Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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Ferdinand Albert (German Ferdinand Albrecht; 29 May 1680 – 2 September 1735, Salzdahlum), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He was prince of Wolfenbüttel during 1735.

Ferdinand Albert was the fourth son of Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Ferdinand Albert fought on the side of Emperor Leopold I in the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1704 he became adjutant of the Emperor; in 1707 major general, and in 1711 lieutenant field marshal. During the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18, he fought under Prince Eugene of Savoy, participated in the battles of Belgrade and Petrovaradin, and became commander of the fortress of Komárno. In 1723, he became field marshal, and in 1733, Generalfeldmarschall.

After the death of his cousin Louis Rudolph in March 1735, Ferdinand Albert inherited the Principality of Wolfenbüttel and resigned as field marshal. He died six months later.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

8. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

17. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

4. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

18. Franz I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg

9. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg

19. Sibylla of Saxony

2. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

20. Johann V-VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

10. John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow

21. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

5. Elizabeth Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow

22. Christoph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch

11. Elizabeth of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch

23. Elizabeth of Sweden

1. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

24. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

12. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

25. Sabine of Württemberg

6. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege

26. John II (VII), Count of Nassau-Siegen

13. Juliana of Nassau-Siegen

27. Magdalena of Waldeck-Wildungen

3. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege

28. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

14. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

29. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

7. Eleonora Catherine of Pfalz-Zweibrucken

30. Charles IX of Sweden

15. Catharina of Sweden

31. Anna Marie of Palatinate-Kleeburg

[edit] Family

Ferdinand Albert married Antoinette Amalie, daughter of his cousin Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1712. They had the following children who reached adulthood:

1. Charles (1713-1780), married Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia

2. Anthony Ulrich (1714-1774), married Princess Elizabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (later Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia)

3. Elizabeth Christine (1715-1797), married King Frederick II of Prussia

4. Louis Ernest (1718-1788)

5. Ferdinand (1721-1792)

6. Louise Amalie (1722-1780), married Prince Augustus William of Prussia

7. Sophie Antonia (1724-1802), married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

8. Albert (1725-1745), died childless

9. Teresa Natalia (1728-1778), Abbess of Gandersheim

10. Juliana Mary (1729-1796), married King Frederick V of Denmark

11. Frederick Francis (1732-1758), died childless

Note: list may be incomplete.