Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Louis Rudolph | |
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| Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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| Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Reign | 1731–1735 |
| Born |
22 July 1671 Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Died | 1 March 1735 (aged 63) Brunswick, Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Buried | Brunswick Cathedral |
| Noble family | House of Welf |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
| Father | Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Nordborg |
Louis Rudolph (German: Ludwig Rudolf; 22 July 1671 – 1 March 1735), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1731 until his death. Since 1707, he ruled as an immediate Prince of Blankenburg.
Louis Rudolph was the youngest son of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his consort Elizabeth Juliane, a daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg. He became a major general in the service of the Habsburg emperor Leopold I in 1690 and was promptly captured in the Battle of Fleurus by the forces of King Louis XIV of France. After being released the same year, his father gave him the Brunswick County of Blankenburg as a present, with the consent of his eldest son Augustus William, insofar violating the primogeniture principle laid down by the late Duke Henry V.
When in 1707 Prince Anthony Ulrich managed to betroth Louis Rudolph's daughter Elisabeth Christine to the Habsburg archduke Charles VI, his elder brother Emperor Joseph I raised the County of Blankenburg to an immediate principality. Louis Rudolph's status as an Imperial prince (Reichsfürst), however, was limited as his vote in the Imperial Diet was not hereditary and depending on the Welf Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Calenberg line).
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