Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg

Franz Heinrich of Saxe- Lauenburg ( born April 9, 1604 † November 26, 1658 ) was a prince of Saxe- Lauenburg.

Life

Franz Heinrich was the ninth and youngest son of Duke Francis II of Saxe- Lauenburg (1547-1619) from his second marriage with Maria (1566-1626), daughter of Duke Julius of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel. Godfather of the Prince was the French King Henry IV in succession contract with his brothers in 1619, he recognized the rule of his older brother August and received annually 2500 Reichstaler.

After the landing of the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf in Peenemunde in 1630, he entered his service and gained the affection. From this Franz Heinrich received the monastic Marienfließ to the present. As a colonel and regimental commander, he fought under General Baner in the victorious Battle of Wittstock.

After his mother's death, he received in 1635 a contract concluded with his brothers comparison Franz Hagen and after the death of his brother August, Wangelau and Vorwerk Roth Beck came ( today Grande) added. In Swedish service, and then Franz Henry resided much at Sophie of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg (1579-1658), widow of Duke Philip II of Pomerania. Sophie and Franz Heinrich fathers were cousins ​​. In Treptow an der Rega, at the site of Sophie's jointure, a former nunnery, she had to the castle can expand, Franz Heinrich and Marie married Juliane of Nassau- Siegen (1612-1665) on 13 December 1637th Both first child 1640 born in Treptow.

Franz Heinrich worried for Sophie the management of Zubehörungen ( Pertinentien ) of their Wittums. Against the succession of his brother Julius Henry as Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg rose Franz Heinrich and his brother Franz Karl objection. The quarrels of the brothers were first settled in 1656, the year when Julius Henry succeeded to the throne of his deceased older half- brother in the same year August.

Under the company name The Sharp he was accepted as a member of the literary Fruitbearing society.

Franz Heinrich Franz Hagen resided in the castle and was fined for his stinginess of his subjects with the name " Franz Drögbrod ".

Marriage and issue

Franz Heinrich married on December 13, 1637 in Treptow an der Rega Juliane Marie ( 1612-1665 ), daughter of Count Johann VII of Nassau- Siegen, with whom he had the following children:

  • Katharine Marie (1640-1641)
  • Christine Juliane (1642-1644)
  • Erdmuthe Sophie (1644-1689)
  • Franz ( * / † 1645)
  • Eleonore Charlotte (1646-1709)
  • Erdmann (1649-1660)

Franz Heinrich left further two children born out of wedlock.

Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Henry IV of France Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Schulendorf Grande, Germany Philip II, Duke of Pomerania Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg List of members of the Fruitbearing Society Franzhagen Castle John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen
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