Clare of Saxony-Lauenburg

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Statue of Klara von Sachsen-Lauenburg in front of Fallersleben Castle , created by Patric Rottenecker

Klara von Sachsen-Lauenburg (born December 13, 1518 in Lauenburg , † March 27, 1576 in Barth ) was a princess of Sachsen-Lauenburg and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig-Gifhorn .

Life

Klara was a daughter of Duke Magnus I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1470–1543) from his marriage to Katharina (1488–1563), daughter of Duke Heinrich I of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

She married on September 29, 1547 in the Saxon-Lauenburg castle in Neuhaus in the Darzing region . Duke Franz von Braunschweig-Gifhorn (1508–1549). The couple was considered extremely popular among the population, although the short marriage of convenience was unhappy. Klara, who was considered benevolent and well versed in medicine , prepared a herbal beer for the poor and the sick, which was sent out long after her death.

After the death of her husband, Klara lived on the assured treasure at Fallersleben Castle , the construction of which she completed in 1551. In Fallersleben , it ensured an economic upturn. Later she went to the court of her daughter of the same name in Pomerania Barth, where she also died. Clare was buried in the local Marienkirche . The tomb in the Gifhorn Castle Chapel is empty.

progeny

From their marriage, Klara had two daughters:

⚭ 1564 Burgrave Heinrich VI. of Meissen (1536–1572)
⚭ 1. 1565 Prince Bernhard VII of Anhalt (1540–1570)
⚭ 2. 1572 Duke Bogislaw XIII. of Pomerania (1544–1606)

literature

  • Johann H. Steffens: Johann Heinrich Steffens excerpt from the history of the total house Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Bartsch, 1785, p. 381

Web links

Commons : Klara von Sachsen-Lauenburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Peter Godzik (Ed.): Reformation and Marriage Policy - Duke Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg as opponent of the Ratzeburg bishop and father-in-law of the Lutheran princes in the north , 2006, p. 22 ff. (Online at pkgodzik.de) (PDF file; 390 kB)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clara von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, b. 1518 in Lauenburg, died 1576. in Barth. stadt-barth.de, accessed on September 26, 2019
  2. ^ H. Ch. Heimbürger: Wilhelm the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg a. Ancestor of the House of Hanover: A picture of life and time based on unprinted and printed sources , EH Ch. Schulze, 1857, p. 10
  3. ^ Ernst von Malortie: Contributions to the history of the Braunschweig-Lüneburg house and court , Hahn, 1864, p. 85
  4. ↑ Andrea Baresel-Brand: Funerary monuments of northern European princely houses in the Renaissance era 1550-1650 , Verlag Ludwig, 2007, p. 212
  5. ↑ http://www.kuris-reisen.de/Deutschland-Dateien/Gifhorn/Schloss/bodyschloss.html ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Clare of Saxony-Lauenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Braunschweig-Gifhorn
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1518
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1576
Place of death Barth