The Marienkirche or Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, houses the remains of several members of the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel family. They were Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Photo by Moniek Bloks
Photo by Moniek Bloks
The church was commissioned by Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1608 to replace a church that was built there in 1533. The 11 burials that took place during this time remain buried in the church, but these graves are not visible anymore.
These are:
Sophia Jagiellon 1522-1575
Photo by Moniek Bloks
Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1489-1568Charles Victor of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1525-1553Philip of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1527-1553Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ? – 1580Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1528-1589Hedwig of Brandenburg 1540-1602
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Sabine Catharine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1574-1590Henry Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1597-1606Sabine Catharine of Saxe-Lauenburg 1591-1591Dorothea of Saxony 1563-1587
The new crypt that was built is open to the public. This crypt contains the following remains:
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1564-1613Henry Charles of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1609-1615Julius Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1578-1617Dorothea Augusta of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1577-1625
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Christian the Younger of Brunswick 1599-1626Elizabeth of Denmark 1573-1626
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Frederick of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1594-1626Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1591-1634Christian Franz of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1639-1639Eleonora Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1655-1656Leopold August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1661-1662Augustus Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1663-1664Augustus Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1664-1664Christina Margaret of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1615-1666Augustus Franz of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1665-1666Augustus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1579-1666Amalia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1668-1668Sibylla Rosola of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1672-1673Sophie Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1613-1676
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Augustus Frederick of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1657-1676Charlotte Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1692-1692Christina Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1654-1695Elisabeth Juliane of Holstein-Norburg 1634-1704
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Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick 1633-1714Sophie Amalia of Holstein-Gottorp 1670-1710Ernst Leopold of Holstein-Norburg 1685-1722Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1662-1731Anna Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1659-1742Elisabeth Sophie Maria of Holstein-Norburg 1683-1767
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