Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg


Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Life

Mary was a daughter of the Duke Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from his marriage to Hedwig, daughter of the Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg.
She married on 10 November 1582 at Wolfenbüttel with Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg. She was his second wife. She was given Franzhagen Castle as her wittum; she created a Meierhof and a court church there.
Maria died in 1626 and was buried alongside her husband in the ducal family crypt in the Mary Magdalene Church in Lauenburg.

Issue

Maria and Francis had 14 children, of whom the following 12 reached adulthood: