ANTIQUITIES OF THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK

descents, it vested in Ernest of Zell, who introduced the Lutheran religion into his states.

« After his decease, his sons Henry and-William for some time reigned conjointly ; but William persuaded his brother to content himself with the country of Danneburgh ; while he himself reigned over all the rest, and thus became the patriarch of the new House of Brunswick-Lunenburgk:

“ He left seven sons; they agreed to cast lots which should marry, and to reign according to their seniority. The lot fell to George, the sixth of the sons. Frederick was the survivor of them.

‘ On his decease, the duchy descended to Ernest Augustus, the son of George, with whom the Electoral House of Lunenburgh commences. His reign is remarkable for two circumstances: his advancement to the electoral dignity, and his wife Sophia’s being assigned, by an act of the British parliament, to be the royal stem of the Protestant succession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. |

‘ On the demise of Queen Ann, George his son, in virtue of this act

of parliament, succeeded to the British monarchy.

“The house of Brunswick-Lunenburgh is now divided into branches, the German and the English. The former, under the title of Brunswick- Lunenburgh and Wolfenbuttel, possesses the duchies of Brunswick and Wolfenbuttel, and the countries of Blackenburgh and Reinskin,: and reckons 160,000 subjects. The English, under the title of Brunswick- Lunenburgh and Hanover, possesses, with the electoral dignity, the electorate of Hanover, the duchies of Lunenburgh, Zell, Calemberg, Grubenhagen, Deepholt, Bentheim, Lawenburgh, Bremen, and Verdun, and counts 740,000 subjects.” |

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