Christoph (Braunschweig-Harburg)

Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Harburg (born August 21, 1570 in Harburg ; † July 7, 1606 in Harburg) was the owner of the Harburg estate .

Life

Christoph was a son of Duke Otto II of Braunschweig-Harburg (1528–1603) from his second marriage to Hedwig (1535–1616), daughter of Count Enno II of East Frisia .

After the death of his father, he and his brother Wilhelm August took over the government of Harburg. In January 1604 the city of Harburg paid homage to the ducal brothers.

Christoph married Elisabeth (1567–1618), daughter of Duke Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and widow of Count Adolf XI, in Harburg on October 28, 1604 . from Schaumburg . The marriage remained childless and Christoph died two years later after a fall in Harburg Castle. The duke's motto was Consilio et armis (Through wisdom and arms).

Since the eldest brother Johann Friedrich (1557–1619) had renounced any government responsibility, the next brother Otto took Christoph's position as joint regent.

literature

• August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: Introduction to a complete history of the Chur and Princely Houses in Germany. Meyer, 1759, Volume 1, pp. 120f.
• Patriotic archive for Hanover-Braunschweig history. Herold & Wahlstab, 1835, p. 400f. ( Digitized version )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ also Christopher or Christoffel
2. ↑ Max Löbe: motto, motto and sayings of German princely families of the XVI. and XVII. Century. Barth, Leipzig 1883, p. 64  in the German Digital Library
3. ^ Johann Heinrich Christian von Selchow: Outline of a pragmatic history of the House of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. 1767, p. 295.

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto II.	Owner of the Harburg estate . 1603-1606	Wilhelm August Otto III.