Ernst III. (Braunschweig-Grubenhagen)

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Duke Ernst of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen-Herzberg
Annunciation of the death sentence to the Elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen in 1547, signed, dated Karl Swoboda 1858 (the chess partner is Ernst III.)

Ernst III. (IV.) Von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen-Herzberg (* December 17, 1518 in Osterode am Harz ; † April 2, 1567 at Schloss Herzberg in Herzberg ) was Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen from the noble family of the Welfs .

Life

Ernst was the eldest son of Duke Philip I of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1476–1551) and his second wife Katharina von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1501–1535), the eldest daughter of Count Ernst II and his first wife Barbara von Querfurt. His paternal grandparents were Duke Albrecht II of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen and his wife Elisabeth von Waldeck .

Together with his father and brothers, he took part in a campaign in the Schmalkaldic War in southern Germany in 1546 , which ended unsuccessfully before Ingolstadt .

Marriage and offspring

On October 9, 1547, Duke Ernst III married. in Wolgast the Princess Margarethe von Pommern-Wolgast (1518–1569), eldest daughter of Duke Georg I and his first wife Princess Amalie von der Pfalz . Only one daughter from the marriage reached adulthood:

The successor to Duke Ernst III. his younger brother Wolfgang took over . When he also died in 1595 without male descendants, Ernst's other brother Philip II followed. With his childless death the following year, the Grubenhagen line of the Guelphs died out.

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predecessor Office successor
Philip I. Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg,
Prince of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
1551–1567 		wolfgang
personal data
SURNAME Ernst III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernst IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1518
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterode am Harz
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1567
Place of death Herzberg Castle , Herzberg