Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Ernest III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Herzberg (by a different counting: Ernest IV; 17 December 1518, Osterode am Harz – 2 April 1567, Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz), was a member of the noble family of Guelph and a duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.
Life
Ernest was the eldest son of Duke Philip I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1476–1551) and his second wife, Countess Catherine of Mansfeld-Vorderort (1501–1535), eldest daughter of Count Ernest II and his first wife Barbara of Querfurt. His paternal grandparents were Duke Albert II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Waldeck.
Together with his father and brothers, he took part in a military campaign in southern Germany in 1546, during the Schmalkaldic War, which ended unsuccessfully at Ingolstadt.
Marriage and issue
On 9 October 1547 in Wolgast, Duke Ernest III married Princess Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast (1518–1569), eldest daughter of Duke George I of Pomerania and his first wife, Princess Amalia of the Palatinate. From this marriage only one daughter reached adulthood:
- Elizabeth (born 14 April 1550 in Salzderhelden; died: 11 February 1586 in Østerholm on Als) 19
- married in August 1568 Duke John II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545-1622). That marriage produced 14 children:
- * Dorothea (1569-1593) married Duke Frederick IV of Legnica, Silesia
- * Christian (1570-1633), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærø
- * Ernest (1572-1596), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- * Alexander (1573-1627), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, married Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- * August (1574-1596), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- * Mary (1575-1640), abbess of Itzehoe
- * John Adolph (1576-1624), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg
- * Anna (1577-1610) married 1601 Duke Bogislaw XIII of Pomerania
- * Sophie (1579-1618) married 1607 Duke Philip II of Pomerania-Stettin
- * Elizabeth (1580-1653) married 1615 Duke Bogislaw XIV of Pomerania
- * Frederick (1581-1658), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg married firstly in 1627 princess Juliana of Saxe-Lauenburg and secondly in 1632 Eleanore Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- * Margaret (1583-1638) married 1603 Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen
- * Philip (1584-1663), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg married Princess Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg
- * Albert (1585-1613), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Noderburg
Becasuse Ernest had no sons, afterh his death, his duchy was inherited by his younger brother Wolfgang. When he, too, died without a male heir, the duchy was inherited by their youngest brother, Philip II. With Philip's death, the Brunswick-Grubenhagen line of the House of Guelph died out, and the duchy was merged back into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Ancestors
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16. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
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8. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
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17. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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4. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
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18. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen |
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9. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen |
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19. Margarethe of Jülich-Berg |
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2. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
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20. Henry VII, Count of Waldeck |
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10. Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck |
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21. Margaret of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
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5. Elisabeth of Waldeck |
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22. Michael I, Count of Wertheim |
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11. Barbara of Wertheim |
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23. Sophie of Henneberg |
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1.Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
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24. William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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12. Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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25. Elizabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
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6. Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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26. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania |
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13. Catherine of Pomerania |
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27. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp |
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3. Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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28. Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg |
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14. Henry, Count of Württemberg |
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29. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut |
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7. Maria of Württemberg |
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30. John IV, Count of Salm-Obersalm |
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15. Eva of Salm |
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31. Margaret of Sierck |
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References and sources
- Paul Zimmermann: Das Haus Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, Wolfenbüttel, 1911
- Georg Max: Geschichte des Fürstentums Grubenhagen, Hannover, 1862
- This page is a translation of its German equivalent.
Persondata |
Name |
Erenst III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Alternative names |
Ernst IV. von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen-Herzberg (German) |
Short description |
Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Date of birth |
17 December 1518 |
Place of birth |
Osterode am Harz |
Date of death |
2 April 1567 |
Place of death |
Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz |