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A62356	Observations historical and genealogical in which the originals of the emperor, kings, electors, and other the sovereign princes of Europe, with a series of their births, matches, more remarkable actions, and deaths, as also the augmentations, decreasings, and pretences of each family, are drawn down to the year MDCXC / written in Latin by Anthony William Schowart ... ; and now made English, with some enlargements relating to England.; Observationes historico-genealogicae. English	Schowart, Anton Wilhelm.; C. B.	1693 (1693)	Wing S892; ESTC R12594	215,513	512

turns of Fortune in the Year 1568. His first Wife was Mary Daughter of Henry Duke of Wurtenburg deceased 1541. after whose Death he married Sophia Daughter of Sigismund King of Poland deceased 1575. By the first Venture he had Issue 1. Charles Victor born 1521. slain at the Battel of Sivershuse July 19. 1553. 2. Philip Magnus born 1522. and slain in the same Fight 3. Julius born 1528. of whom in the next Section 4. John all short liv'd 5. Henry all short liv'd 6. Joachim And all short liv'd 7. Andrew all short liv'd 8. Catharine married to John Marquess of Brandenburg An. 1537. deceased 1574. 9. Margaret given in Marriage to John Duke of Monsterberg 1561. deceased 1565. 10. Clara who quitting the Cloyster married Philip Duke of Brunswick Grubenhagen mentioned by us towards the latter end of the third Section and died 1595. And 11. Mary Lady Abbess of Gandersheim deceased 1595. § IX Julius succeeding his Father was of a different Opinion to him in matters of Religion and therefore abolished the Popish Superstition commanding the Julian Body of Divinity to be followed throughout his Dominions He likewise opened an University at Helmstadt Oct. 14. 1576. and departed this Life 1589. In 1560. he took to Wife Hedewig Daughter of Joachim the Second Elector of Brandenburg by whom he had Issue Male and Female as follow viz. 1. Sophia Hedewig born 1561. married to Ernest Lewis Duke of Pomerania 1577. deceased 1631. 2. Henry Julius born Oct. 15. 1564. of whom we shall soon speak again 3. Mary born 1566. she was married to Francis Duke of Sax-Lawenburg and died 1626. 4. Elizabeth born 1567. and married after the decease of her first Husband Adolph Count Schaumburg An. 1604. to Christopher Duke of Brunswick-Zell She died 1618. 5. Philip Sigismund Bishop of Ferden and Osnabrug born July 1. 1568. deceased 1623. 6. Margaret born 1571. and deceased in her Infancy 7. Joachim Charles Provost of Strasburg born Ap. 23. 1573. deceased Oct. 9. 1615. 8. Sabina Catharine born 1674. deceased 1590. 9. Dorothy Augusta Lady Abbess of Gandersheim born 1577. deceased 1611. 10. Julius Augustus Abbot of St. Michael in the City of Lunenburg born Feb. 4. 1578. deceased 1617. And 11. Hedewig born 1580. married to Otho the Sixteenth Duke of Brunswick-Zell deceased 1641. We now return to Henry Julius who succeeded his Father Julius in the Dutchy and upon the death of Philip of Grubenhagen pretended to the sole right of succeeding to him also but that being opposed by the other Relations of the said Philip and an unhappy Division like to arise among 'em thereupon it was agreed by all Parties to refer the matter to the decision of the Law and so Henry at last let his Claim fall He departed this Life at Prague An. 1613. In 1585. he took Dorothy Daughter of Augustus Elector of Saxony to his first Wife but she dying two Years after he in 1590. married Elizabeth Daughter of Frederick the Second King of Denmark By these he had Issue 1. Dorothy Hedewig born Feb. 4. 1587. married to Rudolph Prince of Anhalt 1605. deceased 1608. 2. Frederick Ulrick born Ap. 5. 1591. This Prince succeeded his Father and had much ado with the City of Brunswick but in the end brought it to such terms as forced it to submit and do him Homage An. 1616. He departed this Life 1634. and that without Issue by his Wife who was Anne Sophia Daughter of John Sigismund Elector of Brandenburg and so put an end to this Line 3. Sophia Hedewig the Wife of Ernest Casimire Prince of Nassau of the Line of Dillenburg born Feb. 20. 1592. deceased 1642. 4. Elizabeth born 1593. married first to Augustus An. 1612. and after his decease to John Philip Dukes of Saxony the One of the now Electoral the Other of the Ernestine Line She died 1650. 5. Hedewig born Feb. 19. 1595. married to Ulrick Duke of Pomerania 1619. deceased 1622. 6. Dorothy born June 8. 1596. married to Christian William Administrator of Magdeburg and Marquess of Brandenburg 1615. deceased 1649. 7. Christian the Second born Sept. 10. 1599. elected Bishop of Halberstadt 1616. deceased 1626. This Prince took part with Frederick the Fifth Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia but was put to Flight by the Imperialists in a Battel fought not far from Hochst Nevertheless he had afterwards better Success against the Spaniard whose Forces he defeated under their Leader Don Francisco Gonsalvo de Corduba 8. Rudolph born 1602. and designed for Bishop of Halberstadt but prevented by Death 1616. 9. Henry Charles born 1609. deceased at Helmstadi 1615. And 10. Anne Augusta born May 19. 1612. and married to George Lewis Prince of Nassau of the Line of Dillenburg Of the Line of Lunenburg or Zell § X. MAtter 's thus far cleared we now return to Bernhard mentioned by us above in the fifth Section Numb 2. who in the division of his Father's Inheritance 'twixt him and his Brother Henry had the Principality of Lunenburg assigned him for his Patrimony and died 1434. having had to Wife Margaret Daughter of Wenceslaus Elector of Saxony and by her Two Sons and a Daughter viz. 1. Otho the Twelfth surnamed Von der Heyde who succeeded him and married Elizabeth of Eberstein yet died without Issue 1445. 2. Frederick the Third surnamed The Religious of whom immediately And 3. Catharine married to Casimire Duke of Pomerland-stetin Frederick succeeded Otho his Brother and built the Franciscan Monastery at Zell whereunto he retired having given up the Government to his Sons by whose untimely Deaths he was once more forced from thence to return to the Administration of the Publick over which he afterwards presided Seven Years and died 1478. His Wife was Magdalen Daughter of Frederick the First Elector of Brandenburg and his Children by her as follow viz. 1. Bernhard the Second Administrator of the Arch Bishoprick of Hildesheim which Dignity he resigned after six Years enjoying it and had the Government of Lunenburg put into his hands by his Father upon his retiring from secular Affairs yet died before him and that without Issue notwithstanding he had married Maud Daughter of Otho Count Schaumberg 2. Otho the Thirteenth surnamed The Victorious a Valiant and Just Prince who succeeded his Brother but yet died before his Father An. 1471. leaving Anne of Nassau a Widow and by her an only Son named Henry the Ninth born 1468. of whom more in the next Section And 3. Margaret married to Henry the Third Duke of Meckleburg § XI Henry the Ninth who succeeded his Father in the Dutchy was brought up under the Tuition of his Mother and Grandfather and after he came to the Management of Affairs himself had many Wars He departed this Life at Paris An. 1532. having had to Wife Margaret Daughter of Ernestus the First Elector of Saxony and by her Issue as followeth namely 1. Elizabeth married to Charles Duke of Guelderland 1518. deceased 1572. 2. Otho the Fourteenth born Aug. 24. 1495. who

Palatine and Bavarian Lines This Prince departed this Life before his Father An. 1504. leaving Issue by Elizabeth Daughter of George Duke of Bavaria aforesaid 1. Otho Henry born 1502. in the beginning of his Life an unhappy Princes Of all his Mother's Inheritance he obtained only the Dutchy of Newburg In 1542. he made publick Profession of the Reformed Religion and succeeding in the Electorate at the decease of his Uncle Frederick the Second wholly extirpated the Romish Religion out of all the Palatinate He was also Founder of the Library a● Heidelburg and died without Issue 1559. And 2. Philip the Third born 1503. who is 1529. bravely defended Vienna against the dreadful Assaults of the Turkish Army being at that time Governour o● the City where he highly signalized his Courage He deceased a Batchellor 1548. 4. Frederick the Second surnamed The Wise as also The Pious born Dec. 9. 1483. This Prince spent his Youth in the Court of Philip of Austria and was afterwards made to Charles the Fifth He was likewise present at the Election of the said Charles as Proxy for his Brother Lewis the Elector and in 1519. sent to him to signifie his Promotion to the Imperial Throne After that he was often his Deputy and Vicar in his Absence In most of the Dyets he was one of the chief Counsellors and President of that held in 1528. He twice headed the Imperial Armies against the Turks and forced Solyman to raise his Siege from before Vienna In 1544. he succeeded his Brother in the Electoral Dignity In 1546. he made Profession of the Protestant Faith and began to introduce the same into his Dominions Nevertheless he admitted the Book Intituled Interim for fear he might too far incense the Emperor Charles the Fifth He departed this Life in the 73d Year of his Age An. 1556. having had to Wife Dorothy Daughter of Christian the Second King of Denmark but by her no Issue 5. George the First born Feb. 10. 1486. elected Bishop of Sponheim 1513. He began to build the Fortification and Castle of Udenheim since called Philipsburg and died 1529. 6. Henry Bishop of Worms born Feb. 15. 1587. deceased 1552. or 1554. 7. John Bishop of Ratisbonne born 1488 deceased 1538. 8. Wolfgang surnamed The Wise born Oct. 31. 1494. He liv'd at Newmark where he likewise died of Old Age Apr. 2. 1558. 9. Otho Henry born and dead the same Year viz. 1496. 10. Aemilia the Wife of George the First Duke of Stetin deceased 1524. 11. Helen married to Henry Duke of Meckleburg deceased 1513. 12. Elizabeth espoused by William Landtgrave of Hesse An. 1498. and after his decease by Philip Marquess of Baden she died 1522. And 13. Catharine who was Veiled a Nun. § VII Matters thus far cleared we now return to Stephen fifth Son to the Emperor Rupert of whom we made mention in the fourth Section Numb 5. This Prince had the County of Simmeren for his Patrimony and took to Wife the Lady Anne the only Daughter of Frederick Count Veldentz with whom he had that whole County as also great part of the County of Sponheim She likewise bore him Issue 1. Frederick born 1417. 2. Margaret deceased a Maid An. 1426. 3. Lewis of whom more below in the twelfth Section 4. Rupert the Seventh Bishop of Strasburg deceased Oct. 18. 1478. 5. John the Third Bishop of Munster afterwards Arch Bishop of Magdeburg deceased Nov. 13. 1475. 6. Stephen the Second Canon of Cologne deceased 1481. And 7. Another John Canon of Strasburg Of these Frederick the Eldest surnamed Der Hundes Xuecten obtained the County of Simmeren and upper part of the County of Sponheim by Virtue of his Father's Will and died 1486. leaving Issue by Margaret Daughter of Arnold Duke of Guelderland these Five following Princes 1. John the Sixth of whom more in the next Section 2. Rupert the Ninth Bishop of Ratisbonne deceased 1507. 3. Stephen the Third Provost of the Cathedral at Cologne 4. William Canon of Triers And 5. Frederick the Second Canon of Cologne § VIII John the Sixth succeeded his Father in the Palatinate of Simmeren and departed this Life in the Year 1509. having begot on his Wife Joan of Nassau John the Eighth and Frederick Provost of the Cathedral Church of Strasburg John the Elder of the Two succeeded his Father and was a very learned Prince upon which account he was made President of the Imperial Chamber at Spire by the Emperor Charles the Fifth He departed this Life An. 1557. having had Two Wives the first being Beatrix Daughter of Christopher Marquess of Baden the other Mary Jacobaea Daughter of James Earl of Ettingen By the first Lady he had Issue 1. Elizabeth married to George Count d' Epach 2. Sabina given in Marriage An. 1544. to Lamoral Count d' Egmont who was publickly Beheaded by the common Executioner at Bruxels An. 1568. by the command of the Duke d' Alva then Governour of the Netherlands 3. Frederick the Third born Feb. 14. 1515. of whom more in the next Section 4. George born Feb. 20. 1518. a Prince of great Courage who serv'd the Spaniard against the French He was of the Reform'd Religion and took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter to William Landtgrave of Hesse yet died without Issue May 19. 1569. 5. Richard who upon his Brother George's Decease without Issue became Possessed of the Principality of Simmeren He was a great Stickler for the Lutheran Confession which was the reason he was kept from the Manage of Affairs and Guardianship of his Nephew Frederick the Elector during his Minority who was brought up a Calvinist He likewise died as his Brother George did without Issue notwithstanding he was thrice Married An. 1598. 6. William deceased an Infant 7. Helen the Wife of Philip Count de Leining 8. Magdalen married to Philip Earl of Hanover 9. N Lady Abbess of Newburg born 1516. deceased 1562. 10. Jean Prioress of Poppart And 11. Ottilia all Veiled Nuns 12. Mary and all Veiled Nuns 13. Catharine all Veiled Nuns § IX Frederick the Third upon the Death of the Elector Otho Henry mention'd by us in the sixth Section Numb 3. without Issue succeeded him in the Electorate as next of Blood An. 1559. This Prince established the Reformed Religion in his Dominions upon which Account he suffered very much In 1560 he caused a Conference to be held at Heidelberg and Published the Heidelberg Catechism three Years after He was likewise a vigorous Promoter of the Hugonets Cause in France and sent assistance to the Dutch His first Marriage was with Mary Daughter of Casimire Marquess of Brandenburg deceased Oct. 21. 1567. After which he took to Wife the Lady Aemilia Daughter to Humbert Earl of Meurs and Nevenaer Henry Brederode's Widow who died 1602. as himself had done some Years before viz. 1576. His Children are said to be 1. Albert the Second born 1538. deceased 1553. 2. Lewis the Sixth born July 4. 1539. of whom more in the next Section 3.

to Wife Agnes Daughter of Barnim the Eighth Duke of Pomerania of whom Two Daughters surviv'd Magdalen born 145 and married to Eitelfrederick the Fourth of Hoben Zollern and Agnes to George the Younger of Anhalt 5. Elizabeth born 1402. she was married to Lewis Duke of Lignitz 1418. and died 1450. 6. Cecily married to William the Viciortous Duke of Brunswick 1423. deceased 1449. 7. Margaret married to Lewis the Crooked Duke of Bavaria An. 1438. deceased 1465 8. Magdalen affianced to Frederick the Pious Duke of Lunenburg An. 1430. deceased 1480. 9. Dorothy born Feb. 9. 1420. married to Henry the Gross Duke of Meckleburg deceased 1477. And 10. Sophia who died in her Infancy and is by some omitted § III. Thus came the Government into the hands of Albert the First who by reason of the many Battels he had been in was stiled the German Achilles He was of such Authority in the Empire as the Emperor would undertake nothing without him so that it became a common saying That Albert Governed the Empire by Frederick the Emperor He confirm'd the Act of mutual Succession with the Families of Saxony and Hesse and had a very sharp War with Lewis the Rich Elector of Bavaria as also afterwards with the City of Nuremberg He departed this Life An. 1486. during the Session of that Dyet wherein Maximilian the First was elected King of the Romans having some Ten Years before given up the Administration of Affairs to his Son John and seated himself in Franconia from whence as from an advanced Ground he might the better observe his Actions In 1446 he took to Wife Margaret Daughter of James Marquess of Baden who dying in 1457. He the next Year married Anne Daughter of Frederick the Second Elector of Saxony who died 1512. By these Ladies he had a numerous Issue whose Names were as follow viz. 1. Frederick deceased in their Infancy 2. Wolfgang deceased in their Infancy 3. Ursula born Sept. 24. 1450. married to Henry Duke of Munsterberg Feb. 10. 1467. deceased 1503. 4. Elizabeth born Nov. 29. 1451. married to Eberhard the Second Duke of Wurtenburg June 3. 1465. deceased Ap. 15. 1524. 5. Margaret Lady Abbess of St. Clare in the City Hoff born Ap. 18. 1453. deceased 1509. 6. John the Second born Aug. 2. 1455. of whom in the next Section 7. Frederick the Fourth born May 2. 1460. of whom below as Author of the Franconian Line 8. Aemilia born Oct. 1. 1461. and married after the decease of her first Husband Lewis Elector Palatine who died 1478. to Gaspar Palatine of Deux-Ponts she died 1481. 9. Anne deceased an Infant 1462. 10. Barbara born May 30. 1464. married in the 9th Year of her Age July 30. 1473. to Henry the last Duke of Glogaw and Crossen deceased a Widow 1510. 11. Albert born and dead the same Year viz. 1464. 12. Sibil born May 31. 1467. married to William Duke of Juliers and Mons ' July 8. 1480. deceased 1510. as others 1511. 13. Sigismund the First born Sept. 28. 1468. he serv'd the Emperor Maximilian the First in his Wars and came to an untimely death Feb. 26. 1495. 14. Albert born and dead the same Year viz. 1470. 15. Dorothy Lady Abbess of St. Clare in Bamberg born 1471. deceased 1529. 16. George born 1473. deceased in his Infancy 17. Elizabeth born 1474. married to Herman Count Henneberg deceased Ap. 25. 1507. 18. Magdalen born 1476. deceased an Infant And 19. Anastasia born 1478. married to William Count Henneberg of the Line of Sleusing 1500. deceased July 4. 1534. Of the Line Electoral § IV. MAtter 's thus far cleared return we now to John surnam'd Cicero who succeeded his Father in the Electorate and was very fortunate in reconciling Princes when at difference yet had Wars himself with John Duke of Sagan He departed this Life Jan. 9. 1499 having had to Wife Margaret Daughter of William Duke of Saxony and by her this following Issue 1. Wolfgang born and dead the same Year viz. 1480. 2. Joachim the First born Feb. 21. 1484 of whom more a little below 3. Elizabeth born and deceased 1486. 4. Anne born 1487. married to Frederick Duke of Holstein afterwards King of Denmark deceased 1521. 5. Ursela born 1488. given in Marriage to Henry the Fourth Duke of Meckleburg 1506. deceased 1511. And 6. Albert the Second Arch-Bishop and Elector of Mentz as also Arch-Bishop of Magdeburg born June 28. 1490. deceased 1545. Joachim the First succeeded his Father at the Age of Fifteen and was a Prince well read in several sorts of Learning He opened an University at Francfort upon the Oder Ap. 27. 1506. In 1509. the Hamburghers put themselves under his Protection In 1500. he caused Thirty Eight Jews and a Christian to be Executed The Christian for selling the Host The Jews for Sacrificing it His death bears date 1535. and his Wife was Elizabeth Daughter of John King of Denmark who suffered much for her Religion which was the Protestant and died a Widow 1555. His Issue by her were 1. Joachim the Second born Jan. 9. 1505. of whom in the next Section 2. Anne born 1507. married to Albert the Seventh Duke of Meckleburg 1524. deceased 1567. 3. Elizabeth born 1510. and married to Erick the Elder Duke of Brunswick and after his decease to Poppo Count de Henneberg She died 1558. 4. Margaret born 1511. and married to George Duke of Pomerania Jan. 8. 1530. after whose decease she was affianced to John the Fourth Prince of Anhalt An. 1533. And 5. John surnamed The Prudent born Aug. 3. 1513. who had the new Marck with the Dutchy of Crossen assigned him by his Father and was stiled the Eye and Counseller of the Empire He was very well skill'd in the Oeconomicks Always Loyal to the Emperor yet would not admit of the Interimistick Form in his Jurisdiction He built the Castle and Fortification of Custrin and at length ended his days An. 1571. leaving Issue by Catharine Daughter of Henry the Tenth Duke of Brunswick whom he Married An. 1537. only Two Daughters whose Names were 1. Elizabeth who was married to her Kinsman George Frederick of the Line of Franconia and died 1578. And 2. Catharine given in Marriage to another Kinsman namely Joachim Frederick the Elector She died 1602. § V. We now return to Joachim the Second who succeeded his Father and performed many notable Services for the Emperor more especially in repelling the Forces of the Turks He made publick profession of the Reformed Religion and began to settle the same in his Provinces causing in order thereunto the Ecclesiastick Ordination written by George Bucholtzer to be published An. 1545. In 1542. he was declared General of the Imperial Army against the Turks Moreover he raised the Fortifications at Spandaw and obtain'd of the Emperor Ferdinand the First the absolute and independant Soveraignty of the Dutchy of Crossen And of Sigismund Augustus King of Poland a grant of Succession to the Dutchy of Prussia provided his Kinsmen

of the Dutchy of Luxenburg as well as of the City of the same Name In 1686. the Principality of Swibuse together with the City of that Name was by an amicable Accommodation deliver'd up to the Elector of Brandenburg Last of all the French King breaking the Truce took Philipsburg on the Rhine from this Family Nov. 1. 1688. O. S. Of its Pretensions § XIX THe Pretensions of the House of Austria are 1. To the Dutchy of Burgundy which appertain'd of right to Maximilian I. as having married Mary Daughter and sole Heiress of Burgundy but the then King of France refus'd to invest him on pretence of the Salique Law 2. To Transylvania Moldavia Walachia and Bulgaria as Dependencies of the Kingdom of Hungary 3. To the Counties of Habsburg Baden and Kiburg 4. To the City of Schaffbuse 5. To the Kingdom of Portugal as having actually revolted from that of Spain 6. To the Dutchy of Luxenburg And lastly To the City and Castle of Philipsburg CHAP. II. Of the House of France § I. TO find out the Rise of the present House of France we are to look back as far as Hugh the Great Duke of France Burgundy and Aquitain Marquess of Orleans and Earl of Paris deceased 956. His eldest Son was Hugh Capet Duke of France Marquess of Orleans and Count of Paris who upon the death of Lewis the Slothful last King of France of the Race of Charlemaigne was by the unanimous Consent of the Peers of France inaugurated King of that Kingdom An. 987. And his Son Robert being in the same Year declared his Successor united the aforesaid Provinces to the Crown His Queen was Aloisia Daughter of William Duke of Aquitain by whom he had Issue Robert aforesaid from his great Piety surnamed The Saint who succeeded in the Throne of France upon the death of his Father in the Year 998. He was also Heir to the Dutchy of Burgundy upon his Uncle Henry's decease and departed this Life himself in 1031. having had two Queens viz. Bertha Daughter of Conrade King of Burgundy and Constance Daughter of William Count of Arles and Provence And by then two Sons namely 1. Henry of whom more in the next Section And 2. Robert Propagator of the Line of Burgundy the which became extinct in Philip Duke of Burgundy An. 1361. And whereas it had spread it self into two lesser Branches viz. that of Montaigue and that of Vienne or Dauphiné yet the first fail'd in Claudius de Montaigue An. 1468. the other in Humbert II. 1358. who seeing himself destitute of Issue made over Dauphiné to Philip of Valois King of France for 40000 Florins and on condition That for the future the eldest Son of France should be styled The Dauphin § II. Return we now to Henry I. Crown'd King of France 1031. The beginning of whose Reign was made uneasie by his Mother for she being desirous to advance his Brother Robert to the Throne stirred up many of the Nobility against him But the Business being decided by a Battel the Victory fell to the juster side His Death bears date 1060. And his Issue by Agnes Daughter of Basilius King of Russia were 1. Philip I. And 2. Hugh Count de Vermandois de Valois de Chaumont and d'Amiens whose Posterity fail'd in Rudolph II. Count de Vermandois c. An. 1158. Philip succeeded his Father at the age of nine Years and was Crown'd King of France An. 1060. His first Queen was Bertha Daughter of Florence I. Earl of Holland whom he divorc'd in 1093. and married Bertrada Daughter to Simon Earl of Montfort By the first be had 1. Lewis VI. but first of this Line surnam'd The Gross born 1081. 2. Henry deceased an Infant 3. Constance married to Hugh Earl of Champaigne and after his decease to Boemund Prince of Antioch By the second 1. Philip Count de Mans who married Elizabeth Daughter of Guy the second Baron of Mont le Herry but died without Issue 2. Florus Father of Elizabeth of Nantes 3. Caecilia married first to Tancred Prince of Antioch and after his decease to Pontius of Tholouse Count of Tripoli in Syria And 4. Eustachia espoused to John Count d'Estampes Of these Lewis succeeded his Father at his decease and was Crown'd King of France in the Year 1108. His Queen's Name was Adelain Daughter of Humbert II. Duke of Savoy who bore him this following Issue 1. Philip deceased sixteen Years old 2. Lewis VII born 1119. of whom in the next Section 3. Henry Archbishop of Reims 4. Robert III. Count de Dreux whose Posterity became extinct in John An. 1590. 5 Philip Archdeacon of Paris deceased 1164. 6 Peter Baron or Lord of Courtnay whose Posterity fail'd in Stephen de Raviers An. 1383. 7. Hugh deceased in his Infancy And 8. Constance married to Raymund Earl of Tholouse § III. Lewis VII surnam'd The Younger was born in 1119. and Crown'd King of France 1131. His first Queen was Eleanor Daughter and Heiress of William Duke of Aquitain whom he divorc'd in 1152. After which she was married to Henry Duke of Normandy who coming afterwards to be King of England did grievously annoy the French King His second was Constance Daughter to Alphonso VIII King of Castile who died in 1159. And his third Alice Daughter of Theobald Earl of Chambagne whom he married in 1161. She died 1205. By the first he had Issue 1. Mary married to Henry Count de Champagne She died 1179. And 2. Alice married to Theobald Earl of Chartres and Blois By the second only a Daughter named Margaret married to Henry eldest Son of Henry II. King of England and after his decease to Bela III. King of Hungary whom she likewise out-liv'd and went in Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the City of Acres An. 1198. By by the third 1. Philip II. surnamed Augustus born Aug. 22. 1166. 2. Alice married to William Count de Ponthieu And 3. Agnes given in marriage to Comenius Alexius Emperour of Constantinople 1180. and after his death to Theodore Branas Lord of Adrianople Philip II.'s Inauguration to the Crown of France was Nov. 1. 1179. This Prince very much enlarged both the Power and Patrimony of the Crown of France for having overcome John sans Terre or Lack-land King of England he brought Normandy Bretagne Anjon Touraine Poictiers Clermont and part of Aquitain under his Jurisdiction His first Queen was Isabella Daughter of Baldwin IV. Earl of Haynault after whose decease he married Ingeburg Daughter of Waldemar King of Denmark but being afterwards divorc'd from her proceeded to a third Choice which was the Lady Agnes Daughter of Berthold Duke of By the first he had Issue only Lewis VIII born 1187. of whom in the next Section But by the third 1. Philip Earl of Bologne Clermont c. who by Maud Daughter of Reginald Earl of Dammarlin had Issue a Daughter named Joan and married to Scaevola de Châtillon 2. Mary after the decease of her first Husband Philip of Haynault Earl of

had his Seat at Harburg where he had Issue by the Lady Metta de Rampen Otho the Fifteenth born Sept. 25. 1528. which Otho had Two Wives namely Margaret of Swartzburg and Hedewig Daughter of Emico Earl of East-Friesland and by them a numerous Off-spring whose Names were 1. Elizabeth born 1553. and married to Erick de Brabe Earl of Wisenburg in Sweden 1582. 2. Otho Henry born 1555. deceased 1591. 3. John Frederick born 1557. deceased 1619. 4. William the Eighth who succeeded his Father in the District of Marburg but died without Issue An. 1642. 5. Enno born 1565. deceased in his Infancy 6. Anne Margaret Lady Abbess of Quedelinburg born 1567. deceased 1643. 7. Henry born and dead 1568. 8. Hedewig born 1569. deceased an Infant 1620. 9. Christopher the Second born Aug. 21. 1570. deceased July 7. 1606. having had to Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Julius Duke of Brunswick but by her no Issue 10. Otho the Sixteenth born March 20. 1572. deceased also without Issue 1641. notwithstanding he had married Hedewig another Daughter of the said Julius Duke of Brunswick 11. John the Seventh born 1573. deceased 1625. 12. Elizabeth born 1574. deceased in her Infancy 13. Catharine Sophia born 1577. and married to Herman Count Schaumberg 1619. 14. Frederick the Sixth born Dec. 6. 1578. who served Charles King of Sweden in his Liffland Wars and died Sept. 17. 1605. And 15. Frederick Augustus born and dead the same Year viz. 1580. 3. Erneste the Seventh Preserver of the Family born June 26. 1497. of whom in the next Section 4. Apollonia born 1499. deceased 1571. whose Epitaph is still to be seen in the Cathedral Church at Ultzen 5. Anne born 1502. married to Bernim Duke of Pomerania 1523. deceased 1568. And 6. Francis the First born Nov. 23. 1508. who kept his Court in Giffhorn-Castle where he likewise died An. 1540. having had to Wife Clara Daughter of Magnus Duke of Sax-Lawenburg and by her Two Daughters that out-liv'd her namely 1. Catharine born 1534. married to Henry of Ruthen Burgrave of Meissen deceased 1565. And 2. Clara to Bernhard of Anhalt and after his decease in 1572. to Bugislaus Duke of Pomerania She died 1578. The above-named Henry is likewise said to have had Two other Sons and a Daughter but being their Names are no where to be found 't is not to be doubted but that they died Infants § XII We are now come to speak of Erneste the Seventh which Prince settled the Reformed formed Religion in his Provinces and subscribed the Augustane Confession Moreover he defeated the Tumultuous Boors with their Adherents As also the Anabaptists by the Assistance of the Bishop of Munster and departed this Life in the Year 1546. and 49th of his Age. He had to Wife Sophia Daughter of Henry surnamed The Peace-Maker Duke of Meckleburg whom he married An. 1520. and by her a numerous Issue whose Names were as follow viz. 1. Francis Otho born June 20. 1530. deceased Ap. 25. 1559. just after his Marriage with Elizabeth Magdalen Daughter of Joachim the Second Elector of Brandenburg 2. Frederick the Fifth born 1532. and Slain at the Battle of Sivershuse July 9. 1553. 3. Henry the Eleventh born June 4. 1533. who designing to live a Batchellor was content with the Counties of Danneberg and Wittenburg and resigned the Principality of Lunenburg to his younger Brother William yet afterwards altering his Mind married Ursula Daughter of Francis Duke of Sax-Lawenburg An. 1569. and died Jan. 17. leaving Issue by her as followeth viz. 1. Julius Ernestus born March 11. 1571. who succeeded him in his Possessions and took to Wife Mary Daughter of Emico Earl of East-Friesland after whose death An. 1616. he married Sibil Daughter of William Duke of Brunswick-Hanouer who survived him and liv'd till 1652. whereas himself died 1636. leaving Issue only a Daughter and that by his first Wife namely Mary Catharine born 1616. married to Adolph Frederick Duke of Meckleburg Swerin 1635. deceased 1665. 2. Francis the Third Canon of Strasburg and Cologne born June 6. 1572. and lost in the River not far from Strasburg 3. Sibil Elizabeth born 1576. and married in 1601. to Anthony Count Oldenburg 4. Sidonia born 1577. deceased a Maid 1645. 5. Augustus of whom more in the next Section as Author of the new Line of Brunswick 4. Margaret born June 10. 1534. and married to John Count Mansfeldt 5. William the Seventh born July 4. 1535. of whom more in the fourteenth Section as Propagator of the Line of Lunenburg 6. Ursula born 1536. deceased 1538. 7. Catharine born 1537. deceased in her Infancy 8. Elizabeth Ursula born 1539. married to Otho Count Schaumburg 1558. deceased 1586. 9. Magdalen born 1540. married to Arnold Count Benthem 1561. deceased 1586. And 10. Sophia born 1541. given in marriage to Poppo Count Henneberg 1562. Of the New Line of Brunswick or Wolfembuttel § XIII WE now return to Augustus the Second born Ap. 10. 1579. who at first kept his Court at Hitzgar but upon the decease of Frederick Ulrick in 1634. the last of the Old Line of Brunswick and his own Brother Julius Ernestus dying likewise soon after he succeeded 'em both in their Dominions yet so as that the Principality of Calenberg and Barony of Gottingen were to return to the Line of Zell He was a Just Religious Merciful Prince well read in all sorts of Learning He was elected Head of the Fruitful Society The whole course of his Government was exceeding happy to the very day of his Death which was Sept. 17. 1666. and the Eighty Eighth of his Age. His first Wife was Clara Maria Daughter of Bugislaus Duke of Pomerland stetin Sigismund Augustus Duke of Meckleburg's Widow deceased 1623. His second Dorothy of Rudolph Prince of Anhalt Servestan who died Sept. 26. 1634. And his third Sophia Elizabeth Daughter of John Albert Duke of Meckleburg-Gustrow married to him in 1635. whom he left a Widow By the second and third Ladies he had a fair Issue whose Names were and are as follow viz. 1. Henry Augustus born Ap. 28. 1625. deceased Sept. 30. 1627. 2. Rudolph Augustus born May 16. 1628. who succeeded his Father and by the Assistance of the other Princes of his Family subdued the City Brunswick which for some Ages had withdrawn its Allegiance from its lawful Prince where he caused a House of Correction to be built and restored the great Fair call'd Die Messe In 1650. he married the Lady Christina Elizabeth Daughter of Adolph Frederick the last Count de Barbien deceased 1681. having born him Issue as followeth viz. 1. Dorothy Sophia born Jan. 28. 1653. and married to John Adolph Duke of Holstein-Plonen 1673. 2. Christina Sophia born Ap. 3. 1654. and affianced to her Cousin-Germain Prince Augustus William 1681. And 3. Eleanor Sophia born 1655. deceased the Year following 3. Sibilla Ursula born 1629. married to Christian Duke of Holstein-Glucksburg deceased 1671. 4. Anonyma deceased as soon as born 1631. 5. Clara Augusta born

Fridenwalde-Castle An. 1480. In 1492. William added the Lordship of Epstein to his other Possessions In 1557. ●his Family after several Disputes about the matter became possessed of the whole County of Catzen Elnbogen In 1504. the Seigni●ory of Bickenbach fell to it the Ancient Barons thereof becoming at that time extinct In 1571. the Lordship of Plesse was annex'd to it and part of the County of Hoye as was also the Barony of Franckenstein some Two Years after In 1600. Lewis of Darmstadt bought Kelsterbach on the River Last of all by the Peace of Osenburg An. 1648. the Jurisdiction of Hirschfeld-Abby but with the Title of a Principality was yielded up to the Landtgrave as was also good part of the County of Schaumburg Of its Decrease and Pretensions § XI THe Encroachments suffered by th● Family and Pretensions which may thence arise are so very inconsiderable that they are scarce worth taking notice of unless we shall here alledge the great Ravages and Devastations made in the Principality 〈◊〉 Darmstadt by the French And it has been already observed how this Family has entre into Articles of Agreement to a mutual Succession with the Family of Saxony and Brandenburg CHAP. XII Of the Family of Meckleburg § I. THat this Family is descended from the Ancient Kings of the Herah and Ob●tr●ti is the Opinion of almost all Writers yet are they often wanting in the Line of Succession This is certain That Pr●●●lans the Second was reduced to such Extremities by Henry the Lyon Duke of Saxony that he was forc'd with all Submission to demand a Peace of him which indeed he did obtain together with a considerable Tract of Land betwixt the Elbe and Baltick Shore but ●et to content himself for the future with the Stile of Duke In which Stile he made publick Profession of the Christian Faith and was Baptized at Lunenburg by the Abbot of St. Michael with great Solemnity He was alterwards Slain by a Tragical accident in a Tournament at Lunenburg An. 1215. His first Wise was Maud Daughter of Bolestans Crispns Duke of Poland and his second Voisboda Daughter of Burewin King of Norway by which last he had Issue 1. Henry Burewin deceased 1218. having had to Wife the Lady Maud Daughter of Henry the Lyon Duke of Saxony and by her Two Sons namely 1. Nichol●t miserably buried in the Ruins of an old House And 2. Henry Founder of the Cathedral at Gustrow deceased 1228. whose Dutchess was the Princess Sophia Daughter of Charles the First King of Sweden by whom he had Four Sons whose Names were as follow viz. 1. John the Divine of whom in the next Section 2. Pribislaus the Third Lord in Parchim the only Person of all his Family who continued a Pagan He begat Pribislaus the Fourth who died Childless 3. Burewin the Third whose Patrimony was the City Rostock where he Founded the Monastry of St. John and had Issue by Margaret of Denmark Three Sons 1. Henry both which died without Issue And 2. Erick both which died without Issue And 3. Woldemar deceased 1287. leaving one Son Nicholot the Sixth surnamed the Boy of Rostock who likewise had no Issue 4. Nicholot the Fifth deceased 1277. leaving Issue besides Bernhard and Henry the Fourth a Third Son named John the Second who died 1316 and was Father of Nicholot the Seventh which Nicholot was succeeded in the District of Rostock by his Son John the Third who by Maud Daughter of Barnim the Second Duke of Pomerania had Issue 1. John the Fourth And 2. Nicholot the Eighth who had no Male Issue but John begot 1. Nicholot the Ninth And 2. Bernhard Nicholot the Ninth was Father of Laurence who departed this Life 1393. leaving Issue by Maud Daughter of Nicholot the Eighth a Son named Balthasar deceased 1400. or as others 1401. As for Benhard he begat John the Fifth who was Father of Three Sons namely 1. Christopher deceased without Issue 2. Nicholot the Tenth a Prince highly esteemed for his Piety and Prudence in the Government of his Family who died An. 1406. And 3. William who departed this Life 1430. leaving only a Daughter named Katharine and married to the last Prince of Stargart § II. We now return to John the Divine who Studied 20 Years at the University of Paris where he commenced Doctor of Divinity He departed this Life 1260. leaving by his Wise Luitgarde Daughter of Pepp● Count de Henneberg besides other Issue a Son named Henry the Fourth and surnamed of Jerusalem for his good Services in the Holy War in which he was taken Prisoner by the Saracens and not set at liberty till above Twenty six Years after He died An. 1302. having begot Henry the Lyon or Seventh on his Wife the Princess Anastasia Daughter of Barnim Duke of Pomerania-Stetin This Leo or the Lyon who died 1329. his Eldest Son's Name was Albert the First Matriculated and declared Prince of the Empire by the Emperor Charles the Fourth He departed this Life 1380. having married Euphemia Daughter of Magnus King of Sweden by whom he had Two Sons viz. 1. Albert the Second who was elected King of Sweden but being overcome and made Prisoner by Margaret Queen of Denmark An. 1388. was kept so by her for seven Years and then set at liberty which yet he enjoyed not long for he died the Year following viz. 1396. His Two Wives were first F●chsa Daughter of Otho the last Earl of Swerin And secondly Helena Daughter of Magnus Torquatus Duke of Brunswick by which last he had Issue Two Sons 1. Erick the First And but both died without Issue 2. Albert the but both died without Issue 2 Magnus the First who died at Aix la Chapelle An. 1384. and was succeeded in his Dutchy by his Son John the Third who Founded the Unviersity at Rostock in 1415. and had the same opened and confirmed four Years after He departed this Life An. 1423. leaving the Government of his Provinces to his Son Henry the Fourth § III. This Henry the Fourth surnamed The Gross died 1477. having had to Wife Dorothy Daughter of Frederick the First Elector of Brandenburg and by her this following Issue viz. 1. Anne deceased a Maid 1464. 2. Elizabeth Lady Abbess of Reibnitz 3. Albert the Sixth deceased without Issue 1491. 4. John the Sixth who died of the Plague 1475. 5. Balthasar deceased also without Issue March 7. 1507. 6. Magnus the Second in whose Issue this Family was preserved who Founded the Cathedral and died Nov. 22. 1503. having had to Wife the Lady Sophia Daughter of Erick the Second Duke of Pomerania deceased 1504. Which Match gave Birth to 1. Henry the Fifth surnamed Pacificus or The Peace-Maker who brought the true Doctrine of Christ into his Dominions according to the Lutheran Profession But whereas his Two Sons Magnus the Third and Philip died both without Issue the Government fell to his Brother Albert's Eldest Son as we shall show immediately 2. Erick the Second deceased 1508. 3.