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Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire 1629–1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 November 1629

Birth Location: Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany

Death Date: 23 January 1698

Death Location: Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany

Father: Georges BRUNSWICK

Mother: Anne HESSE

Spouse(s): Sophie WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT

Children(s): Karl Hanover, Christian Hanover, Maximilian Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Friedrich Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Ernest Osnabrück, Sophia Preußen, George Ireland

Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire was born in 1629 in Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany, the child of Georges Ier De Brunswick And Anne Eleonore De Hesse. Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire married Sophie De Wittelsbach Palatinat, and had children including Christian Heinrich Von Hanover, Ernest Augustus Duke Of York And Albany Earl Of Ulster Prince Bishop Of Osnabruck, Friedrich Augustus Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George I Louis King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Karl Philipp Von Hanover, Maximilian Wilhelm Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Sophia Charlotte Von Braunschweig Luneburg Konigin Von Preuen. Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany.

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  • Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire was born in 1629 in Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany, the child of Georges Ier De Brunswick And Anne Eleonore De Hesse.
  • Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire married Sophie De Wittelsbach Palatinat, and had children including Christian Heinrich Von Hanover, Ernest Augustus Duke Of York And Albany Earl Of Ulster Prince Bishop Of Osnabruck, Friedrich Augustus Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George I Louis King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Karl Philipp Von Hanover, Maximilian Wilhelm Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Sophia Charlotte Von Braunschweig Luneburg Konigin Von Preuen.
  • Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany.

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Ernest Empire's Ancestors

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Ernest Empire
1629–1698
Birth Place: Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Parents
Georges Ier de BRUNSWICK
1582–1641
Celle, Niedersachsen, Allemagne
Anne (Eléonore de) HESSE
1601–1659
Darmstadt, Hesse, Hessen, Allemagne
Grandparents
Wilhelm (I, the Younger, Duke of) Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1535–1592
Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
DUKE (COUNT LUDWIG (H)) VANHESSEN
1577–1626
Darmstadt
Magdalene (Margravine of) Brandenburg
1582–1616
Berlin, Brandenburg, Electorate of Brandenburg
Great-Grandparents
Ernst H
1497–1546
Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1508–1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ernest Empire's Descendants

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Ernest (Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman) Empire (20 November 1629–23 January 1698) m. Sophie (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT (14 October 1630–8 June 1714)
  1. 1. Karl (Philipp von) Hanover 1669–1690
  2. 2. Christian (Heinrich von) Hanover 1671–1703
  3. 3. Maximilian (Wilhelm von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1666–1726
  4. 4. Friedrich (Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1661–1690
  5. 5. Ernest (Augustus Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Prince Bishop of) Osnabrück 1674–1728
  6. 6. Sophia (Charlotte von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Königin von) Preußen 1668–1705
  7. 7. George (I Louis King of Great Britain and) Ireland 1660–1727

Ernest Empire's Timeline

2 Records

1629
20 November 1629
Birth of Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire in Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
1698
23 January 1698
Age 69
Death of Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire in Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany
Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 November 1629
    Event Place: Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1698
    Event Place: Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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