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Thaler of Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, (28 August 1574 – 10 December 1648) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1636 to 1648.

Frederick was born on 28 August 1574, the tenth child of William the Younger (Brunswick-Lüneburg) (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark to the New House of Lüneburg.

He became bishop's adjutor in the Bishopric of Ratzeburg and was elected propst (provost) of the Archdiocese of Bremen.

Ancestors

Sources

  • Siebern, Heinrich: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover. III. Regierungsbezirk Lüneburg, Heft 5, Stadt Celle. Hanover, 1937.
Frederick of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Lunenburg (/Celle) line
Cadet branch of the House of Este
Born: 28 August 1574 in Celle Died: 10 December 1648 in Celle
German nobility
Preceded byas Prince of Lunenburg Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince of Lüneburg
as Frederick IV

1636–1648
Succeeded byas Prince of Lunenburg
Preceded byas Lord of Harburg


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