John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg

Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1625

Place of Birth: Herzberg am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1679

Profession: aristocrat

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Frederick (German: Johann Friedrich; 25 April 1625 in Herzberg am Harz – 18 December 1679 in Augsburg) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
He ruled over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, from 1665 until his death. The third son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John converted to the Roman Catholic Church, the only member of his family to do so, in 1651.
He received Calenberg when his elder brother George William inherited the Principality of Lüneburg.
In 1666, he had a palace built in Herrenhausen near Hanover that was inspired by the Palace of Versailles and is famous for its gardens, the Herrenhausen Gardens. In 1667, he employed as his master builder the Venetian architect Girolamo Sartorio, who designed many buildings in the town, including the Neustädter Kirche, and was instrumental in the expansion of the Herrenhausen Gardens. In 1676, John Frederick employed Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz as Privy Councillor and librarian of the important ducal library.
Thus began Leibniz's 40-year association with the House of Hanover, which resulted in three generations of Hanovers being patrons to one of the most eminent philosophers and mathematicians of Europe.

Johann Hulsman (1610–1652)
Description	German printmaker and painter
Date of birth/death	1610	1652
Location of birth/death	Cologne	Cologne
Work location	Antwerp; Italy; Cologne (1632–1646)
Authority control	: Q6215984 VIAF: 95839550 ISNI: 0000 0000 9654 1741 ULAN: 500025597 LCCN: nr99003111 BPN: 66921458 WorldCat