Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born: 13 January 1566 in Schladen; died: 13 August 1626 in Lauenburg) was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

She married on 10 November 1582 [1] at Wolfenbüttel with Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1547–1619).

She was given Franzhagen Castle as her wittum; she created a Meierhof and a court church there.

[2] Maria died in 1626 and was buried alongside her husband in the ducal family crypt in the Mary Magdalene Church in Lauenburg.

[3] Maria and Francis had 14 children, of whom the following 12 reached adulthood:

Maria's coat-of-arms as of 1608 on St. Jacobi Church in Cuxhaven . Abbreviated inscription: V.[on] G.[ottes] G.[naden] M.[arie] G.[eborene] Z.[u] B.[raunschweig] U.[nd] L.[üneburg] – 2nd line – H.[erzogin] Z.[u] S.[achsen,] E.[ngern] V.[nd] W.[estfalen] (trl. Of God's Grace Mary née of Brunswick and Lunenburg – 2nd line – Duchess of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia).