Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1566–1626)
Maria von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (born January 13, 1566 in Schladen , † August 13, 1626 in Lauenburg ) was a princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg .
Life
Maria was a daughter of Duke Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1528–1589) from his marriage to Hedwig (1540–1602), daughter of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg .
She married on November 10, 1582 in Wolfenbüttel as his second wife Duke Franz II of Saxony-Lauenburg (1547-1619). Maria had a dairy farm and a court church built in Franzhagen in 1608 , which had been prescribed to her as personal items .
Maria is buried next to her husband in the dynastic burial place of the Maria Magdalenen Church in Lauenburg an der Elbe.
progeny
From their marriage, Maria had the following fourteen children:
- Franz Julius (1584–1634)
- ⚭ 1620 Princess Agnes of Württemberg (1592–1629)
- Julius Heinrich (1586–1665), Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg
- ⚭ 1. 1617 Countess Anna von Ostfriesland (1562–1621)
- ⚭ 2. 1628 Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1589–1629)
- ⚭ 3. 1632 Baroness Anna Magdalene von Lobkowitz († 1668)
- Ernst Ludwig (1587–1620), killed in Aschau
- Hedwig Sibylle (1588-1635)
- Juliane (1589-1630)
- ⚭ 1627 Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1581–1658)
- Sabine Katharina (* / † 1591)
- Joachim Sigismund (1593–1629)
- Franz Karl (1594–1660)
- ⚭ 1. 1628 Princess Agnes of Brandenburg (1584–1629)
- ⚭ 2. 1639 Princess Katharina of Brandenburg (1602–1644)
- ⚭ 3rd Countess Christine Elisabeth von Meggau († 1689)
- Rudolf Maximilian (1596–1647)
- ⚭ Anna Caterina de Dulcina
- Hedwig Marie (1597-1644)
- ⚭ 1636 Prince Hannibal Gonzaga of Bozzolo (1602–1668)
- Franz Albrecht (1598–1642), fallen
- ⚭ 1640 Princess Christine Margarete of Mecklenburg (1615–1666)
- Johann Georg (1600–1601)
- Sophie Hedwig (1601–1660)
- ⚭ 1624 Duke Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1584–1663)
- Franz Heinrich (1604–1658)
- ⚭ 1637 Countess Marie Juliane von Nassau-Siegen (1612–1665)
literature
- Johann Samuel Publication: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts , Part 1, Volume 28, J. f. Gleditsch, 1848, p. 69
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Havemann: History of the Lands Braunschweig and Lüneburg , Volume 2, Dieterichsche Buchhandlung, 1855, p. 418
- ^ Johann Friedrich Burmester: Contributions to the Church History of the Duchy of Lauenburg , At the Author, 1832, p. 150
- ↑ Andrea Baresel-Brand: Funerary monuments of northern European princely houses in the age of the Renaissance 1550-1650 , Verlag Ludwig, 2007, p. 241
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marie of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1566 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schladen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1626 |
| Place of death | Lauenburg |