Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth in about 1720, painted by Christoph Bernhard Francke
Known forCollection of over 1200 bibles
Born1683 (1683)
Died1767 (aged 83–84)
SpousesAdolf August, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
FatherRudolph Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
MotherBibiana von Promnitz in Pless

Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1683 – 1767) was a German noblewoman and book collector. Her collection of over four thousand books, including multilingual bible translations, now form part of the Herzog August Library.

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