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Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
	Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	4 March 1682; Osterholz
Died	14 April 1746 (aged 64); Brunswick
Spouse	Eleonore Charlotte of Courland
Issue	August William; Christine Sophie; Frederica; George Louis; George Frederick; Anne Marie; Frederick Charles Ferdinand
House	House of Guelph
Father	Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Christine of Hesse-Eschwege

Ernest Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (4 March 1682 in Osterholz – 14 April 1746 in Brunswick) was a titular Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. He was Prince of Brunswick-Bevern and founder of the younger Brunswick-Bevern line.

Life

He was born in 1682 as the fourth son of Duke Ferdinand Albert I of Brunswick-Bevern and his wife, Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Eschwege. On 1 May 1706, he became a colonel in the Prussian army. In December of that year he succeeded his twin brother, Ferdinand Christian (d. 1706) as provost of the chapters of St. Blaise and St. Cyriakus in Brunswick.

On 1 March 1735, his elder brother, Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Bevern inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Ferdinand Albert II then gave Brunswick-Bevern to Ernest Ferdinand as an apanage.

Ernest Ferdinand died in Brunswick in 1746. He was the founder of the younger Brunswick-Bevern line, which died out with the death of his son Frederick Charles Ferdinand in 1809

Marriage and issue

On 4 August 1714, he married Eleonore Charlotte of Courland (1686-1748), daughter of Frederick Casimir Kettler, with whom he had thirteen children:

August William (1715-1781)
Christine Sophie (22 January 1717 - 26 March 1779), married Margrave Frederick Ernest of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1703-1762)
Frederica (August 29 1719 - 19 December 1772), never married, no issue.
George Louis (16 April 1721 - 28 October 1747), father of Danish courtesan Støvlet-Cathrine Benthagen, he had no further issue.
Ernestine (16 April 1721) died at birth.
George Frederick (18 April 1723 - 15 June 1766) died unmarried without issue.
Amalia (1 December 1724 - 30 January 1726) died in early childhood.
Charles William (9 January 1725) died at birth.
Frederick August (7 March 1726 - 1 June 1729) died in early childhood.
Anne Marie (26 May 1728 - 12 March 1754) died unmarried, without issue.
Frederick Charles Ferdinand (1729-1809), Danish Marshal
John Charles (5 April 1731 - 5 May 1732) died in early childhood.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

16. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

8. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

17. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin [ca]

4. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

18. Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

9. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg [de]

19. Sibylle of Saxony

2. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

20. John V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

10. John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

21. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

5. Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

22. Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg

11. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch [ca]

23. Princess Elizabeth of Sweden

1. Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

24. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

12. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

25. Sabine of Württemberg

6. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege

26. John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen

13. Juliane of Nassau-Siegen

27. Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen

3. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege

28. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

14. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

29. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

7. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken

30. Charles IX of Sweden

15. Catherine of Sweden

31. Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern

References

Christof Römer (ed.): Braunschweig-Bevern. Ein Fürstenhaus als europäische Dynastie, 1667–1884, Brunswick State Museum, Brunswick, 1997, p. 57–58
Ferdinand Spehr (1877), "Ernst Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig-Bevern", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 261

Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern House of Guelph Born: 4 March 1682 Died: 14 April 1746
Preceded by Ferdinand Albert II	Duke of Brunswick-Bevern 1735-1746	Succeeded by August William