Christopher, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg, also known as ''Christoph'' or ''Christoffel'' (21 August 1570 in
Harburg – 7 July 1606 in Harburg) was Duke of
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg.
Life
Christopher was a son of Duke
Otto II of Brunswick-Harburg (1528-1603) from his second marriage with Hedwig (1535-1616), daughter of Count
Enno II
Enno may refer to:
People Given name
* Enno I, Count of Ostfriesland (1460–1491)
* Enno II, Count of Ostfriesland (1505–1540)
*Enno III, Count of Ostfriesland (1563–1625)
* Enno Brandrøk (1538–1571), Norwegian noble- and highwayman (name ...
of East Frisia. His motto was ''Consilio et armis'' ("By counsel and weapons").
After his father's death, he took over the government of Harburg jointly with his brother
William Augustus. In January 1604, the town of Harburg paid
homage
Homage (Old English) or Hommage (French) may refer to:
History
*Homage (feudal) /ˈhɒmɪdʒ/, the medieval oath of allegiance
*Commendation ceremony, medieval homage ceremony Arts
*Homage (arts) /oʊˈmɑʒ/, an allusion or imitation by one arti ...
to the brothers.
On 28 October 1604 in Harburg, Christopher married
Elisabeth (1567-1618), the daughter of Duke
Julius
The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and widow of Count Adolf XI of Schaumburg. The marriage remained childless.
Christopher died two years later, in 1606, after a fall in Harburg Castle. As the eldest brother, John Frederick (1557-1619) had waived his right to govern, the youngest brother
Otto III
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu.
Otto III was crowned as King of ...
, took Christopher's position as co-ruler.
[Johann Heinrich Christian von Selchow: ''Grundriss einer pragmatischen Geschichte des Hauses Braunschweig-Lüneburg'', 1767, p. 295]
Ancestors
References
* August B. Michaelis and Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser in Teutschland'', Meyer, 1759, vol. 1, p. 120 ff
* ''Vaterländisches Archiv für hannoverisch-braunschweigische Geschichte'', Herold & Wahlstab, 1835, p. 400 ff
Online
Footnotes
Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1570 births
1606 deaths
Middle House of Lüneburg
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