Peerage Record – 760

     Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn was born on 23 November 1508. He was the son of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen.¹ He married Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg, daughter of Magnus I Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Katherine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 29 September 1547. He died on 23 November 1549 at age 41.
     He was a member of the House of Guelph.¹ He succeeded as the Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1536.¹ He was created Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn in 1539.¹

     Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg was born on 13 December 1518. She was the daughter of Magnus I Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Katherine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. She married Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn, son of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen, on 29 September 1547. She died on 21 March 1576 at age 57.

     Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn was born circa 1548. She was the daughter of Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn and Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg. She married Heinrich VI von Meißen, Burggraf von Meißen on 9 April 1564. She died on 10 December 1565.

     Heinrich VI von Meißen, Burggraf von Meißen was born on 29 December 1536. He married Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn, daughter of Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn and Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg, on 9 April 1564. He died on 25 January 1572 at age 35.
     He gained the title of Burggraf von Meißen.

     Clara Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 1 January 1550. She was the daughter of Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn and Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg. She married, firstly, Bernard VII Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau, son of Johann VII Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete Prinzessin von Brandenburg, on 28 May 1565. She married, secondly, Bogislaw XIII Herzog von Pommern-Barth, son of Philipp I Herzog von Pommern and Marie von Sachsen, on 8 September 1572. She died on 26 January 1598 at age 48.
     She gained the title of Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

     Bernard VII Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau was born on 17 March 1540. He was the son of Johann VII Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete Prinzessin von Brandenburg. He married Clara Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, daughter of Franz Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Gifhorn and Clara von Sachsen-Lauenburg, on 28 May 1565. He died on 1 March 1570 at age 29.
     He gained the title of Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau.

     Karel van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen was born on 10 November 1467 at Grave, The Netherlands.¹ He was the son of Adolf van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Catherine de Bourbon.¹ He married Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, daughter of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen, on 7 December 1518 at Celle, Germany.¹ He died on 30 June 1538 at age 70 at Arnhem, The Netherlands, without issue.¹

     Apollonia von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 8 March 1499. She was the daughter of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen. She died on 31 August 1571 at age 72.
     She was a member of the House of Guelph. She was the Abbess at Wienhausen, Germany^G.

     Anne von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 6 December 1502. She was the daughter of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen. She married Barnimus XI Herzog von Pommern on 2 February 1525. She died on 6 November 1568 at age 65.
     She was a member of the House of Guelph.

     Barnimus XI Herzog von Pommern was born on 2 December 1501. He married Anne von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, daughter of Heinrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Margaret von Sachsen, on 2 February 1525. He died on 2 November 1573 at age 71.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Pommern.