Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Deceased Person
1497 – 1546
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Who was Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg?
Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. He was the Prince of Lüneburg and ruled the Lüneburg-Celle subdivision of the Welf family's Brunswick-Lüneburg duchy from 1520 until his death.
He was the son of Henry I, Duke of Lüneburg, and Margarete of Saxony, the daughter of Ernest, Elector of Saxony.
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- Born
- Jun 27, 1497
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- Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
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- Died
- Jan 11, 1546
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on July 23, 2013
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