Background
Francis Charles was a son of the Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1547–1619) from his second marriage to Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Francis Charles was a son of the Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1547–1619) from his second marriage to Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
With this army, he fought in Bohemia against Emperor Ferdinand World War II In 1623, Francis Charles" elder brother Julius Henry came to a reconciliation with the Emperor. Francis Charles recruited a new regiment for the Danish King and quartered it in his brother"s neutral Saxe-Lauenburg, where his troops took a hostile stance. After Christian IV was defeated, Francis Charles asked Wallenstein to help him seek another reconciliation with the Emperor.
On 19 September 1628 Francis Charles married Agnes of Brandenburg, widow of the Duke Philip Julius of Pomerania-Wolgast.
After King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden had landed in Pomerania in 1630, Francis Charles entered his service as a colonel. After the death of Gustavus Adolphus, Francis Charles switched sides and joined the army of the Electorate of Saxony.
This allowed him to reconcile with the Emperor once again. Francis Charles remarried in 1651 Countess Elisabeth Christine of Meggau, widow of the Baron Adolf Christoph of Teuff.
After leaving the military service he toured Italy.
He died in Saxe-Lauenburgian Neuhaus and, despite his three marriages, he left only children born out of wedlock.
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