Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, also known as Sibylle von
Braunschweig-Luneburg and Sibylle of Brunswick-Luneburg, (4 February
1629 â€" 12 December 1671), a member of the House of Welf, was a
daughter of Duke Augustus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg and, by marriage,
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. She stood out as
a translator and writer.[1]Sibylle Ursula was born in Hitzacker, the
third child of Duke Augustus (1579â€"1666) from his second marriage
with the Ascanian princess Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607â€"1634).
Her father assumed the rule in the Principality of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1634. Sibylle Ursula became the
stepdaughter of Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613â€"1676),[2] the
third wife of Duke Augustus who had distinguished herself as a poet
and composer. Like her siblings, the Brunswick dukes Rudolph Augustus
and Anthony Ulrich, she received a comprehensive education at the
Wolfenbüttel court by scholars like Justus Georg Schottel and Sigmund
von Birken.For several years, she kept up a correspondence with
Madeleine de Scudéry and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. Sibylle Ursula
wrote part of a novel, Die Durchlauchtige Syrerin Aramena (Aramena,
the noble Syrian lady), which when complete would be the most famous
courtly novel in German Baroque literature; it was finished by her
brother Anthony Ulrich and edited by Sigmund von Birken.[3][4] Other
writings of hers include a five-act play and a series of spiritual
meditations.[4] Translations of hers include two novels (Cassandre and
Cléopâtre) by La Calprenède, parts of Scudéry's Clélie, and
Introductio ad sapientiam, one of the Latin writings of Juan Luis
Vives, a Spanish humanist.[2][4]Initially determined to remain
unmarried, in 1663 she eventually entered into marriage with Duke
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1627â€"1698),
at the age of 34. Her husband, the only surviving son of Duke Philip
of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg, had taken over the rule at
Glücksburg Castle the year before and was able to restore public
finances with the help of his Wolfenbüttel relatives.
Braunschweig-Luneburg and Sibylle of Brunswick-Luneburg, (4 February
1629 â€" 12 December 1671), a member of the House of Welf, was a
daughter of Duke Augustus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg and, by marriage,
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. She stood out as
a translator and writer.[1]Sibylle Ursula was born in Hitzacker, the
third child of Duke Augustus (1579â€"1666) from his second marriage
with the Ascanian princess Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607â€"1634).
Her father assumed the rule in the Principality of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1634. Sibylle Ursula became the
stepdaughter of Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613â€"1676),[2] the
third wife of Duke Augustus who had distinguished herself as a poet
and composer. Like her siblings, the Brunswick dukes Rudolph Augustus
and Anthony Ulrich, she received a comprehensive education at the
Wolfenbüttel court by scholars like Justus Georg Schottel and Sigmund
von Birken.For several years, she kept up a correspondence with
Madeleine de Scudéry and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. Sibylle Ursula
wrote part of a novel, Die Durchlauchtige Syrerin Aramena (Aramena,
the noble Syrian lady), which when complete would be the most famous
courtly novel in German Baroque literature; it was finished by her
brother Anthony Ulrich and edited by Sigmund von Birken.[3][4] Other
writings of hers include a five-act play and a series of spiritual
meditations.[4] Translations of hers include two novels (Cassandre and
Cléopâtre) by La Calprenède, parts of Scudéry's Clélie, and
Introductio ad sapientiam, one of the Latin writings of Juan Luis
Vives, a Spanish humanist.[2][4]Initially determined to remain
unmarried, in 1663 she eventually entered into marriage with Duke
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1627â€"1698),
at the age of 34. Her husband, the only surviving son of Duke Philip
of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg, had taken over the rule at
Glücksburg Castle the year before and was able to restore public
finances with the help of his Wolfenbüttel relatives.
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