Peerage Record – 769

     Dorothea de Lorraine was born on 24 August 1545. She was the daughter of François I, Duc de Lorraine and Christine Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark. She married Erich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg, son of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, in 1575. She married Marcus von Ryes in 1598. She died after 1617.

     Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Kalenberg was the daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern. She married Georg Ernst Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen circa 1543. She died on 19 August 1566.

     Georg Ernst Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen was born on 27 May 1511. He married Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Kalenberg, daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, circa 1543. He died on 27 December 1583 at age 72.
     He gained the title of Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen.

     Anne Marie von Braunschweig-Kalenberg was born circa 1532. She was the daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern. She married Albrecht Herzog in Preußen, son of Friedrich V Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Zofia Jagiellon, Królewna Polska, in 1550. She died on 20 March 1568.

     Catherine von Braunschweig-Kalenberg was born on 4 June 1534. She was the daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern. She married Wilhelm von Rosenberg, Burggraf von Böhmen on 28 February 1557. She died on 10 May 1559 at age 24.

     Wilhelm von Rosenberg, Burggraf von Böhmen was born on 10 March 1535. He married Catherine von Braunschweig-Kalenberg, daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, on 28 February 1557. He died on 31 August 1592 at age 57.
     He gained the title of Burggraf von Böhmen.

     Anne von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg was born circa 1460. She was the daughter of Wilhelm II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg and Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. She married Wilhelm I Landgraf von Unter-Hessen, son of Ludwig II Landgraf von Hessen and Mathilda von Württemberg, on 17 February 1488 at Münden, Germany.¹ She died on 16 May 1520 at Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^G.

     Wilhelm I Landgraf von Unter-Hessen was born on 4 July 1466.² He was the son of Ludwig II Landgraf von Hessen and Mathilda von Württemberg.^1,2 He married Anne von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg, daughter of Wilhelm II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg and Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 17 February 1488 at Münden, Germany.³ He died on 8 February 1515 at age 48.²
     Wilhelm I Landgraf von Unter-Hessen also went by the nick-name of Wilhelm ‘the Elder’.¹ He succeeded as the Landgraf von Unter-Hessen in 1471.¹ He abdicated as Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493.¹

     Cecilie von Hohenzollern was born circa 1405. She was the daughter of Friedrich I Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elisabeth Prinzessin von Bayern-Landshut. She married Wilhelm I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, son of Heinrich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Sophie von Pommern, on 30 May 1423. She died on 4 January 1449.

     Friedrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg was born circa 1424. He was the son of Wilhelm I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Cecilie von Hohenzollern.¹ He married, firstly, Anne von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, daughter of Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen and Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Göttingen, on 1 February 1463. He married, secondly, Margaret von Rietberg, daughter of Conrad V Graf von Rietberg and Jacoba von Neuenah, on 16 November 1483. He died on 5 March 1495.
     Friedrich II Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg also went by the nick-name of Friedrich ‘the Turbulent’. He was a member of the House of Guelph.¹ He gained the title of Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel in 1482. He gained the title of Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg in 1483.¹ He was deposed as Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel in 1484.¹