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

Birth Date: 20 NOV 1629

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

Death Date: 23 JAN 1698

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

Father: Georg Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Mother: Anna Hessen-Darmstadt

Spouse(s): Sophia Simmern

Children(s): Sophie Hanover, X I, George ?, Ernst Braunschweig-Lüneburg

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 Georg Von Braunschweig Luneburg And Anna Eleonore Von Hessen Darmstadt. Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire married Sophia Van Pfalz Simmern, and had children including Ernst August Ii Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George, Sophie Charlotte Of Hanover, X George I. Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony (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 Georg Von Braunschweig Luneburg And Anna Eleonore Von Hessen Darmstadt.
  • Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire married Sophia Van Pfalz Simmern, and had children including Ernst August Ii Von Braunschweig Luneburg, George, Sophie Charlotte Of Hanover, X George I.
  • Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman Empire passed away in 1698 in Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

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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
Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1582–1641
Celle Vorwerk, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Anna (Eleonore von) Hessen-Darmstadt
1601–1659
Darmstadt, Stadtkreis Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Willem ((De Hertog van) Brunswijk-Lüneburg
1535–1592
Celle, Nedersaksen
Dorothea (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken
1546–1617
Koldigshus, Vejle, Denemarken
Ludwig (van Hessen) Darmstadt
1577–1626
Darmstadt
Magdalena (van) Brandenburg
1582–1616
Berlijn
Great-Grandparents
Ernst Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1497–1546
Sophie Mecklenburg
1507–1541
Christian Denmark
1503–1559
Dorothea Sachsen-Lauenburg
1511–1571
Georg Hessen-Darmstadt
1547–1596
Magdalena Lippe
1552–1587
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hendrik Wenden
1479–1552
Ursula Brandenburg
1488–1510
Frederik Sleeswijk-Holstein
1471–1533
Anna Brandenburg
1487–1514
Philips Hessen-Kassel
1504–1567
Christine Saksen
1505–1549
Bernhard Detmold
1527–1563
Katharina Eisenberg
1524–1583

Ernest Empire's Descendants

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Ernest (Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman) Empire (20 NOV 1629–23 JAN 1698) m. Sophia (van Pfalz) Simmern (13 OCT 1630–08 JUN 1714)
  1. 1. Sophie (Charlotte of) Hanover 1668–1705 m. X (Friedrich I of) Prussia 1657–1713
    1. 1. Friedrich (Wilhelm van) Pruisen 1688–1740 m. Sophia (Dorothea van Engeland en) Hannover 1687–1757
      1. 1. Sophia (Dorothea Von) Preussen 1719–1765 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm von) Hohenzollern 1700–1771
        1. 1. Frederika (Dorothea Sophia van) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1736–1798 m. Frederik (Eugenius van) Württemberg 1732–1797
        2. 2. Luise (van Brandenburg) Schwedt 1738–1820
        3. 3. Philippine (van Brandenburg) Schwedt 1745–1800
      2. 2. Wilhelmine (von) Preussen 1709–1758
      3. 3. X (Frederick the) Great 1712–1786
      4. 4. Philippine (Charlotte von) Preussen 1716–1801
      5. 5. August (Wilhelm von) Preussen 1722–1758
      6. 6. August (Ferdinand von) Preussen 1730–1813
    2. 2. Friedrich (Augustus von) Brandenburg 1685–1686
  2. 2. X (George) I 1660–1727
  3. 3. George ? 1660–1727
  4. 4. Ernst (August II. von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1674–1728

Ernest Empire's Timeline

2 Records

1629
20 NOV 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 JAN 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 NOV 1629
    Event Place: Herzberg Am Harz, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 JAN 1698
    Event Place: Herrenhausen (Hanover), Niedersachsen, Germany
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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