Noble family House of Guelph | Name Ernest Duke | |
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Spouse(s) Eleonore Charlotte of Courland Father Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Mother Christine of Hesse-Eschwege Born 4 March 1682
Osterholz ( 1682-03-04 ) Died 14 April 1746(1746-04-14) (aged 64)
Brunswick | ||
Ernest Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern (4 March 1682 in Osterholz – 14 April 1746 in Brunswick) was a titular Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg. He was Prince of Brunswick-Bevern and founder of the younger Brunswick-Bevern line.
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Life
He was born in 1682 as the fifth son of Duke Ferdinand Albert I of Brunswick-Bevern and his wife, Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Eschwege. On 1 May 1706, he became a colonel in the Prussian army. In December of that year he succeeded his twin brother, Ferdinand Christian (d. 1706) as provost of the chapters of St. Blaise and St. Cyriakus in Brunswick.
On 1 March 1735, his elder brother, Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Bevern inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Ferdinand Albert II then gave Brunswick-Bevern to Ernest Ferdinand as an apanage.
Ernest Ferdinand died in Brunswick in 1746. He was the founder of the younger Brunswick-Bevern line, which died out with the death of his son Frederick Charles Ferdinand in 1809
Marriage and issue
On 4 August 1714, he married Eleonore Charlotte of Courland (1686-1748), daughter of Frederick Casimir Kettler, with whom he had thirteen children: