princes to burn witches. He invited Robert Browne, Thomas Sackville and their theatre company, who staged a shortened version of his "Susanna" for several years. His other plays, five comedies, four tragedies, were not very successful; however, one was a basis for the tall tales of Baron Munchausen. Duke Henry Julius also invited John Dowland to come and see Michael Praetorius, his Kapellmeister, playing on the famous Gröningen organ. When Emperor Rudolf died in 1612, Duke Henry Julius returned to the Prague court to consult his successor, Matthias. On 20 July 1613 he died in Prague, possibly of alcohol abuse. He was buried in the Marienkirche at Wolfenbüttel. Marriage and family Henry married first Dorothea of Saxony (4 October 1563 – 13 February 1587), daughter of Augustus, Elector of Saxony, on 26 September 1585. They had one child together: Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13 February 1587 – 16 October 1609), married Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, died in childbirth like her mother before her. Henry married second Elizabeth of Denmark (25 August 1573 – 19 June 1626), daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark on 19 April 1590. They had ten children together: Frederick Ulrich (15 April 1591 – 21 August 1634) Sophia Hedwig (20 February 1592 – 23 January 1642), married Ernest Casimir, Prince of Nassau-Dietz Elisabeth (23 June 1593 – 25 March 1650), married Augustus, administrator of the diocese of Naumburg, and John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Hedwig (19 February 1595 – 26 June 1650), married Ulrich, Duke of Pomerania Dorothea (8 July 1596 – 1 September 1643), married Christian William of Brandenburg, son of Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg Henry Julius (7 October 1597 – 11 July 1606) Christian (1599–1626) Rudolph (15 June 1602 – 13 June 1616) Henry Charles (4 September 1609 – 11 June 1615) Anna Augusta (19 May 1612 – 17 February 1673), married George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg Ancestors References Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 11, p. 500-505 At the House of Welf site Trevor-Roper, H.R., The European Witch-Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Harper & Row, New York (1969) |- 1564 births 1613 deaths People from Osterwieck Princes of Calenberg Princes of Wolfenbüttel Lutheran administrators of Halberstadt Prince-Bishopric Lutheran Prince-Bishops of Minden Christian Kabbalists Middle House of Brunswick