Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Ernst I of Brunswick- Grubenhagen (* around 1297, † March 9, 1361 ) was Duke of Brunswick- Grubenhagen.

Life

He was a son of Henry I., the strange ones and his wife Agnes, née Countess of Meissen. Henry the Whimsical founded after a Welf inheritance in 1291, the Principality Grubenhagen. Originally intended for the clergy, he joined with his brothers Henry and Wilhelm II after his father's death, in 1322, the rule in the Principality Grubenhagen to.

This Principality was already over the other Guelph demesnes a rather small territory. Due to the wealth Children of Henry the strange ones ( eight sons and eight daughters ), it was this hard to provide all the descendants befitting. The eldest son of Henry II could not take the undivided rule over the principality therefore. In 1324 he completed while with his brothers Ernst and Wilhelm an extensive goods agreement under which the territory was to be governed jointly. Shortly thereafter, however, the government was divided. Ernst thereby fell to the area around Einbeck, Grubenhagen and Osterode. The cities Duderstadt, Osterode and Einbeck were ruled jointly. In 1359 he made ​​his son Albrecht co-regent. His elder brother Henry died in 1351 and his sons stayed abroad and died without issue, it was after the death of his childless younger brother Wilhelm, 1360, the entire principality ruled Grubenhagen of seriousness. After his death on March 9, 1361, his son Albrecht followed him.

Family

Ernst married 1335/6 Adelheid von Eberstein († after the September 29, 1373 ), daughter of Count Henry II of Everstein. The marriage produced nine children were born.

  • Otto ( * 1337, † young)
  • Albrecht I (for 1339-1383 ) ∞ ( 1372 ) Agnes of Brunswick († 1410 ), daughter of Duke Magnus II of Brunswick.
  • John II († 1401 ), a canon in Hildesheim, Einbeck and Mainz.
  • Adelheid ( um1341 -1406 ) ∞ (around 1362 ) Prince Bogusław V of Pomerania (around 1326-1374 )
  • Agnes (c. 1342-1394 ) ∞ ( 1362 ) Count Ulrich of honing stone
  • Anna (around 1343-1409 ) ∞ ( 1362 ), Count Henry VIII of honing stone
  • Ernst ( to 1346-1400/02 ), Abbot of Corvey ( 1369-1371 )
  • Friedrich ( 1350-1421 to ) ∞ Adelheid of Anhalt
  • Anna (around 1360-1437 ), abbess in Osterode
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