Ernst II (Braunschweig-Lüneburg)

Duke Ernst II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Detail of a photograph of a painting in the old town hall of Celle , Lower Saxony.

Duke Ernst II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Miniature around 1595, Royal Collection .

Ernst II , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (* December 31, 1564 - † March 2, 1611 ) was Prince of Lüneburg from 1592 to 1611 .

Life

Ernst was born in 1564 as the second of fifteen children and the eldest son of Wilhelm the Younger and his wife Dorothea of Denmark . After studying in Wittenberg , Leipzig and Strasbourg , he returned to Celle due to the increasingly deteriorating health of his father . In 1592 he took over the government after the death of his father. Initially limited to eight years by a contract with his brother Christian and the estates, he exercised the government after concluding another agreement until his death in 1611.

His rule was characterized by the attempt to improve the financial situation of both the principality and the family, as his father left him a completely over-indebted country. It is also worth mentioning the Celle family contract signed under him from 1610, which ensured the indivisibility of the principality and was confirmed by Emperor Matthias in 1612.

Ernst II was buried in the royal crypt in the town church of St. Marien in Celle.

literature

Christa Geckler: The Celle dukes - life and work 1371–1705. Georg Ströher Celle 1986, ISBN 3-921744-05-8
Wilhelm Sauer: Ernst II, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 261.

Web links

Commons : Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564–1611) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Publications by and about Ernst II. In VD 17 .

Individual evidence

↑ 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, o. O., o. D.), designed by Heide Kremzow , based on: Dietrich Klatt: Kleiner Kunstführer Schnell & Steiner No. 1986 , 2008.

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm the Younger	Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg 1592–1611	Christian

personal data
SURNAME	Ernst II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince of Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1564
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 1611

[1] 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, o. O., o. D.), designed by Heide Kremzow , based on: Dietrich Klatt: Kleiner Kunstführer Schnell & Steiner No. 1986 , 2008.