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    John Zápolya (d. 1540); Sigismund II Augustus (1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572); Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (13 July 1522 – 28 May 1575), wed 22/25...
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    1528 to Ercole II, Duke of Ferrara, eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia. By this marriage, she became known as Renata di Francia. Renée...
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  • Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick 1806–1807, deposed 1807, restored 1813. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick 1815–1831, deposed 1831...
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    emperor's Leopold I second wife) and Mary Magdalene, for the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, as well as Vienna where he portrayed the emperor Leopold I of Habsburg...
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    English politician (d. 1642) November 18 – Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lutheran Bishop of Ratzeburg (d. 1636) December 17 – Jonathan Trelawny...
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    Spanish Catholic cardinal (d. 1566) November 23 – Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (d. 1549) November 26 – Cristofano...
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  • select Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg as the replacement for Wenceslaus. June 5 – Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg is assassinated after being...
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    published numerous pamphlets, often anonymous, on behalf of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, most notably the "De jure suprematum" a major consideration of the...
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    of the ascetic sect of Udasi (d. 1629) September 11 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (d. 1572) September 12 – King Francis...
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  • astronomer and medical academic (d. 1630) December 31 – Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German ruler (d. 1611) approximate date – Xue Susu, Chinese...
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