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About Elénore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Fürstin zu Calenberg und L
Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse was born at the Castle of Olbreuse in Deux-Sèvres near Niort, France into a Huguenot family of lower nobility. Her parents were Alexandre Desmier d'Olbreuse and Jacquette Poussard du Bas-Vandré et de Saint-Marc. She went to the royal court in Paris as a lady-in-waiting in the service of Marie de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duchess of Thouars, whose son had married Emily of Hesse-Kassel, daughter of William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, in 1648.
In the winter of 1664 Éléonore accompanied the Duchess of Thouars who visited her son in Kassel. There the beautiful Éléonore met the unmarried George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who immediately fell in love with her.
Éléonore became his mistress and received the title Lady of Harburg. In 1666 their only child, Sophie Dorothea, was born. In 1674 the child was legitimised and Éléonore became the Duchess of Wilhelmsburg. Two years later the couple could finally marry. It was a happy marriage.
The castle and Protestantism The Castle of Olbreuse is known for its affiliation with Protestantism, specifically Calvinism, in the sixteenth century. At the time the castle belonged to a branch of the Desmier family, the Desmier of Olbreuse. In the early eighteenth century the castle belonged to Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, daughter of Alexandre Desmier of Olbreuse (1608–1660). It was then, in 1702, that Louis XIV put the castle into receivership to punish its owner for aiding Protestants. Since the conversion of the Desmier family to Calvinism, they had taken part in the religious wars against Catholics.
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Elénore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Fürstin zu Calenberg und L's Timeline
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January 3, 1639
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Olbreuse, La Rochénard, Poitou-Charentes, France
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September 15, 1666
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Celle, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR)
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1671
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February 5, 1722
Age 83
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Schloss Celle, Celle, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR)
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Stadtkirche St. Marien, Celle, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR)
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