Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Prince of Lüneburg-Celle

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1497

Place of Birth: Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1546

Profession: aristocrat

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (German: Ernst der Bekenner) (27 June 1497 – 11 January 1546), also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation.
He was the Prince of Lüneburg and ruled the Lüneburg-Celle subdivision of the Welf family's Brunswick-Lüneburg duchy from 1520 until his death. He was the son of Henry I, Duke of Lüneburg, and Margarete of Saxony, the daughter of Ernest, Elector of Saxony.



Alternative names	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Description	- painter, draughtsman, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death	4 October 1472 / 1472	16 October 1553 / 1553 / 16 October 1553
Location of birth/death	Kronach	Weimar
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority control	: Q191748 VIAF: 49268177 ISNI: 0000 0001 2131 9721 ULAN: 500115364 LCCN: n50020861 NLA: 35031951 WorldCat