Karl II
Duke of Brunswick
Born: October 30, 1804 in Brunswick
Parents: Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Marie of Baden
REIGN: June 16, 1815 – September 9, 1830
Died: August 19, 1873 at the Beau-Rivage Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland
Buried: Brunswick Monument in Geneva
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Wilhelm
Duke of Brunswick
Born: April 25, 1806 in Brunswick
Parents: Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Marie of Baden
REIGN: September 9, 1830 – October 18, 1884
Died: October 18, 1884 in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Prussia
Buried: crypt of the Brunswick Cathedral
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Prince Albrecht of Prussia
Imperial Regent of Brunswick
Born: May 8, 1837 in Berlin
Parents: Prince Albrecht of Prussia and Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
Married: April 9, 1873 to Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Children:
– Prince Friedrich Heinrich (1874)
– Prince Joachim Albrecht (1876)
– Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (1880)
REGENCY: October 18, 1884 – September 13, 1906
Died: September 13, 1906 at Schloss Kamenz in Silesia (now Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Poland)
Buried: on the grounds of Schloss Kamenz
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
wife of Prince Albrecht of Prussia
Born: August 2, 1854 in Eisenberg
Parents: Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Married: April 9, 1873 to Prince Albrecht of Prussia
Children:
– Prince Friedrich Heinrich (1874)
– Prince Joachim Albrecht (1876)
– Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (1880)
Died: October 8, 1898 at Schloss Kamenz in Silesia (now Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Poland)
Buried: on the grounds of Schloss Kamenz
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Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Imperial Regent of Brunswick
Born: December 8, 1857 in Schwerin
Parents: Friedrich Franz II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Auguste of Reuss-Köstritz
Married(1): November 6, 1886 to Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Married(2): December 15, 1909 to Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla
REGENCY: September 13, 1906 – November 1, 1913
Died: February 20, 1920 at Schloss Wiligrad near Lübstorf, Germany
Buried: Doberan Minster in Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg
Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1st wife of Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: February 28, 1854 in Weimar
Parents: Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
Married: November 6, 1886 to Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died: July 10, 1908 at Schloss Wiligrad, near Nübstorf, Germany
Buried: Doberan Minster in Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg
Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla
2nd wife of Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: July 23, 1885 in Rossla
Parents: Prince Botho of Stolberg-Rossla and Princess Hedwig of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Married(1): December 15, 1909 to Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Married(2): October 15, 1924 to Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died: October 16, 1969 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein
Buried: Ratzeburg Cathedral Cemetery in Ratzeburg, Schleswig-Holstein
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Ernst August (III)
Prince of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick
Born: November 17, 1887 in Penzing, Austria
Parents: Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark
Married: May 24, 1913 to Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
Children:
– Prince Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1915)
– Princess Friederike (1917)
– Prince Christian Oscar (1919)
– Prince Welf Heinrich (1923)
REIGN: November 1, 1913 – November 8, 1918
Died: January 30, 1953 at Marienburg Castle in Hanover
Buried: In front of the Mausoleum in Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
Viktoria Luise of Prussia
Princess of Hanover
Duchess of Brunswick
Born: September 13, 1892 at the Marble Palace, Potsdam
Parents: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Married: May 24, 1913 to Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick
Children:
– Prince Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914)
– Prince Georg Wilhelm (1915)
– Princess Friederike (1917)
– Prince Christian Oscar (1919)
– Prince Welf Heinrich (1923)
Died: December 11, 1980 in Hanover
Buried: In front of the Mausoleum in Herrenhausen Gardens, Hanover
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