Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg

Princess Elizabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg (24 May 1634 – 4 February 1704) was a Danish princess and a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg by birth and a member of the House of Welf by marriage.

Princess Elizabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg
Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Undated portrait of The Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by a member of a German school.
Born	(1634-05-24)24 May 1634 Nordborg, Duchy of Schleswig
Died	4 February 1704(1704-02-04) (aged 69) Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick-Lüneburg
Buried	Marienkirche, Wolfenbüttel
Noble family	Oldenborg
Spouse(s)	Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Issue	August Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Elisabeth Eleanore Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Anna Sophie, Princess Karl Gustav of Baden-Durlach Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Augusta Dorothea, Countess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt Henrietta Christine, Abbess of Gandersheim Louis Rudolph
Father	Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg
Mother	Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst

Life

Elizabeth Juliane was born in Nordborg as the oldest daughter of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg, the sovereign duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg and his second wife Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her paternal grandparents were John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Duchess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Her maternal grandparents were Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621) and Princess Dorothea Hedwig (1587–1609).

Together with her husband, she founded a monastery for noblewomen at Schloss Salzdahlum in 1699, and then selected the monastery's first conventual women herself.^[1]

Elisabeth Juliane died at Salzdahlum on 4 February 1704 and was buried in the crypt of the Wolfenbüttel in Marienkirche, Wolfenbüttel.^[2]

Marriage and children

On 17 August 1656, Elizabeth Juliane married her cousin Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had 13 children, seven of whom reached adulthood:^[3]

• Augustus Frederick (1657–1676)
• Elizabeth Eleanor Sophie (1658–1729), married John George, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow and Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
• Anne Sophie (1659–1742), married Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach
• Leopold Augustus (1661-1662), died in infancy
• Augustus William (1662–1731)
• Augustus Henry (1663-1664), died in infancy
• Augustus Charles (1664-1664), died in infancy
• Augustus Francis (1665-1666), died in infancy
• Augusta Dorothea (1666–1751), married Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt
• Amalia (1668-1668), died in infancy
• Henrietta Christina, Abbess of Gandersheim (1669–1753)
• Louis Rudolph (1671–1735)
• Sibylla Ursula (1672-1673), died in infancy

Elizabeth Juliane also suffered four miscarriages:

• A miscarried daughter (1660)
• A miscarried daughter (1667)
• A miscarried son (1670)
• A miscarried son (1674)

References

1. "Kloster Zur Ehre Gottes in Wolfenbüttel". Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
2. "LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF BRUNSWICK 1495-1918". Royaltombs. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
3. "Elisabeth Juliane af Nordborg". Efterkommere efter Hans den Yngre af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg. hansdenyngre.dk. Retrieved 13 April 2017.