ulrike (1746-1840), married King Frederick William II of Prussia (divorced)
    Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim (1749-1803)
    Maximilian Jules Leopold (1752-1785), died childless

    Charles also had a child out of wedlock, Christian Theodor von Pincier (1750-1824), the adopted son of Baron von Pincier of Sweden.
    SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel

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Birthday August 1, 1713

  • The temperature on August 1, 1713 was about 18.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
    • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
    • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
    • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
    • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
    • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

Day of marriage July 2, 1733

  • The temperature on July 2, 1733 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken hagel. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1733: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
    • May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
    • July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
    • November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

Day of death March 26, 1780

  • The temperature on March 26, 1780 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
    • March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
    • April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
    • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
    • May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
    • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.


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