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Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg

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Noble family
  
House of Guelph


Name
  
Ferdinand I,

Spouse(s)
  
Christine of Hesse-Eschwege

Father
  
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg

Mother
  
Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg

Born
  
22 May 1636 Brunswick (
1636-05-22
)

Died
  
25 April 1687(1687-04-25) (aged 50) Bevern

Ferdinand Albert (German Ferdinand Albrecht; 22 May 1636, Brunswick – 23 April 1687, Bevern), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a relative of the princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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Life

Ferdinand Albert was the third son of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After the father's death in 1666, the three sons quarreled about the heritage, and Ferdinand Albert received a palace in Bevern, some feudal rights, and a certain amount of money in exchange for his claims to the government of Wolfenbüttel, which was to be ruled jointly by his elder brothers.

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Ferdinand Albert grew more and more eccentric, and at some point his brothers had to send a military force to restore order at his palace. He collected many works of art, which later became part of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum. He died in 1687; his son, Ferdinand Albert, inherited the Principality decades later.

Family

Ferdinand Albert married Christine (30 October 1648 - 18 March 1702), daughter of Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege, in 1667. They had the following children that reached adulthood:

  • Sophia Eleanora (1674–1711), died childless
  • Augustus Ferdinand (1677–1704), died childless
  • Ferdinand Albert II (1680–1735)
  • Ferdinand Christian (1682–1706), died childless
  • Ernest Ferdinand (1682–1746)
  • Henry Ferdinand (1684–1706), died childless
  • References

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