Brunswick Cathedral – The final resting place of an exiled Queen
Brunswick Cathedral was established by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, as a collegiate church between 1173 and 1195. He and his wife, Matilda of England, were both buried in the church while it was still unfinished.
Their tomb was made between 1230 and 1240, and the church was eventually consecrated in 1226. The Cathedral is now the final resting place of many more royal women, such as Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of King George IV of the United Kingdom. The crypt underneath the cathedral can be visited, though I was quite lucky to be allowed through the gates for a closer look.
Tomb of Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen and her husband Louis Rudolph I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Click to view slideshow.Epitaph of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and his wife Mathilda of England
Click to view slideshow.Marker for Beatrix of Swabia and her husband Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Photo by Moniek BloksEntrance to the crypt
Photo by Moniek BloksThe first two tombs belong to Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern and his wife, Christine of Hesse-Eschwege.
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife, Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern and his wife, Christine of Hesse-Eschwege
Photo by Moniek BloksTomb of Ferdinand Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Photo by Moniek BloksTomb of Frederick George of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Photo by Moniek BloksTomb of Henry Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Photo by Moniek BloksTomb of August Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of William, Duke of Brunswick and his aunt Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of the United Kingdom
Photo by Moniek BloksCaroline of Brunswick was unhappily married to the future King George IV of the United Kingdom and was the mother of Princess Charlotte of Wales. After being famously turned away from her husband’s coronation, Caroline died a mere three weeks later, and her body was returned to Brunswick.
Tomb of Albert of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Eleonore Charlotte Kettler (daughter of Frederick Casimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia) and her husband Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Photo by Moniek BloksShared tomb of Gertrude of Brunswick the elder, Margravine of Meissen (d.1077), her grandson Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen and his sister Gertrude of Brunswick the younger, Margravine of Meissen (d.1117)
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and his wife Mathilda of England
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The heart urn contains the heart of Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, wife of Charles I.
Photo by Moniek BloksTomb of one-year-old Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Photo by Moniek BloksTombs of brothers Ludwig Ernest of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Frederick Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Photo by Moniek BloksThe so-called Welfentumba
This contains the bones of those buried in the nave before 1707. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick, had his ancestors exhumed and buried together in this tomb. In this tomb is, among others, Beatrice of Swabia. Her original tomb is commemorated with a plaque, as you have seen above.
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