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Christian Louis
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, engraving, about 1645
Born(1622-02-25)25 February 1622
Herzberg am Harz
Died15 March 1665(1665-03-15) (aged 43)
Celle
Noble familyHanover
Spouse(s)Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
FatherGeorge, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
MotherAnne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Christian Louis (Template:Lang-de; 25 February 1622 in Herzberg am Harz – 15 March 1665 in Celle) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648 he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, and, from 1648 until his death, the Principality of Lüneburg.

In 1641, Christian Louis inherited the Principality of Calenberg from his father, Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who had suddenly died. Like his father he resided at the Leineschloss in Hanover.

When in 1648 he also inherited the Principality of Lüneburg from his uncle, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, both subdivisions were ruled in personal union. However, Christian Louis gave Calenberg to his younger brother George William, and instead ruled the larger territory of Lüneburg at Celle Castle.

In 1642 Christian Louis became a member of the Fruitbearing Society. He married Sophia Dorothea, daughter of Duke Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on October 9, 1653.

He died childless in 1665 and was succeeded by his brother George William, who on this occasion gave the Calenberg territory to his younger brother John Frederick. Both territories finally merged after George William's death in 1705 to the Electorate of Hanover under John Frederick's nephew George I Louis, Prince of Calenberg. Christian Louis's widow remarried and became Electress of Brandenburg as the second wife of the The Great Elector.

Ancestry

Family of Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
16. Henry I of Lüneburg
8. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
17. Margaret of Saxony
4. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
18. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
9. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
19. Ursula of Brandenburg
2. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
20. Frederick I of Denmark
10. Christian III of Denmark
21. Anna of Brandenburg
5. Dorothea of Denmark
22. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
11. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1. Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
24. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
12. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
25. Christine of Saxony
6. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
26. Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe
13. Magdalene of Lippe
27. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg
3. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
28. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
14. John George, Elector of Brandenburg
29. Magdalena of Saxony
7. Magdalena von Brandenburg
30. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
15. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
31. Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen

See also

References

Christian Louis of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Calenberg line
Cadet branch of the House of Welf
Born: 25 February 1622 in Herzberg am Harz Died: 15 March 1655 in Celle
German nobility
Preceded by Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg,
Prince of Calenberg
1641–1648 		Succeeded byas Prince of Calenberg
Preceded by Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg,
Prince of Lüneburg
1648–1665 		Succeeded byas Prince of Lunenburg
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