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Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1508–1549) was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor , he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549.
U. Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg–United States relations. Categories: Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire. Former states and territories of Lower Saxony. History of Brunswick. Commons category link is on Wikidata. Wikipedia categories named after former countries.
Duchy in Holy Roman Empire 1235-1269; title of "Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg" used by rulers of all successor states Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Q556263) From Wikidata
Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( German: Ernst der Bekenner; 27 June 1497 – 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 was the Prince of Lüneburg and ruled the Lüneburg-Celle subdivision of the ...
Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal. Magnus (c. 1324 – 25 July 1373), called Magnus with the Necklace ( Latin: Magnus Torquatus) or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel (colloquially also called Brunswick) and, temporarily, Lüneburg .
Otto VI of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Francis (1508-1549) 1536 - 1539. Ernest the Confessor (1497-1546) 1520 - 1546. Ernest I. Introduced the Reformation into the Principality of Lüneburg in 1527. He was also the progenitor of the Calenberg-Celle and Wolfenbüttel lines.
It emerged in 1269 following the division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and its rulers continued to use the title of dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Lüneburg lost its independence in 1705 when it was inherited by the Principality of Calenberg (also known as Hanover), which however could keep a separate seat in the Reichstag for Lüneburg or "Brunswick-Celle".
