Principality of Lüneburg

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The Principality of Lüneburg was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire. It existed from 1267 until 1705. While named after Lüneburg, since the 14th century its capital was Celle; hence it is also known as Brunswick-Celle.

Contents 1 History 2 Princes of Lüneburg 2.1 First House of Lüneburg 2.2 First House of Brunswick 2.3 Ascanian House 2.4 Second House of Brunswick 2.5 Second House of Lüneburg 2.6 Third House of Lüneburg 3 External links 4 Further reading

[edit] History

Lüneburg was created when the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was split in 1267, when Duke John forced his elder brother Duke Albert to share the duchy with him. John's last male-line descendant died in 1369, and a succession war broke out between the Dukes of Saxony and the Wolfenbüttel line of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Lüneburg was briefly under control of the dukes of Saxony, but it finally fell to Wolfenbüttel in 1388. In 1582, Lüneburg inherited half of the County of Hoya, and in 1585, the County of Diepholz. In 1633, it inherited the Principality of Grubenhagen, and in 1689, the Duchy of Lauenburg. In 1705, the Principality of Lüneburg was inherited by the Principality of Calenberg and remained permanently joined with it through personal union.

[edit] Princes of Lüneburg

[edit] First House of Lüneburg

• John (1242-1277), Princes of Lüneburg (1269-1277)
• Otto the Strict (II) († 1277), Princes of Lüneburg (1277-1230)
• Otto III (1296-1352), Princes of Lüneburg (1330-1352)
• William II(† 1369), Princes of Lüneburg (1330-1369)

[edit] First House of Brunswick

• Magnus Torquatus (1328-1373), Princes of Lüneburg (1369-1373)

[edit] Ascanian House

• Albert, Duke of Saxony (†1385) Princes of Lüneburg (1370-1385)
• Wenceslaus, Elector of Saxony († 1388), Princes of Lüneburg (1385-1388)

[edit] Second House of Brunswick

• Henry the Mild († 1416), Princes of Lüneburg (1400-1416)
• William the Victorious(1392-1482), Princes of Lüneburg ( 1416-1428)
• Heinrich (1411-1473), Princes of Lüneburg (1416-1428)

[edit] Second House of Lüneburg

• Bernhard I. († 1434), Princes of Lüneburg (1388-1409 und 1428-1434)
• Otto with the Crooked Leg (IV) († 1446), Princes of Lüneburg (1434-1446)
• Friedrich the Pious († 1478), Princes of Lüneburg (1446-1457 und 1472-1478)
• Bernhard II. (1432-1464), Princes of Lüneburg (1457-1464)
• Otto the Magnanimous (1439-1471), Princes of Lüneburg (1457-1471)
• Henry V. (1468-1532), Princes of Lüneburg (1486-1520)
• Otto (1495-1549), Princes of Lüneburg (1520-1527)
• Francis (1508-1549), Princes of Lüneburg (1536-1539)
• Ernest I. the Confessor (1497-1546), Princes of Lüneburg (1520-1546)
• Franz Otto (1530-1559), Princes of Lüneburg (1555-1559)
• Henry (1533-1598), Princes of Lüneburg (1559-1569)
• William the younger (1535-1592), Princes of Lüneburg (1559-1592)
• Ernst II. (1564-1611), Princes of Lüneburg (1592-1611)
• Christian (1566-1633), Princes of Lüneburg (1611-1633)
• Augustus the Elder (1568-1636), Princes of Lüneburg (1633-1636)
• Frederick (1571-1648), Princes of Lüneburg (1636-1648)

[edit] Third House of Lüneburg

• Christian Louis (1622-1665), Princes of Lüneburg (1648-1665)
• John Frederick (1625-1679), Princes of Lüneburg (1665)
• George William (1624-1705), Princes of Lüneburg (1665-1705)

From 1705 on, the princes of Calenberg were also princes of Lüneburg.

[edit] External links

• [1](German)

[edit] Further reading

• Wilhelm Havemann: Geschichte der Lande Braunschweig und Lüneburg. 3 Bände. Nachdruck. Hirschheydt, Hannover 1974/75, ISBN 3-7777-0843-7 (Originalausgabe: Verlag der Dietrich'schen Buchhandlung, Göttingen 1853-1857) (in German)