Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Place of Birth: Herzberg am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Christian Louis (German: Christian Ludwig; 25 February 1622 in Herzberg am Harz – 15 March 1665 in Celle) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
- A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648 he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, and, from 1648 until his death, the Principality of Lüneburg. In 1641, Christian Louis inherited the Principality of Calenberg from his father, Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who had suddenly died.
- Like his father he resided at the Leineschloss in Hanover. When in 1648 he also inherited the Principality of Lüneburg from his uncle, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, both subdivisions were ruled in personal union.
- However, Christian Louis gave Calenberg to his younger brother George William, and instead ruled the larger territory of Lüneburg at Celle Castle. In 1642 Christian Louis became a member of the Fruitbearing Society.
- He married Sophia Dorothea, daughter of Duke Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on October 9, 1653.
- He died childless in 1665 and was succeeded by his brother George William, who on this occasion gave the Calenberg territory to his younger brother John Frederick.
- Both territories finally merged after George William's death in 1705 to the Electorate of Hanover under John Frederick's nephew George I Louis, Prince of Calenberg.
- Christian Louis's widow remarried and became Electress of Brandenburg as the second wife of the Great Elector.
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