Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Heinrich von Braunschweig. Heinrich (sønn av Heinrich I "der Ältere" von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg og Katharine von Pommern-Wolgast) ble født 10 Nov 1489 , Germany; døde 11 Jun 1568, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Katharine giftet seg med Johann I "der Weise" von Brandenburg-Küstrin, Markgraf 31 Des 1537. Johann (sønn av Joachim I Nestor von Brandenburg, Kurfürst og Elisabeth af Danmark og Norge, von Oldenburg, Kurfürstin zu Brandenburg) ble født 3 Aug 1513 , Tangermunde, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR); ble døpt cirka Aug 1513 , Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany; døde 13 Jan 1571, Küstrin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:occupation} Hertig i Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1568-89 och i Calenburg och Göttingen 1584

{geni:about_me} '''Links:'''
*[http://thepeerage.com/p11140.htm#i111398 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=2953 Geneall]
*[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Julius_(Herzog_von_Braunschweig-L%C3%BCneburg-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel)_ Wikisource Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie] In Deutsch
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel English] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_(Braunschweig-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel)_ Deutsch]
*'''Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel''' 1568X1589 '''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000003827363440 Henry V] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/311695983200008268 Henry Julius]
*'''Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of Calenberg''' 1584X1589 '''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000004333561557 Eric II] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/311695983200008268 Henry Julius]

Julius giftet seg med Hedwig von Hohenzollern, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 25 Feb 1560, Cöln and der Spree. Hedwig (datter av Joachim II Hector von Brandenburg, kurfürst og Hedwig - Jadwiga Jagiellonka) ble født 2 Mar 1540 , Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR); døde 21 Okt 1602, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Margarethe, giftet seg med Johann, Duke Of Munsterberg Ols 8 Sep 1561, Ols,Schlesien,Prussia. Johann, ble født 4 Nov 1509 , Ols,Schlesien,Prussia; døde 28 Feb 1565, Ols,Schlesien,Prussia. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Klare, giftet seg med Philipp II, Duke Of Brunswick Grubenhagen Osterode 1 Jul 1560, Wolfenbüttel,Braunschweig,Germany. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Georg Friedrich I "der ältere" von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Markgraf zu Brandenburg-Ansbach und Bran. Georg ble født 5 Apr 1539; døde 25 Apr 1603. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:about_me} Wikipedia: Deutsch: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_von_Brandenburg-K%C3%BCstrin

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Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrin (* 10. August 1549 in Küstrin; X 30. September 1602 in Cölln) war eine Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Küstrin und durch Heirat Kurfürstin von Brandenburg.

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* 1 Leben

* 2 Nachkommen

* 3 Literatur

* 4 Weblinks

* 5 Einzelnachweise

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Katharina war die jüngere der beiden Töchter des Markgrafen Johann von Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513X1571) aus dessen Ehe mit Katharina (1518X1574), Tochter des Herzogs Heinrich II. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Sie heiratete am 8. Januar 1570 in Küstrin den späteren Kurfürsten Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg (1546X1608). Die Ehe delegitimierte den Anspruch ihres Ehemanns auf das katholische Erzbistum Magdeburg, der sich dort nicht mehr durchsetzen konnte[1] und auch Papst Pius V. hatte die Absetzung des Brandenburgers wegen seiner Vermählung bei Kaiser Maximilian verlangt.[2]

Katharina machte sich um die Versorgung von Armen und Notleidenden verdient, legte im Wedding in Berlin eine Molkerei an, ließ deren Produkte am Berliner Molkenmarkt verkaufen und gründete aus dem Ertrag die Schlossapotheke, wo sie unentgeltlich Medikamente an Bedürftige abgab.[3]

Katharina wurde am 13. Oktober 1608 in der Hohenzollern-Gruft (heute im Berliner Dom, Nr. 6) beigesetzt.

Nachkommen [Bearbeiten]

Aus ihrer Ehe hatte Katharina die folgenden Kinder:

* Johann Sigismund (1572X1619), Kurfürst von Brandenburg

X 1594 Prinzessin Anna von Preußen (1576X1625)

* Anna Katharina (1575X1612)

X 1597 König Christian IV. von Dänemark und Norwegen (1577X1648)

* Tochter (*/X 1576)

* Johann Georg (1577X1624), Herzog von Jägerndorf

X 1610 Prinzessin Eva Christine von Württemberg (1590X1657)

* August Friedrich (1580X1601)

* Albrecht Friedrich (1582X1600)

* Joachim (1583X1600)

* Ernst (1583X1613)

* Barbara Sophie (1584X1636)

X 1609 Herzog Johann Friedrich von Württemberg (1582X1628)

* Tochter (*/X 1585/86)

* Christian Wilhelm (1587X1665), Erzbischof und Administrator von Magdeburg

X 1. 1615 Prinzessin Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1596X1643)

X 2. 1650 Gräfin Barbara Eusebia von Martinitz (X 1656)

X 3. 1657 Gräfin Maximiliane von Salm-Neuburg (1608X1663)

Literatur [Bearbeiten]

* Dieter Brozat: Der Berliner Dom und die Hohenzollerngruft. Haude und Spener, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-7759-0271-6.

* Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohenzollern, 2. Teil: Die letzten acht Kurfürstinnen, Berlin 1867, S. 68-106.

* Ludwig Hahn: Geschichte des preussischen Vaterlandes, W. Hertz, 1858, S. 132

* Adolf Müller: Preußens Ehrenspiegel, Gebauer, 1851, S. 65

Weblinks [Bearbeiten]

* Portrait Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrins bei GoogleBooks

* Druckschriften von und über Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrin im VD 17

Einzelnachweise [Bearbeiten]

1. X Cornelius Hantscher: Die preußische Frage X Personalunion Brandenburg-Preußen, GRIN Verlag, 2007, S. 14

2. X Historisch-Politische Blätter für das Katholische Deutschland, Band 35, 1855, S. 137 (Digitalisat)

3. X K. W. Kutschbach: Chronik der Stadt Küstrin, Enslin, 1849, S. 118

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Joachim Frederick's first marriage on 8 January 1570 was to Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, daughter of John I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Children of Joachim Frederick and Catherine, Princess of Brandenburg-Küstrin:

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (8 November 1572 X 23 December 1619)

Anne Catherine (26 June 1575 X 29 March 1612), married King Christian IV of Denmark

Girl [1576]

John George, Duke of Jägerndorf (16 December 1577 X 2 March 1624) married Eva Christina of Württemberg (1590 - 1657), daughter of Friedrich I of Württemberg and Sibylla of Anhalt

Augustus (16 February 1580 X 23 April 1601)

Albert Frederick (29 April 1582 X 3 December 1600)

Joachim (13 April 1583 X 10 June 1600)

Ernest (13 April 1583 X 18 September 1613)

Barbara Sophie (16 November 1584 X 13 February 1636), married John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

Girl [1585/6]

Christian William, Margrave of Brandenburg (28 August 1587 X 1 January 1665)

Katharina giftet seg med Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg, Kurfürst zu Brandenburg, Herzog zu Preu 8 Jan 1570, Kostrzyn, Lubusz, Poland. Joachim (sønn av Johann Georg von Brandenburg, Kurfürst og Sophia(Zofia) von Liegnitz, Kurfürstin zu Brandenburg) ble født 27 Jan 1546 , Cölln an der Spree, Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR); døde 18 Jul 1608, Köpenick, Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR); ble begravet , Hohenzollerngruft, Berliner Dom,. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:occupation} Hertig i Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1589-1613

{geni:about_me} '''Links:'''
*[http://thepeerage.com/p11143.htm#i111430 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=14488 Geneall]
*[http://www.welfen.de/heinrich10.htm Die Welfen] In deutsch
*[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie] In Deutsch
*'''Wikipedia:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Julius,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel English] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Julius_(Braunschweig-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel)_ Deutsch]
*'''Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of Calenberg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel''' 1589X1613 '''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000003827363425 Julius] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/indexl/6000000006727757574 Friederik Ulrich]

TITEL: Hertug

Heiinrich giftet seg med Elisabeth Oldenburg, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg 19 Apr 1590, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Deutschland(HRR). Elisabeth (datter av Fredrik II af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg, Konge af Danmark og Norge og Sophie Mecklenburg, Dronning af Danmark og Norge) ble født 25 Aug 1573 , Koldinghus; døde 19 Jun 1625, Braunschweig, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Heiinrich giftet seg med Dorothea Wettin, Albertiner, Prinzessin 26 Sep 1585, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Deutschland(HRR). Dorothea (datter av Augustus I von Sachsen, Kurfürst og Anna Oldenburg, Kurfürstin zu Sachsen) ble født 4 Okt 1563 , Dresden,Dresden,Saxony; døde 13 Feb 1587, Wolfenbüttel,Braunschweig,Germany; ble begravet , Wolfenbüttel,Braunschweig,Germany. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:occupation} duc de Cleves, Elector of Brandenburg (1608 - 1620)

{geni:about_me} ==Links:==
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10292.htm#i102918 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=3464 Geneall]
*'''Elector of Brandenburg''' Reign 1608X1619
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000001480249149 Joachim III Frederick] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000001857968477 George William]
*'''Duke of Prussia''' vassal of Poland 1618X1619
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000006727757713 Albert Frederick] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000001857968477 George William]
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sigismund,_Elector_of_Brandenburg English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sigismund_(Brandenburg)_ Deutsch]

Johann giftet seg med Anna Hohenzollern, Kurfürstin und Markgräfin zu Brandenbu 30 Okt 1594, Prussia (2nd wife). Anna ble født 3 Jul 1576 , Königsberg, Ostpreussen, Deutschland(HRR); døde 30 Aug 1625 til cirka 1, ,,Prussia; ble begravet 3 Apr 1626, Königsberger Dom. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:occupation} Drottning i Danmark, Dronning af Danmark, Dansk drottning, Queen Consort of Denmark & Norway

{geni:about_me}
==Links:==
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10227.htm#i102270 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=3482 Geneall]
*[http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=dronningannecathrine Burial] In Danish
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Catherine_of_Brandenburg English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Katharina_von_Brandenburg Deutsch ] [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Cathrine_af_Brandenburg Dansk]

"OF BRANDENBURG"

Anna Cathrine blev dronning af Danmark i 1597, da hun blev gift med Christian 4. Hun var datter af markgreve, senere kurfyrste Joachim Friedrich af Brandenburg. Brylluppet fandt sted pX Haderslevhus, Xret efter at Christian 4. var blevet kronet. Sammen fik de seks b°rn, heriblandt den udvalgte prins Christian, der imidlertid d°de et Xr f°r sin far, og Frederik 3., som indf°rte enevµlden i Danmark.Anna Cathrine var Christian 4.s f°rste hustru, men man ved ikke sµrlig meget om hende. Hun °vede efter alt at d°mme ikke nogen nµvnevµrdig politisk indflydelse, men hun ledsagede ofte kongen pX hans rejser. Hun blev i samtiden rost for sin beskedenhed og sin dybe religi°sitet.Rosenborg blev pXbegyndt, mens hun var dronning, men hvilken indflydelse, hun kan have haft pX byggeriet og indretningen, ved man ikke.

Anne giftet seg med Christian IV af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg, Konge af Danmark og Norge 27 Nov 1597, Haderslev, Schleswig, Danmark. Christian (sønn av Fredrik II af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg, Konge af Danmark og Norge og Sophie Mecklenburg, Dronning af Danmark og Norge) ble født 12 Apr 1577 , Frederiksborg; ble døpt , Hillerød; døde 28 Feb 1648, Rosenborg slot; ble begravet 18 Nov 1648, Roskilde Domkirke. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:about_me} ==Links:==
*[http://thepeerage.com/p11142.htm#i111419 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=48013 Geneall]
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_(Brandenburg-J%C3%A4gerndorf)_ Wikipedia in Deutsch]
*'''Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf 1606X1622
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Joachim-Friedrich-von-Brandenburg/6000000001480249149 Joachim Friedrich] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Karl-I-von-Liechtenstein-I-Prinz-von-Liechtenstein/5068560487790089757 Karl I. von Lichtenstein]

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Johann Friedrich von Württemberg, Herzog. Johann ble født 5 Mai 1582 , Montbéliard, Franche-Comte, France; døde 18 Jul 1628, Heidenheim, Württemberg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Friedrich giftet seg med Anna Sophia Hohenzollern 4 Sep 1614, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. Anna ble født 18 Mar 1598 , Berlin, Germany; døde 19 Nov 1659. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Friedrich giftet seg med Anna Sofie Duchess Of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel cirka 14 Apr. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:about_me} Profilfoto: Kilde: Wikipeida: Sophia Hedwig and some children, by Paulus Moreelse.

Sophia giftet seg med Ernst Casimir von Nassau-Dillenburg, Graf von Nassau-Dietz 8 Jun 1607, ,Gröningen bei Halberstadt,Sachsen,Prussia. Ernst ble født 22 Des 1573 , Dillenburg, Hessen, Deutschland; døde 2 Jun 1632, Roermond, Limburg, Nederlande; ble begravet 13 Jan 1633, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederlande. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:occupation} Herzogin zu Sachsen-Altenburg, Duchess Consort of Saxe-Altenburg, Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

{geni:about_me} *[http://thepeerage.com/p662.htm#i6611 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=3646 Geneall]
*'''Wikipedia''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_von_Braunschweig-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel_(1593%E2%80%931650)_ Deutsch]

Elizabeth giftet seg med August, Prince Of Saxony 1 Jan 1612, Dresden,Dresden,Saxony. August, (sønn av Christian I von Sachen, Kurfürst og Sophie Hohenzollern, Kurfürstin zu Sachsen) ble født 7 Sep 1589 , Dresden,Dresden,Saxony; døde 26 Des 1615, Dresden,Dresden,Saxony; ble begravet , Freiburg,Dresden,Saxony. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Elizabeth giftet seg med Johann Philipp von Sachsen-Altenburg, Herzog 25 Okt 1618, Altenburg, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR). Johann ble født 25 Jan 1597 , Torgau, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR); døde 1 Apr 1639, Altenburg, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR); ble begravet , Brüderkirche. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:about_me}
'''Links:'''

[http://thepeerage.com/p764.htm#i7631 The Peerage]

[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=136253 Geneall]

'''Wikipedia:'''
[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_von_Braunschweig-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel Deutsch]

Johanna giftet seg med Ulrich von Pommern, Herzog, Bischof von Kammin 7 Feb 1619. Ulrich ble født 12 Aug 1589 , Barth, Pommern, Deutschland(HRR); døde 31 Okt 1622, Pribbernow, Pommern, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Dorothea, giftet seg med Christian Wilhelm Margrave Of Brandenburg cirka 11 Jan. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Dorothea, giftet seg med Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst, fürst 29 Des 1605, ,Wolfenbüttel,Braunschweig,Germany. Rudolf ble født 28 Okt 1576 , Harzgerode, Fürstentum Anhalt-Zerbst, Deutschland(HRR); døde 20 Aug 1621, Zerbst, Fürstentum Anhalt-Zerbst, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Notater:

{geni:about_me} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_of_Brunswick

Christian the Younger (September 20, 1599 X June 16, 1626), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Bishop of Halberstadt, was a German Protestant military leader during the Thirty Years' War. During the war, he earned a reputation as a dangerous fanatic.

Life

Christian was born in Gröningen (in today's Saxony-Anhalt), the third son of Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After his father's death, he was educated by his maternal uncle, King Christian IV of Denmark, and attended the University of Helmstedt. After the death of his brother, Rudolf, Bishop of Halberstadt, in 1616, he was elected his successor as Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt. This position provided him the necessary finances to start a military career.

In 1621 Christian joined the army of Maurice of Orange and fought in the Netherlands against a Spanish army. Later he raised his own army and, in liege to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, he carried out three significant battles: the Battle of Höchst (1622), the Battle of Fleurus (1622), and lastly at the Battle of Stadtlohn (1623). He participated in a number of plunderings and burnings along the France-Germany border and throughout the Netherlands. Christian fought alongside the Count of Mansfeld in the first two engagements, and suffered two losses to the Count of Tilly: an arguable one at Höchst, and his final one at Stadtlohn. Christian's major success was at Fleurus, where hisactions directly led to the relieving of the Protestant stronghold of Bergen op Zoom.

A lover of cavalry warfare, Christian gained a reputation for cruelty and violence, especially against the Catholic church. His Catholic opponents dubbed him der Tolle ("the mad") due to his excesses in war. This has been disputed and considered by some to be undeserved as it was probably started by pro-Imperial pamphlets at the time. Christian died childless of wounds sustained in battle in 1626.

Campaigns of 1622-23

In 1621, Christian was one of the few men to continue rallying behind Frederick V, who had only the year before claimed and been deposed from the throne of Bohemia following his crushing loss at the Battle of White Mountain. Frederick was still leader of the Protestant resistance rooted from the 1618 crushed Bohemian Revolution. What attracted Christian to the cause is arguable, but something that may have had to do with it was the fact that before his campaigning, Christian declared a chivalric love for Elizabeth, Frederick's wife and daughter of James I of England, who at this point of the war had sent several thousand troops under Sir Horace Vere to the Palatinate.

By the end of 1621 he had managed to raise 10,000 troops, with whom he wintered in Westphalia, gathering a great treasure from the dioceses of Münster and Paderborn. Christian's military actions began in 1622 when Ernst von Mansfeld began organizing his forces and expressed interest in linking up with his army, especially after his ally Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, was crushingly defeated at the Battle of Wimpfen. They were caught at the Battle of Höchst, June 22, 1622, and although Christian was arguably defeated, he was able to escape with much of his army despite crossing a river under heavy fire and losing all of his baggage. The newly united Protestant army moved into Alsace, leaving Heidelberg, the capital of the Palatinate, to fall to Count von Tilly in September 1622, effectively forcing Frederick V out of the war.

After intense foraging and ravaging of the Alsace region, Christian and Mansfeld moved north in Lorraine, and upon the news of the Spanish siege of Bergen op Zoom, they marched to the relief of the city, fighting the Battle of Fleurus (August 29, 1622) and in the midst of the battle, Christian displayed his well-known courage and stubbornness on the field by leading four unsuccessful cavalry charges against the Spanish lines under Fernández de Córdoba. Itwas on the fifth charge that the Protestant horsemen broke the Spanish lines and paved the way for the Protestant relief of Bergen op Zoom that October. This came at a cost of most of Christian's infantry and one of Christian's arms. Fresh from that victory, Christian spent the winter of 1622-23 in the Spanish Netherlands resting and replenishing his army to what would be in spring 1623 set at roughly 15,000.

Spring 1623 saw a plan between Christian, Mansfeld, the Hungarian general Bethlen Gabor, and his ally Count Thurn to retake Bohemia for the Protestants and to breathe new life into the ailing Protestant cause. The campaign faltered from the start as Count von Tilly received news of the troop movements and positioned himself in Lower Saxony, with reports from Mansfeld coming to Christian that he did not have the money to pay his armies or to campaign, leaving Christian to himself in the north. Outnumbered again, and leading an army that was not as disciplined as Tilly's, Christian made a break for the relative safety of the United Provinces. He was outrun and out-maneuvered 10 miles short of the Dutch border, and in a stand typical of Christian's bravery, he was nonetheless decisively defeated at the Battle of Stadtlohn on August 6, 1623, when he lost all but 2,000 of this 15,000 man army. Broken, he fled for The Hague with the remnants of his army.

Defeat and death

Christian's defeat signalled the "Palatine Phase" of the Thirty Years' War, and the end of the Protestant rebellion as a whole. Three days after Stadtlohn, Frederick V signed an armistice with Ferdinand II, ending the former's resistance to what seemed as impending Catholic domination of the Holy Roman Empire. Mansfeld shortly thereafter disbanded his army on the Rhine with the entrance of Denmark, the United Provinces, and England into the war in 1625. Under a plan that involved Christian, Mansfeld, and Christian IV, King of Denmark, pushing from the United Provinces and from Denmark, Christian found himself with ample financial backing. Ordered to advance on the Rhineland, he undertook this mission but quickly found himself checked by Tilly in Hesse, and opted this time to retreat rather than fight. Ill from the outset of the campaign, he died at Wolfenbüttel on June 16, 1626, at the age of 26.

Ancestors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_of_Brunswick#Ancestors

Anna giftet seg med Georg Ludwig von Nassau Dillenburg 19 Feb 1638. Georg ble født 4 Mar 1618; døde 19 Mai 1656. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]