Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
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Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
| Mother | Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Henry III (1533 – 19 January 1598), a member of the
William the Younger. From 1569, he ruled over the Lordship of Dannenberg
until his death.
He was the second surviving son of Duke
Ernest I of Brunswick-Lüneburg and assumed the rule in the Principality of Lüneburg upon the early death of his elder brother Francis Otto in 1559. He and his younger brother William fell out with each other in 1569, when Henry married the Ascanian princess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (1545–1620), daughter of Duke Francis I
, and demanded the partition of the Lüneburg lands.
He eventually waived his claims to the Lüneburg principality and received Dannenberg as a
Augustus could assume the rule in Wolfenbüttel
in 1635.
Henry died in Dannenberg.
Marriage and children who reached adulthood
In 1569 Henry married Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (*1545 – 22 October 1620*,
Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg
. They had the following children:
- Julius Ernest(1571–1636)
- Francis (1572–1601) Provost of Strasbourg
- Anne Sophie (1573–1574)
- Heinrich (1574–1575)
- Sybil Elizabeth (1576–1630), married Anthony II, Count of Delmenhorst
- Sidonia (1577–1645)
- Augustus(1579–1666)
His agnatic progeny went extinct in 1884.
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