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Anthony Ulrich (German: Anton Ulrich; 4 October 1633 – 27 March 1714), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his elder brother Rudolph Augustus, and solely from 1704 until his death. He was one of the main proponents of enlightened ...
Ferdinand Albert, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He was prince of Wolfenbüttel during 1735. Ferdinand Albert was the fourth son of Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Christine of Hesse-Eschwege. Ferdinand Albert fought on the side of Emperor Leopold I in...
Según Bornstedt, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel fue por lo tanto el primer principado en el Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico en acabar con el feudalismo. El receso prescribía que todas las arbitrariedades ( Willkür) en los gravámenes a los administradores, o Meier, de señoríos feudales, particularmente a la muerte de los agricultores, fueran ...
Antoine-Ulrich est le deuxième fils du duc Auguste II de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel et de Dorothée d'Anhalt-Zerbst. Son frère aîné Rodolphe-Auguste, guère intéressé par le gouvernement de son État, l'associe au pouvoir en 1685 . En 1692, l'empereur Léopold Ier élève à la dignité électorale le duc Ernest-Auguste de Brunswick ...
Ferdinand Albert I (German: Ferdinand Albrecht I.; 22 May 1636 – 23 April 1687), a member of the House of Welf, was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After a 1667 inheritance agreement in the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, he received the secundogeniture of Brunswick-Bevern, which he ruled until his death.
From a selection two women were deemed eligible: Maria Victoria of Savoy-Carignan (a niece of Prince Eugene of Savoy) and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1751). In the end political and genealogical considerations swung the choice in favour of the German princess from the ancient lineage of the Welfs (Guelphs).
At age 13 Elisabeth Christine became engaged to the future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, through negotiations between her ambitious grandfather, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Charles' sister-in-law, Empress Wilhelmine Amalia, whose father was John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and thus belonged to another branch of the House of Welf.
