Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Born	(1533-05-02)2 May 1533
Died	4 April 1596(1596-04-04) (aged 62)
Buried	St. Giles Church in Osterode am Harz
Noble family	House of Guelph
Spouse(s)	Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Father	Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Mother	Catherine of Mansfield

Duke Philip II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (born: 2 May 1533; died: 4 April 1596) was from 1595 to 1596 Prince of Grubenhagen. When he died in 1596, the Grubenhagen line of the House of Guelph died out.

Philip II was one of the many children of his father Philip I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife Katherine Mansfield (1501–1535). Philip II was the youngest of nine siblings, six of whom reached adulthood. After the Philip I's death in 1551, he was first succeeded in government by his eldest son Ernest III. After Ernest's death in 1567 Philip's son Wolfgang succeeded. When Wolfgang died in 1595 without male descendants, Philip II succeeded. When Philip died without a male heir, Grubenhagen fell to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Philip II was married to Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, (born: 16 November 1532; died: 23 November 1595). In 1595 he moved his residence from Katlenburg Castle to Herzberg Castle. When he died childless after a short reign in 1596, the Grubenhagen side-line of the House of Guelph died out and the Principality of Grubenhagen was annexed by Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The Lüneburg line of the Guelphs objected to the annexation and took the matter to the Reichskammergericht. The Lüneburg side won the case, and in 1617, Henry Julius's son Frederick Ulrich had to cede Grubenhagen to Duke Christian the Elder of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

His final resting place is next to his parents and brothers in the crypt of St. Giles Church in Osterode am Harz. His wife Clara died in 1595.

Ancestors

Family of Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

16. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 8. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 17. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 4. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 18. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen 9. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen 19. Margarethe of Jülich-Berg 2. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 20. Henry VII, Count of Waldeck 10. Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck 21. Margaret of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 5. Elisabeth of Waldeck 22. Michael I, Count of Wertheim 11. Barbara of Wertheim 23. Sophie of Henneberg 1.Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 24. Günther II of Mansfeld-Querfurt 12. Albert V, Count of Mansfeld-Vorderort 25. Anna of Honstein 6. Ernest II, Count of Mansfeld-Vorderort 26. Conrad VII of Bickenbach 13. Susanna of Bickenbach 27. Agnes of Nassau-Wiesbaden 3. Catherine of Mansfeld-Vorderort 28. Bruno V of Querfurt 14. Bruno VI of Querfurt 29. Anna of Gleichen 7. Barbara of Querfurt 30. Henry XIX of Stolberg 15. Brigitte of Stolberg 31. Margaret of Mansfeld

References

• Paul Zimmermann: Das Haus Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, Wolfenbüttel, 1911

External links

• Information about Philip II at www.welfen.de