Christian the Younger (September 20, 1599, Gröningen – June 16, 1626, Wolfenbüttel), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, was a protestant military leader during the Thirty Years War during which time he earned a reputation as a dangerous fanatic. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ... Gröningen is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Brunswick-Lüneburg was an historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

Christian was the third son of Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After his father's death, he was educated by his maternal uncle, King Christian IV of Denmark, and attended the University of Helmstedt. After the death of his brother, Rudolf, Bishop of Halberstadt, in 1616, he was elected his successor as bishop. This position provided him the necessary finances to start a military career. In 1621 he joined the army of Maurice of Orange and fought in the Netherlands against a Spanish army. Later he raised his own army and, in liege to Frederick V, he carried out a series of battles, plunderings and burnings along the France-Germany border and throughout the Netherlands. On two occasions he was defeated by Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly. His Catholic opponents dubbed him der tolle - "the mad" due to his excesses in war. King Christian IV. Christian IV (April 12, 1577–February 28, 1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4... University of Helmstedt in the 17th century The University of Helmstedt, official Latin name: Academia Julia (Julius University), was a university in Helmstedt, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire, that existed from 1576 until 1810. ... The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese from 804 until 1648 and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages until around 1800. ... Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg. ... Frederick is also called the Winter King of Bohemia because he reigned for less than three winter months in 1620 after he was installed by a rebellious Protestant faction. ... Count Tilly on a portrait by van Dyck Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly (February, 1559 – April 30, 1632) was a general in Bavarian and later imperial service during the Thirty Years War, upon whom Ferdinand II depended (since Wallenstein was a threat). ...

Christian died childless of wounds sustained in battle in 1626. Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ...

References

• "Christian." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 2 Dec. 2004
• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 4, p. 677-683

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