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Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Hanover, 21 Apr 1673 – Vienna, 10 Apr 1742

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 21 Apr 1673

    Born in Hanover

  2. 1699–1701

    3 children are born

  3. 10 Apr 1742

    Dies in Vienna, aged 68

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 3

During her lifetime

She lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Hanover.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1670s · Wilhelmine is born in Hanover

In the news1669–1670

Expulsion of Jews from Vienna

Emperor Leopold I expelled all Jews from Vienna, converting their former ghetto into a settlement known as Leopoldstadt.

Getting around

Travel speeds for foot passengers

Most travelers were foot passengers who could expect to cover about 100 kilometers in a week, accounting for rest days and potential travel obstacles like bad weather or floods.

In the news1679

Great Plague of Vienna

A severe plague epidemic devastated the population in Vienna, significantly impacting life in the city.

Daily life

Poor lighting in winter homes

During the winter, homes were lit by poor-quality light from resin torches, tallow candles, or oil lamps with open flames.

What people wore

Men's multi-functional hat design

The Winkelmann hat for men featured an integrated fabric bag designed to carry items like a prayer book, bread, and a hip flask.

Music

Popular wedding dance needed the fiddle

In Weseke, a record from 1662 calls a local musician “Fidicen” (violinist) whose fiddle provided the energy for festivities, and wedding celebrations were incomplete without dancing.

At the table

Daily Porridge Habits

Because meat was expensive and rarely eaten, families often relied on a thick, long-cooking grain porridge as their primary warm meal. To stretch the food, they frequently reheated it, resulting in a thick, semi-solid consistency.