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Augustus, as the seventh and youngest child, had little chance to take up any rule in the Brunswick lands. He concentrated on his studies in
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died without heirs in 1634. After lengthy and complicated negotiations with his reluctant Welf relatives and an intervention by Emperor
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and could not move to his residence until 1644. Soon after, Augustus instituted a number of government reforms, and founded the
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which he ruled until his death. Considered one of the most literate princes of his time, he is known for founding the
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Henry August (13 September 1625 – 19 February 1627) died in early childhood.
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Augustus was a promoter of German as language of literature. Under the
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Klara Auguste (25 June 1632 – 6 October 1700), married in 1653 Duke
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Augustus died at Wolfenbüttel and was succeeded by his eldest son
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as tutor of his sons; he also kept an active correspondence with
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Dorothea died in September 1634 and in 1635 Augustus married
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Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934).
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Statue of Duke Augustus on the Wolfenbüttel market square
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residence, then the largest collection of books and
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Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Frederick Ulrich
Rudolph Augustus
Dannenberg
Principality of Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wolfenbüttel
Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Clara Maria of Pomerania-Barth
Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst
Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg
Issue
Rudolph August
Sibylle Ursula
Anton Ulrich

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