Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
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Dorothea of Denmark |
Christian the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (1566–1633) was Prince of Lüneburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Minden.
Life
Christian was born on 9 November 1566, the second son of Duke
Ernest II (1611), he took over the rule of the Principality of Lüneburg and acquired the Principality of Grubenhagen
in 1617, which was merged.
When the
Protestant
faith.
He died on 8 November 1633.
Ancestors
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References
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Sources
- William Sauer (1876), "Christian (Duke von Brunswick-Lüneburg)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 162–163
- C.V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War