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William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1535 - 1592 (57 years)
1. William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 4 Jul 1535 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany (son of Ernest I the Confessor of Brunswick Luneburg and Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin); died on 20 Aug 1592 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. William married Ursula of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia von Saxe Lauenburg on 30 March 1569 in Artlenburg In Luneburg, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Ursula was born on 1 January 1545 in Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 22 October 1620 in Scharnebeck, Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Dorothea of Denmark (maid. name Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg) on 12 Oct 1561 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Dorothea was born on 29 June 1546 in Kolding, Vejle, Denmark; died on 6 January 1617 in Winsen, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 17 February 1582 in Celle; died on 12 April 1641 in Wolfenbuttel.
2. Ernest I the Confessor of Brunswick Luneburg was born on 26 June 1497 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 11 January 1546 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Ernest married Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1524 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Sophie was born on 12 Jun 1508 in Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 June 1541 in Celle, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 12 Jun 1508 in Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 June 1541 in Celle, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany. Children:
- 1. William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 4 Jul 1535 in Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 20 Aug 1592 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.