Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Rudolph Augustus
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Portrait by Hans Hinrich Rundt, c.1700
Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Reign17 September 1666 – 26 January 1704
PredecessorAugustus II
SuccessorAnthony Ulrich
Born(1627-05-16)16 May 1627
Hitzacker, Principality of Lüneburg
Died26 January 1704(1704-01-26) (aged 76)
Hedwigsburg (now part of Kissenbrück), Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
SpouseChristine Elizabeth of Barby-Mühlingen
HouseHouse of Welf
FatherAugustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
MotherDorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst

Rudolph Augustus (16 May 1627 26 January 1704), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled as Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1666 until his death. In 1685 he made his younger brother Anthony Ulrich co-ruler.