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Karl I. of Brunswick
Karl I. Duke of Brunswick, succeeded his father in 1735
Son of Ferdinand Albrecht II. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680-1735) and his wife Antoinette Amalie, Princess of Brunswick-Blankenburg (1696-1762)
Born: Brunswick 1. Aug 1713
Married: Berlin 2. Jul 1733 Philippine Charlotte, Princess of Prussia (1716-1801). Karl’s sister Elisabeth Charlotte was married to King Friedrich II. of Prussia, his sister Luise to Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, both brothers of Princess Philippine Charlotte.
Issue:
- Karl II., Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-k.a.1806) m. 1764 Augusta, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1737-1813)
- Georg, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1736-1737)
- Sophie Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1737-1821) m. 1759 Friedrich III., Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711-1763)
- Christian Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1738-1742)
- Anna Amalia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1739-1807) m. 1756 Ernst August II. Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach-Eisenach (1737-1858)
- Friedrich August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1740-1805)
- Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1742-1761)
- Luise Friederike, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1743-1744)
- Wilhelm Adolf, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1745-1770)
- Elisabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1746-1840) m. 1765 (div. 1759) Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (1744-1797)
- Friederike, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1748-1758)
- Augusta Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1749-1803), Abbess of Gandersheim
- Leopold, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1752-1785)
Died: Brunswick 26. Mar 1780 after suffering a stroke
Buried: Brunswick Cathedral
Source: Chrarlotte Pangels: "Königskinder im Rokoko. Die Geschwister Friedrichs des grossen". Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, München 1978; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln: Neue Folge, Vol. I". Marburg, 1980
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