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