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In order to give herself credibility as an alchemist when she entered the court of Duke Julius, she created the fictional Count Carl von Oettingen, son of Paracelsus. Count Carl was supposed to be the son of famous physician and alchemist Paracelsus, giving Count Carl a prestigious alchemical heritage. Talk of Count Carl drew the attention of ...
Julius enlarged his territories with the acquisition of the eastern exclave of Calvörde in 1571 and parts of the County of Hoya in 1582. Upon the death of his Welf cousin Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1584, Julius inherited the Principality of Calenberg. He died in 1589 and was succeeded by his eldest son Henry Julius.
After Zieglerin, Sömmering and Schombach were unable to provide the Duke with the Philosopher's Stone as promised, Duke Julius asked for them to repay the sum of 2000 thalers he had already given them. Sömmering fled which incriminated the entire group and led to their arrest.
Henry Julius (1564–1613) - it was the cultural heyday in Wolfenbüttel; Henry Julius was the Bishop of Halberstadt, the rector of the University of Helmstedt, the president of the manorial court, an alchemist, hunter and author 1613–1634 Frederick Ulrich (1591–1634) The Wolfenbüttel line of the Middle House of Brunswick died out in 1634.
Henry Julius was born in Hessen am Fallstein as the eldest son of Duke Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1589) and his wife Hedwig of Brandenburg (1540–1602), at the time when the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was still under the rule of his grandfather Duke Henry V. Already in 1566, at the age of two, he was elected Lutheran ...
In 1571 the castle and village of Calvörde became part of the principality thanks to Duke Julius of Brunswick. In 1635 Duke Augustus the Younger, from the collateral line of Lüneburg-Dannenberg, took over the reins of power in the principality and founded the New House of Brunswick. Under his rule, Wolfenbüttel reached its cultural zenith.
From her marriage to Julius, Hedwig had following children: Sophie Hedwig (1561–1631) married in 1577 Duke Ernest Louis of Pomerania-Wolgast (1545-1592) Henry Julius (1564–1613), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, married: in 1585, Princess Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587) in 1590, Princess Elizabeth of Denmark (1573–1625) Maria (1566–1626)
Elisabeth of Denmark (25 August 1573 – 19 July 1625) was duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg as married to Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg.She was regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in place of her incapacitated son Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1616–1622.