Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg

Henry
Henry
	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince of Lüneburg
Reign	1559–1569
Born	4 June 1533
Died	19 January 1598
Noble family	House of Welf
Spouse(s)	Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
	Issue Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg; Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Father	Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Henry III (1533 – 19 January 1598), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until 1569, jointly with his brother William the Younger. From 1569, he ruled over the Lordship of Dannenberg until his death.

He was the second surviving son of Duke Ernest I of Brunswick-Lüneburg and assumed the rule in the Principality of Lüneburg upon the early death of his elder brother Francis Otto in 1559. He and his younger brother William fell out with each other in 1569, when Henry married the Ascanian princess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (1545–1620), daughter of Duke Francis I, and demanded the partition of the Lüneburg lands.

He eventually waived his claims to the Lüneburg principality and received Dannenberg as a paréage as well as an annual payment in compensation. He also ensured that his descendants were entitled to inherit the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel estates upon the extinction of the line; therefore, his youngest son Augustus could assume the rule in Wolfenbüttel in 1635.

Henry died in Dannenberg.

Marriage and children who reached adulthood

In 1569 Henry married Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (*1545 – 22 October 1620*, Schernebeck), daughter of Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg. They had the following children:

Julius Ernest (1571–1636)
Francis (1572–1601) Provost of Strasbourg
Anne Sophie (1573–1574)
Heinrich (1574–1575)
Sybil Elizabeth (1576–1630), married Anthony II, Count of Delmenhorst
Sidonia (1577–1645)
Augustus (1579–1666)

German nobility
Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg House of Welf Born: 4 June 1533 Died: 19 January 1598
Preceded by Francis Otto	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Lüneburg 1559–1569	Succeeded by William the Younger

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