Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Hedwig of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (* February 19, 1595 in Wolfenbüttel, † June 26, 1650 in Pommern ) was a princess of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania.

Life

Hedwig was a daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (1564-1613) from his second marriage with Elizabeth (1573-1625), eldest daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. A brother Hedwig was Christian, " the great Halberstadt ".

Hedwig married on February 7, 1619 in Wolfenbüttel, Duke Ulrich of Pomerania ( 1589-1622 ), Bishop of Pomerania. The marriage was celebrated very complex in the presence of 16 ruling princes. The only three -year-long marriage remained childless. In the wake of Princess Christoph of Hoym, the Marshal of the last Pomeranian duke Bogusław XIV was found. Ulrich of Pomerania died due to his excessive alcohol use at the age of 33 years.

As a brave, beautiful and wise described, Hedwig moved after the death of her husband, her jointure in Pommern, where she lived in the castle for 28 years. The familiar from Braunschweig and the court of her husband's elaborate court life she maintained. Even in 1649 were 65 people to her court. They no longer put off the mourning clothes and devoted himself to charity. She arranged the arms supply and donated to the local church substantial financial and material resources.

Hedwig was considered a talented lute player and hymn poet. You probably wrote the song on, Zion, daughter tarry not. She witnessed the death of almost all of her siblings, the extinction of the Griffin house, the last duke had supported with funds and the ravages of the Thirty Years' War. Both imperial and Swedish troops devastated and confiscated their goods. Your complaints to her cousin King Christian IV of Denmark and Queen Christina of Sweden were unsuccessful. 1630 gave way during a plague epidemic in Pommern temporarily by Bublitz. In 1631 they won against the resistance Bogislaw XIV the appointment of the rector of the Latin school Kolberger, Gregor Lagus, as Präpositus by Pommern. Lagus was leading her staff in the establishment of an evangelical upbringing work. In 1640, she donated the later named after her Princess Hedwig School. The Foundation joined them last will and testament to the continued existence of the school in Pommern, which later prevented angedachte transfers to other places.

1642 Hedwig was injured in a by Polish nobles Bartholomew Tarno ( Turno ) from Strantz and Pipilowski conducted from Tzarnikau raid. Participation was also the Culmer voivode Melchior pond. The attempted, in time revealed hostage was probably in connection with the negotiations which led the Duchess because of dwindling income to their heritage. In her last testament of 8 May 1650 began the Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to the heirs.

Hedwig died 56 partent of smallpox and was finally buried in 1654 in the royal crypt of the Pomeranian dukes in Rügenwalde.