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Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Wolfenbüttel, 19 Nov 1489 – Wolfenbüttel, 21 Jun 1568

10 facts2 sources

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 19 Nov 1489

    Born in Wolfenbüttel

  2. 1518–1528

    2 children are born

  3. 21 Jun 1568

    Dies in Wolfenbüttel, aged 78

Family

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Parents

Partners

Children · 2

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Wolfenbüttel.

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

The 1480s · Henry is born in Wolfenbüttel

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

News and letters

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.