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Christian The Younger, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (20 September 1599 – 16 June 1626), a member of the House of Welf, titular Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Diocesan administrator#Administrators of prince-bishoprics, administrator of the Bishopric of Halberstadt, Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt, was a German Protestant military leader during the early years of the Thirty Years' War, fighting against the forces of the Imperial House of Habsburg, Habsburg Spain, and the Catholic League (German), Catholic League. Life Christian was born in 1599 at the Gröningen Priory near Halberstadt (in today's Saxony-Anhalt), the third son of Duke Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564–1613) with his second wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Elizabeth (1573–1626), daughter of the late King Frederick II of Denmark. After his father's death, he was educated by his maternal uncle, King Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gröningen Priory
Gröningen Priory (german: Kloster Gröningen) was a Benedictine monastery, located west of Gröningen in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The abbey church is part of the Romanesque Road scenic route. History The monastery was founded upon the death of King Henry the Fowler in 936 by the Saxon count Siegfried of Merseburg, brother of Margrave Gero the Great, and his second wife Guthia (Jutta) at their residence on the Bode river. Its first monks were sent by Volkmar I, abbot of Corvey, of which Gröningen was a priory. It was vested with extended estates in the Saxon Harzgau, which later became part of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt. After the last Catholic provost retired from office in 1542, the priory was dissolved in the course of the Protestant Reformation. The monks took the relics with them back to Corvey, the Gröningen lands were leased, and large parts of the monastery complex were demolished. A building of particular interest is the preserved monastery chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
