Karl II. Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Karl II. Wilhelm Ferdinand, souvereign Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Son of Karl I. Duke of Brunswick (1713-1780) and his wife Philippine Charlotte, Princess of Prussia (1716-1801)

Born: Wolfenbüttel 9. Oct 1735

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace 16. Jan 1764 Augusta, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1737-1813), daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) and his wife Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772)

Issue by marriage:

• Auguste, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1764-1788) m.1780 Friedrich III. Duke of Wurttemberg (1754-1816)

• Karl, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1766-1806) m.1790 Friederike Luise, Princess of Orange-Nassau

• Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1768-1821) m.1795 George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1762-1830)

• Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1769-1811)

• August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1770-1822)

• Wilhelm, souvereign Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1771-k.a.1815) m.1802 Marie Elisabeth, Princess of Baden (1782-1808)

• Amelia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1772-1773)

Illegitimate issue by Maria Antonia von Branconi, née von Elsener (d.1793)

• Karl Anton Ferdinand, Graf von Forstenburg (29. Dec 1767 –  Frankfurt / Main 24. Sep 1794 from wounds received during the Battle of Kaiserslautern)

Died: Ottensen near Hamburg 16. Oct 1806, fom wounds received during the Battle of Jena

Buried: Brunswick Cathedral

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I ,1980, Vittorio Klostermann