Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg
Reign 1599-1633
Born (1573-04-06)6 April 1573
Celle
Died 7 August 1643(1643-08-07) (aged 70)
Celle
Spouse John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
Father William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother Dorothea of Denmark

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg (6 April 1573 - 7 August 1643), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Welf and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Coburg.

Born in Celle, she was the ninth of fifteen children born from the marriage of William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea, Princess of Denmark.

Life

In Coburg on 16 September 1599, Margaret married John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg as his second wife.

Most of the wedding guests stayed before and during the marriage feastivities at Heldburg Castle. In this occasion were used gilded state coaches, who belonged to the dowry of her mother Dorothea; they are one of the oldest still functioning coaches in the world and currently displayed at the Veste Coburg.

John Casimir celebrated his marriage with the famous Coburg Taler: on the obverse showed a kissing couple with the inscription WIE KVSSEN SICH DIE ZWEY SO FEIN (A well kiss between two), while on the reverse, showed a nun with the inscription: WER KVST MICH - ARMES NVNNELIN (who kiss you now, poor nun?). This nun was Anna of Saxony, his first wife, whom he repudiated and imprisoned for adultery.

John Casimir and Margaret had a happy marriage, but they had no children. After John Casimir's death in 1633 Saxe-Coburg was inherited by his brother John Ernest. Margaret returned to her homeland, Celle, where she died ten years later, aged 70. She was buried in the Stadtkirche, Celle.

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    Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Born: 16 November 1567 Died: 27 January 1613
    German royalty
    New creation Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg
    1599-1633
    Succeeded by
    Christine of Hesse-Kassel
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