August I. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg)

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August the Elder, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Coat of arms as administrator of Ratzeburg on the altar of the Laurentiuskirche in Schönberg (Mecklenburg) (1616)

August the Elder , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (* 1568 ; † 1636 in Celle ) was Protestant administrator of Ratzeburg from 1610 to 1636 and Prince of Lüneburg from 1633 to 1636 .

Life

August was born in 1568 as the fifth of fifteen children to Wilhelm the Younger of the Guelph family and his wife Dorothea of ​​Denmark . As a young man he was in the service of Rudolf II as a colonel and fought in the wars against France and Turkey.

August 1610 became Protestant Bishop of Ratzeburg. Due to the family contract with his brothers, which was supposed to prevent a further division of the estate of the Principality of Lüneburg, he was not allowed to enter into a proper marriage, but lived with Ilse Schmidichen (also Ilsa Schmidigen) in a marriage-like relationship and had twelve children with her. These were raised to hereditary imperial nobility in 1625 under the name of Lüneburg .

August 1633 succeeded his deceased brother Christian as Prince of Lüneburg and in 1635 received the Principality of Calenberg -Göttingen. He continued the neutrality policy started by his brother during the Thirty Years War .

Duke August was buried in the royal crypt in the town church of St. Mary in Celle.

progeny

August had the following children with Ilse Schmiedigen:

  • Ernst (born November 3, 1614 in Celle, † March 26, 1642)
  • Margaretha Sybylla (born November 6, 1616, † March 21, 1642 in Celle)
  • Georg (born August 1, 1618, † March 21, 1642 in Celle)
  • Friedrich (* April 7, 1621, † March 27, 1668 in Wathlingen ), ⚭ Anna von Feuerschütz (9 children)
  • Klara Agnese (* in Celle, † April 22, 1667 in Isernhagen ), ⚭ September 14, 1644 Erich Schmiedigen (cousin) (1 child)
  • Katharina Elisabeth († after 1642), ⚭ Georg von Lüzow
  • Dorotha Sophie, ⚭ Ernst von Nizen
  • Anna Marie, ⚭ David Hinrichs
  • Ilse Lucia, ⚭ Nicolaus Knaust

literature

  • Christa Geckler: The Celle dukes. Life and Work 1371–1705. Georg Ströher, Celle 1986, ISBN 3-921744-05-8 .

Web links

Commons : August the Elder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christa Geckler: The Celle dukes - life and work 1371–1705. P. 73
  2. ↑ NN : The princely crypt and the grave slabs of the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the city church of St. Marien Celle , with photos by Dietrich Klatt, Friedrich Kremzow and Ralf Pfeiffer illustrated leaflet , in DIN A5 format (4 pages, above, above) . D.) designed by Heide Kremzow, based on: Dietrich Klatt: Kleiner Kunstführer Schnell & Steiner No. 1986 , 2008
predecessor Office successor
Christian Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg,
Prince of Lüneburg
1633–1636 		Friedrich
Friedrich Ulrich Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg,
Prince of Calenberg
1635–1636 		George
Karl of Mecklenburg Administrator of the Ratzeburg
Monastery 1610–1636 		Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg
personal data
SURNAME August I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braunschweig-Lüneburg, August Herzog to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1568
DATE OF DEATH 1636
Place of death Celle