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Emergence. The Principality of Lüneburg was created by the division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a state that had been formed in 1235 from the allodial lands of the Welfs in Saxony and given as an imperial fief to Otto the Child, a nephew of Henry the Lion. The name of the dukedom was drawn from the two largest towns in the territory ...
2 ago 2023 · Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Duke Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 27 June 1497, Uelzen – 11 January 1546, also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. He ruled the Lüneburg-Celle subdivision of the Welf family ...
Charlotte Felizitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (8 March 1671 – 29 September 1710), married Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena and had issue; Henriette Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg (9 March 1672 – 4 September 1687), died unmarried; Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (21 April 1673 – 10 April 1742), married Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and ...
Otto the Strict was born around 1266, the son of John of Lüneburg (d. 1277) and Duchess Liutgard of Holstein. Otto was underage when his father died, so the administration of the duchy went initially to his uncle, Duke Albert (d 1279) and, after his death, to his uncle, Conrad I, Prince-Bishop of Verden. From 1282 Otto ruled in his own right.
Tra questi vi era la contea di Brunswick, che nel 1235 venne elevata a ducato dall'imperatore Federico II di Svevia. Il primo duca di Brunswick-Lüneburg fu Ottone il Bambino, figlio di Guglielmo di Winchester. Successivamente, nel 1267, il ducato venne diviso in due ducati più piccoli, di Lüneburg e di Wolfenbüttel, entrambi governati da ...
Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Portrait of Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg with his wife Maria and their family in St. Mary's Church in Büchen: Spouse(s) Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg: Noble family: House of Guelph: Father: Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: Mother: Hedwig of Brandenburg: Born: 13 January 1566 Schladen: Died
Augustus II (10 April 1579 – 17 September 1666), called the Younger ( German: August der Jüngere ), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel which he ruled until his death. Considered one of the most literate princes of ...
