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Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke 1508–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1508

Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Death Date: 23 Nov 1549

Death Location: Gifhorn, Gifhorner Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: Henry Herzog\Duke

Mother: Margarete of

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Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke was born in 1508 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, the child of Henry Heinrich Dermittlere The Evil Wettin House Von Brunswick Braunschweig Luneburg Herzog Duke And Margarete Saxony Princess Of. Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke passed away in 1549 in Gifhorn, Gifhorner Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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  • Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke was born in 1508 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, the child of Henry Heinrich Dermittlere The Evil Wettin House Von Brunswick Braunschweig Luneburg Herzog Duke And Margarete Saxony Princess Of.
  • Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke passed away in 1549 in Gifhorn, Gifhorner Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Herzog\Duke
1468–1532
Birth Location: Luneburg, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Margarete of
1469–1528
Birth Location: Meissen, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony (Germany)
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Children(s)

Franz Duke's Ancestors

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Franz Duke
1508–1549
Birth Place: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Parents
Henry (Heinrich) 'derMittlere, The Evil' Wettin house von Brunswick (Braunschweig) Luneburg, Herzog\Duke
1468–1532
Luneburg, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Margarete (Saxony, Princess) of
1469–1528
Meissen, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony (Germany)
Grandparents
Otto (II der Siegreiche von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1439–1471
Lüneburg, Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Anna (van) Nassau-Dillenburg
1441–1514
Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Ernst (von Sachsen,) Prince
1441–1486
Meissen, Dresden, Thueringen, Electorate of Saxony
Elisabeth (Wittelsbach von Bayern, Electress of) Saxony
1443–1486
München, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Frederick of
1386–1478
Magdalena Luneburg
1412–1454
Albrecht Bavaria
1401–1460
Anna Princess
1415–1474
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Bernard Brunswick-Luneburg
1358–1434
Margarethe Saxony
1375–1418
Ernst Bavaria
1373–1438
Elisabetta Visconti
1374–1432
Erich of
1380–1427
Elisabeth of
1390–1444

Franz Duke's Timeline

2 Records

1508
23 Nov 1508
Birth of Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
1549
23 Nov 1549
Age 41
Death of Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1508
    Event Place: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1549
    Event Place: Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Gifhorn, Gifhorner Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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