Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Details

Instance of

human

Born

29 June 1528

Died

3 May 1589

Place of birth

Wolfenbüttel

Place of death

Wolfenbüttel

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Julius

Father

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Mother

Marie von Württemberg

Spouse

Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Child

Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Philip Sigismund of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Julius August of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Joachim Karl of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Dorothea Augusta of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margaret von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Sabine Catherine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Sibling

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Philip Magnus von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Field of work

nobility, politics, higher education institution, university, library, historical library

Occupation

Catholic priest, politician, patron of the arts

Position held

bishop-elect

Citizenship

Germany

Religion

Catholic Church

described by source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

educated at

Old University of Leuven

family

House of Welf

languages spoken, written or signed

German

name in native language

Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

noble title

duke

place of burial

Marienkirche

social classification

noble

topic's main category

Category:Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

work location

Wolfenbüttel

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