Julius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg (1571–1636), Prince of Dannenberg, was a son of
Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry III (1533 – 19 January 1598), a member of the House of Welf, was Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling List of the rulers of Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until 1569, jointly with his brother Wil ...
and Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg. On his father's death in 1598 he inherited the
Principality of Dannenberg. He died without male issue, and so the Dannenberg principality and his share of
Hitzacker
Hitzacker is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, approx. 8 km north of Dannenberg, and 45 km east of Lüneburg. The 2007 population of Hitzacker was 4,982, and its po ...
was inherited by his brother
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...
.
Marriage and issue
He married twice, first to Maria of Ostfriesland (1 January 1582 – 9 July 1616), daughter of
Edzard II. They had two children:
* Sigismund Heinrich (30 August 1614 – 1 November 1614)
* Maria Katharina (9 July 1616 – 1 July 1665); married
Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Adolf Frederick I (; 15 December 1588 – 27 February 1658) was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again from 1631 to 1658. Between 1634 and 1648 Adolf Frederick also ruled the Prince-Bishopr ...
(1588–1658).
On his first wife's death in 1616, he remarried to Sybille of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (3 June 1584 – 5 August 1652), daughter of
Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. They had two children:
* August (b. 1619)
* Anna Maria (b. 1622)
Notes
External links
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p299.htm#i2982
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1571 births
1636 deaths
Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
New House of Brunswick
People from the Holy Roman Empire