- Born on February 17, 1582 in Celle
- Deceased on April 2, 1641 in Hildesheim, at the age of 59 years
Parents
- Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1535 - 1592), Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- Dorothea von Oldenburg (1546 - 1617), princesse de Danemark
Family
- Married on December 14, 1617 in Darmstadt, with Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt (1601 - 1659), issuing
- Christian Ludwig (1622 - 1665)
- Georg Wilhelm (1624 - 1705)
- Johann Friedrich (1625 - 1679)
Sophia (1628 - 1685)- Ernst August (1629 - 1698)
- Dorothea Magdalen
Occupations
- général suédois