Brunswick Cathedral - Other Burials

Other Burials

  • Henry the Lion (1129–1195)
    • Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), his wife
  • Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (1060–1090)
    • Gertrude of Brunswick (1060–1117), his sister
  • Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175/76-1218)
    • Empress Beatrice of Hohenstaufen (1198–1212), his wife
  • Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671–1735)
    • Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671–1747), his wife
  • Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1636–1687),
    • Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1680–1735), his son, Duke Louis Rudolph's son-in-law and successor
      • Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713–1780), his son
      • Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1718–1788), his brother, Captain-General of the Dutch Republic from 1750 to 1766
      • Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick (1721–1792), his brother, Prussian field marshal from 1758 to 1766
        • Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735–1806), Charles' I son, killed at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
          • Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), his son, the Black Duke, killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras
            • William, Duke of Brunswick (1806–1884), his son, last descendant of the House of Brunswick-Bevern

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