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Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire 1629–1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Nov 1629

Birth Location: Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany

Death Date: 23 Jan 1698

Death Location: Hanover, Region Hanover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: George Brunswick-Lüneburg)

Mother: Anna Hesse-Darmstadt

Spouse(s): Sophia Hanover, Clara Platen

Children(s): Ernst Albany), Maximilian Hanover, George Britian, Charles Hanover, Sophie Hanover, Friedrich Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Magdalena Brombacher, Christian Hanover

In 1629, Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire entered the world in Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to George Von Hanover Of Brunswick Luneburg Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg And Anna Eleonore Von Hesse Darmstadt. Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire married Clara Elisabeth Von Platen, Sophia Of Hanover, and had children including Charles Philip Hanover, Christian Heinrich Augustus Of Hanover, Ernst Augustus Graf Von Platen Hallermund Duke Of York And Albany, Friedrich Augustus Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George I Louis Hanover King Of Great Britian, Magdalena Hanover Von Brombacher, Maximilian Wilhelm Hanover, Sophie Charlotte Von Braunschweig Luneburg Of Hanover. Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Hanover, Region Hanover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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  • In 1629, Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire entered the world in Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to George Von Hanover Of Brunswick Luneburg Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg And Anna Eleonore Von Hesse Darmstadt.
  • Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire married Clara Elisabeth Von Platen, Sophia Of Hanover, and had children including Charles Philip Hanover, Christian Heinrich Augustus Of Hanover, Ernst Augustus Graf Von Platen Hallermund Duke Of York And Albany, Friedrich Augustus Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George I Louis Hanover King Of Great Britian, Magdalena Hanover Von Brombacher, Maximilian Wilhelm Hanover, Sophie Charlotte Von Braunschweig Luneburg Of Hanover.
  • Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Hanover, Region Hanover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ernest Empire's Ancestors

Self
Ernest Empire
1629–1698
Birth Place: Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Parents
George Von Hanover of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
1582–1641
Calenberg, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Anna (Eleonore Von) Hesse-Darmstadt
1601–1659
Darmstadt, Bundesland, Hesse, Germany
Grandparents
Wilhelm (von) Braunschweig-Dannenberg
1535–1592
Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Dorothea (Von) Oldenburg
1546–1617
Kolding, Vejle, Denmark
Duke (Ludwig V "The Faithful" Van Hessen Of) Landgrave
1577–1626
Darmstadt
Margravine (Magdalena Von Hohenzollern Van) Brandenburg
1582–1616
Berlin, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Ernst I
1496–1545
Princess Mecklenburg
1508–1541
Christian III
1503–1559
Queen Demark
1511–1571
Georg Hesse-Darmstadt
1547–1596
Magdalena Lippe
1552–1587
Johan Hohenzollern-Brandebourg
1525–1598
Elisabeth Anhalt-Zerbst
1563–1607
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Heinrich Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1468–1532
Margarethe Sachsen
1469–1528
Heinrich Mecklenburg
1479–1552
Ursula Hohenzollern
1488–1510
King I
1471–1533
Anna Brandenburg
1487–1514
Bernhardt Lippe)
1527–1563
Countess Eisenberg)
1524–1583
King II
1505–1571
Duchess Saxony
1507–1534
Joachim See'
1536–1586
Agnes Barby-Mühlingen
1540–1569

Ernest Empire's Descendants

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Ernest (Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman) Empire (20 Nov 1629–23 Jan 1698) m. Sophia (of) Hanover (14 October 1630–08 Jun 1714) m. Clara (Elisabeth Von) Platen (14 JAN 1648–30 JAN 1700)
  1. 1. Ernst (Augustus Graf Von Platen-Hallermund (Duke Of York And) Albany) 1674–1728
  2. 2. Maximilian (Wilhelm) Hanover 1666–1726 m. Eleonore (Desmier) D'olbreuse 1639–1722
    1. 1. Queen (Sophia Dorothea De) Zelle 1666–1726 m. George (I Louis Hanover King of Great) Britian 1660–1727
  3. 3. George (I Louis Hanover King of Great) Britian 1660–1727 m. Queen (Sophia Dorothea De) Zelle 1666–1726 m. Melusine (Von Der Schulenburg Duchess of) Kendal 1659–1697
    1. 1. George (Augustus Hanover (King Of England)) II 1683–1760 m. Kurfürstin (Zu Hanover Queen Wilhelmina Charlotte Von Brandenburg-Ansbach Hohenzollern Queen Consort of The Uk And) Ireland 1683–1737
      1. 1. Frederick (Louis Von Hanover-Guelph (Prince Of) Wales) 1707–1751 m. Augusta (Von) Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg 1719–1772 m. Anne (Vane) (Mistress) 1710–1735 m. Amalia (Sophia Van) Wendt 1710–1765
        1. 1. Fitzfrederick (Cornwall) Vane 1732–1736
        2. 2. Edward (Augustus Von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1739–1767
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Caroline Lewis Von Brunswick-Lüneburg of Hanover Princesss of Great Britain And) Ireland 1740–1759
        4. 4. William (Henry Von Brunswick-Lüneburg of Hanover 1st Duke of Gloucester And Duke of Edinburgh Knight of The) Garter 1743–1805 m. Maria Walpole 1739–1807
        5. 5. Henry (Frederick Von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1745–1790
        6. 6. (Princess) (Louisa Anne Von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1749–1768
        7. 7. Frederick (William Von) Hanover 1750–1765
        8. 8. Caroline (Matilda Von Brunswick-Lüneburg of Hanover Princess of Gb Uk Queen of Denmark &) Norway 1751–1775
        9. 9. Johan (Ludwig "John" Augustus Sr. Revolutionary) War 1736–1810
        10. 10. George (William Frederick Von Brunswick-Lüneburg King George Iii of) England 1738–1820 m. Queen (Sophia Charlotte Von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Consort Of) England) 1744–1818
        11. 11. Augusta (Charlotte Frederica Von Hanover (Duchess Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick Princess Of) Wales) 1737–1813 m. Charles (William Ferdinand Von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Duke Of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)) II 1735–1806
        12. 12. Johan (Ludwig Augustus) I 1736–1810
        13. 13. Emilia Vane 1733–1733
      2. 2. Anna (Von Hanover Guelph (Princess Of) Orange) 1709–1759
      3. 3. Amelia (Sophia Eleanor Hanover Caroline Of Brandenburg-Ansbach Princess (born) Guelph) 1711–1757 m. Thomas Arnold 1710– m. Hon. (Charles Calvert (5th Baron) Baltimore) 1699–1751
        1. 1. Dr. (Samuel) Calvert 1740–1802
        2. 2. Benedict (Leonard) Calvert 1724–1788
        3. 3. Charles Calvert 1737–
        4. 4. Caroline (Lady Eden) Calvert 1734–1784
        5. 5. Elizabeth Calvert 1730–1798
        6. 6. Louisa (Browning) Calvert 1733–1821
      4. 4. Princess (Mary Von Hanover Princess of Wales; Brandenburg Landgravine of) Hesse-Kassel 1723–1772
      5. 5. William (Augustus Von Hanover (Duke Of) Cumberland) 1721–1765
      6. 6. George (William Augustus Von) Hanover 1717–1718
      7. 7. Louise (Von) Hanover 1724–1751
      8. 8. Amelia (Sophia Eleanor Von Hanover Guelph (Princess Of England Ranger Of Richmond Park) ) 1711–1786
      9. 9. Augustus (George Von Hanover (Prince Of) England) 1716–1716
      10. 10. Johann (Ludwig Augustus Von) Hanover 1735–1811
    2. 2. Petronella (Melusina) Schulenburg 1693–1778
    3. 3. Sophia (Dorothea) Hanover 1687–1757 m. Frederick (William I Hohenzollern of) Prussia 1688–1740
      1. 1. Sophie (Dorothea Marie von Preussen (Princess of) Prussia) 1719–1765 m. Frederick (William von Brandenburg-Schwedt (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Schwedt) 1700–1771
        1. 1. Princess (Friederike Dorothea Sophie Hohenzollern (Herzogin von Wurttemberg Von Brandenburf Schwedt) Hohenzollern) 1736–1798 m. Friedrich (Eugene II Teck von Wurttemberg-Stuttgart (Duke von) Wurttemberg) 1732–1797
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Louise von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1738–1820
        3. 3. Phlippine (von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1745–1800
        4. 4. Georg (Friedrich von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1749–1751
        5. 5. Georg (Philip von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1741–1742
      2. 2. Frederick ("The Great" von) Preussen 1712–1786
      3. 3. August (Ferdinand von) Preussen 1730–1813
      4. 4. Friedrich (Ludwig von) Hohenzollern 1707–1708
      5. 5. Charlotte (Albertine von) Preussen 1713–1714
      6. 6. August (Wilhelm von) Preussen 1722–1758
      7. 7. Anna (Amalie von) Preussen 1723–1787
      8. 8. Ludwig (Karl Wilhelm von) Preussen 1717–1719
      9. 9. Friederike (Louise von) Preussen 1714–1784
      10. 10. Philippine (Charlotte von) Preussen 1716–1801
      11. 11. Wilhelmine (von) Preussen 1709–1758
      12. 12. Friedrich (Wilhelm von) Preussen 1710–1711
  4. 4. Charles (Philip) Hanover 1669–1690
  5. 5. Sophie (Charlotte Von Braunschweig-Lüneburg of) Hanover 1668–1705 m. Friedrich (I von) Hohenzollern 1657–1713
    1. 1. Friedrich (August Von) Brandenburg 1685–1686
    2. 2. Frederick (Augustus Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1685–1685
    3. 3. Frederick (William I Hohenzollern of) Prussia 1688–1740 m. Sophia (Dorothea) Hanover 1687–1757
  6. 6. Friedrich (Augustus Von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1661–1690
  7. 7. Magdalena (Hanover Von) Brombacher 1691–1736
  8. 8. Christian (Heinrich Augustus Of) Hanover 1671–1703

Ernest Empire's Timeline

7 Records

1629
20 November 1629
Birth of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herzberg am Harz, Landkreis Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Herzberg am Harz, Landkreis Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
1629
20 Nov 1629
Birth of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herzberg, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany
Herzberg, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany
1629
20 Nov 1629
Birth of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
1698
23 JAN 1698
Age 69
Death of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany
Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany
1698
23 January 1698
Age 69
Death of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Allemagne
Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Allemagne
1698
23 Jan 1698
Age 69
Death of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Herrenberg, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Herrenberg, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1698
23 Jan 1698
Age 69
Death of Ernest Augustus I Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg And of The Holy Roman Empire in Hanover, Stadt Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Hanover, Stadt Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 November 1629
    Event Place: Herzberg am Harz, Landkreis Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1629
    Event Place: Herzberg, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1629
    Event Place: Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 JAN 1698
    Event Place: Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1698
    Event Place: Herrenhausen, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Allemagne

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1698
    Event Place: Herrenberg, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1698
    Event Place: Hanover, Stadt Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanover, Region Hanover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current

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