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Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Uelzen, 27 Jun 1497 – Celle, 11 Jan 1546

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A life in time

  1. 27 Jun 1497

    Born in Uelzen

  2. 1533–1535

    3 children are born

  3. 11 Jan 1546

    Dies in Celle, aged 48

Family

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Children · 3

During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Uelzen.

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

The 1490s · Ernest is born in Uelzen

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.