List of consorts of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Countess of Brunswick
County of Brunswick
The County of Brunswick was a county in the medieval Duchy of Saxony. It existed from about the 9th century until 1235, when it was raised to a duchy, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg....

 

Lüneburg became a part of the County after Emperor Lothair, who inherited it from the Billungs.
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
County of Brunswick
The County of Brunswick was a county in the medieval Duchy of Saxony. It existed from about the 9th century until 1235, when it was raised to a duchy, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg....

Gisela of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia was the daughter of Herman II of Swabia and Gerberga of Burgundy. Both her parents were descendents of Charlemagne.-Life:...

Hermann II, Duke of Swabia
(Conradines)
11 November 995 1003/05 1010/11
husband's death
14 February 1043 Brun I
Brun I, Count of Brunswick
Brun , was count in the Derlingau, the Nordthüringgau, the Hastfalagau, the Salzgau, the Gau Gretinge, and the Gau Mulbeze, with Brunswick as his residence. Brun was a member of the Brunones dynasty....

Gertrude of Egisheim Hugo VI, Count of Nordgau
(Etichonids
Etichonids
The Etichonids were an important noble family, probably of Frankish , Burgundian or Visigothic origin, who rose to dominate the region of Alsace in the Early Middle Ages from the seventh to the tenth centuries....

)
- before 1025 23 Apr 1038
husband's death
21 July 1077 Liudolf I
Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia
Liudolf of Brunswick was margrave of Frisia, count of Brunswick, count in the Derlingau and the Gudingau. He was a member of the Brunonen family....

Aemilia of Susa Ulric Manfred II of Turin
Ulric Manfred II of Turin
Ulric Manfred II was the Margrave of Turin and Susa in the early 11th century.- Biography:...


(Arduinici)
- 1058 11 January 1068
husband's death
28 January 1078 Egbert I
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Egbert I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. His mother was Gertrude, the sister of Pope Leo IX.Egbert was the scion of the influential Eastphalian family...

Oda of Weimar Otto I, Margrave of Meissen
Otto I, Margrave of Meissen
Otto I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1062 until his death, the second margrave of the family of the counts of Weimar and Orlamünde. He was a younger son of Weimar III of Weimar and Oda, daughter of Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. He inherited Orlamünde from his father in 1039 and...

- before 1080 3 July 1090
husband's death
1111 Egbert II
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
Egbert II was Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen. He was the eldest son of the Margrave Egbert I of the Brunonen family.Still a minor, he succeeded his father on the latter's death 11 January 1068 in Brunswick and Meissen...

Gertrude of Brunswick Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Egbert I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. His mother was Gertrude, the sister of Pope Leo IX.Egbert was the scion of the influential Eastphalian family...


(Brunonen
Brunonen
The Brunonen were a Saxon noble family in the 10th and 11th centuries, who owned property in Eastphalia and Frisia....

)
1060 after 1085 3 July 1090
husband's accession
1101
husband's death
9 December 1117 Henry the Fat
Henry, Margrave of Frisia
Henry the Fat , also known as Henry of Nordheim or Northeim, was from 1083 Count in Rittigau and Eichsfeld and from 1099 the Margrave of Frisia. He was the eldest son of Otto of Nordheim and Richenza of Swabia....

Richenza of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim was a member of the dynasty of the Counts of Northeim, and a German Empress.She was the daughter of Henry the Fat of Northeim and Gertrud of Brunswick of the Brunonen dynasty....

Henry the Fat
Henry, Margrave of Frisia
Henry the Fat , also known as Henry of Nordheim or Northeim, was from 1083 Count in Rittigau and Eichsfeld and from 1099 the Margrave of Frisia. He was the eldest son of Otto of Nordheim and Richenza of Swabia....


(Northeim)
1087/89 1100 1101
husband's accession
4 December 1137
husband's death
10 June 1141 Lothair of Supplinburg
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III of Supplinburg , was Duke of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. The son of Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia...

Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Lothair of Supplinburg
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III of Supplinburg , was Duke of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. The son of Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia...


(Süpplingenburg)
18 April 1115 29 May 1127 4 December 1137
husband's accession
20 October 1139
husband's death
18 April 1143 Henry the Proud
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
thumb|right|Henry X in a much later engraving.Henry the Proud was the Duke of Bavaria , Duke of Saxony , and Margrave of Tuscany .-Life and reign:...

Clementia of Zähringen
Clementia of Zähringen
Clementia of Zähringen , was a daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen and his wife Clementia of Namur. By her first marriage, Clementia was Duchess consort of Bavaria and Saxony. By her second marriage she was Countess Consort of Savoy....

Conrad, Duke of Zähringen
(Zähringen)
- 1148/49 23 November 1162
divorce
1148/49 Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....

Matilda of England
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
Matilda of England was the eldest daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Through her marriage with Henry the Lion, she was Duchess of Saxony and later of Bavaria.-Early life:...

Henry II of England
Henry II of England
Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...


(Plantagenet
House of Plantagenet
The House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the...

)
June 1156 1 February 1168 28 June 1189
Agnes of Hohenstaufen Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Hohenstaufen)
1176 December 1193/January 1194 1203
Division of Duchy
9/10 May 1204 Henry the Tall
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Henry was count palatine of the Rhine from 6 August 1195 to 1213.Henry was the eldest son of Duke Henry the Lion, from his marriage to Matilda, eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He grew up in England and became count palatine of the Rhine through his 1193...

Agnes of Wettin Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
(Wettin)
- 1211 28 April 1227
husband's death
1 January 1248
Beatrice of Hohenstaufen Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV.-Biography:Philip was the fifth and youngest son of Emperor Frederick I and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, daughter of Renaud III, count of Burgundy, and brother of the emperor Henry VI...


(Hohenstaufen)
April/June 1198 23 July 1212 11 August 1212 Otto the Proud
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto IV of Brunswick was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1215.-Early life:Otto was the third son of Henry the...

Marie of Brabant Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous" Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lower Lotharingia until his death.-Biography:...


(Leuven)
1190 after 19 May 1214 19 May 1218
husband's death
9 March/14 June 1260
Helena Valdemarsdatter of Dennmark Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark , also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182.-Biography:...


(Estridsen)
1175/82 Summer of 1202 1203
Division of Duchy
13 December 1213
husband's death
22 November 1233 William of Winchester
Matilda of Brandenburg Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg was a member of the House of Ascania. He was Margrave of Brandenburg from 1205 until his death in 1220.- Life :...


(Ascania)
1210 end of 1228 August 1235
Became Duchess
10 June 1261 Otto the Child
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor.-Early years:...


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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Brunswick-Lüneburg
The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...

Matilda of Brandenburg Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg was a member of the House of Ascania. He was Margrave of Brandenburg from 1205 until his death in 1220.- Life :...


(Ascania)
1210 end of 1228 August 1235
Duchy's creation
9 June 1252
husband's death
10 June 1261 Otto I
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor.-Early years:...

Elisabeth of Brabant Henry II, Duke of Brabant
Henry II, Duke of Brabant
Henry II of Brabant was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235...


(Leuven)
1243 13 July 1254 17 April/9 October 1261 Albert I
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Albert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...

Alessia of Montferrat Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
Boniface II , called the Giant, was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1225 until his death. He received the titularity of the Kingdom of Thessalonica in 1239....


(Aleramici
House of Aleramici
The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the 14th century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a...

)
1240 1 November 1266 1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel
6 February 1285
Liutgatd of Holstein Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
(Schauenburg)
1251 1265, after 15 July 1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg
after 28 February 1289 John I
John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg
John reigned jointly with his brother, Albert, as the second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg until the partition of the duchy. John was also the first ruler of the newly-created Principality of Lüneburg in 1269.-Life:...

Albert
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Albert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...

 (Wolfenbüttel line) ruled the duchy jointly with his younger brother John
John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg
John reigned jointly with his brother, Albert, as the second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg until the partition of the duchy. John was also the first ruler of the newly-created Principality of Lüneburg in 1269.-Life:...

 (Lüneburg-Celle line). As the brothers could not agree on how to govern the duchy, in 1267 they decided to divide their possession, which happened in 1269. Albert partitioned the territory while John obtained the right to choose his part. He took the northern half including the cities of Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 and Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

 while Albert received the southern part, including Calenberg, Helmstedt
Helmstedt
Helmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. Helmstedt has 26,000 inhabitants . In former times the city was also called Helmstädt....

, the Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...

 mountain range and Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

. The City of Brunswick was to remain common property of the brothers.

Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick. It is the seat of the District of Wolfenbüttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick...

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Alessia of Montferrat Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
Boniface II , called the Giant, was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1225 until his death. He received the titularity of the Kingdom of Thessalonica in 1239....


(Aleramici
House of Aleramici
The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the 14th century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a...

)
1240 1 November 1266 1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel
15 August 1279
husband's death
6 February 1285 Albert I
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Albert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...

Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen was a daughter of margrave Albrecht II "the degenerate" of Meissen and his wife Margaret of Sicily....

Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, the Degenerate was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony...


(Aleramici
House of Aleramici
The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the 14th century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a...

)
before 1264 1282, before 21 July 1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen
1 February/September 1332 Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Admirable , was the first ruler of the Principality of Grubenhagen....

Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
- 10 January 1284 1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
after 2 October 1312 Albert II
(1st reign)
Elisabeth of Hesse Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry I of Hesse "the Child" was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia.-Life:...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
1276 1290 30 September 1292
husband's death
after 6 July 1306 William I
William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, briefly ruled part of the duchy.William was the third son of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On Albert's death on 1279, the three eldest brothers succeeded him, but were put under guardianship of Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden...

Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
- 10 January 1284 30 September 1292
husband's reaccession
after 2 October 1312 Albert II
(2nd reign)
Agnes of Brandenburg Hermann, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1296/98 16 September/22 December 1319 28 November 1334 Otto I
Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Mild, ruled over the Brunswick part of the duchy.Otto was the eldest son of Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Otto and his brothers succeeded on their father's death in 1318; he served as his brothers' guardian while they were not of age...

Sophie of Brandenburg Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1300 1327 1356 Magnus I
Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called the Pious , was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.The son of Albert the Fat, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Magnus was still a minor when his father died in 1318; he and his brother Ernest were put under the guardianship of their elder brother Otto, who continued as sole ruler even after his...

Elisabeth of Hesse Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry II of Hesse called "the Iron" was Landgrave of Hesse from 1328 - 1376.Henry was the son of Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse and Adelheid of Ravensburg...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
1329 before 2 March 1340 17 April 1345
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
7 March 1390 Ernest I
Catherine of Anhalt Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....


(Ascania)
1330 before 6 October 1356 15 June/15 August 1369
husband's accession
26 July 1373
husband's death
30 January 1390 Magnus II
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....

Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg was a member of the House of Ascania and the wife of Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a German antiking....

Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...


(Ascania)
- 10 November 1386 5 June 1400
husband's death
after 18 April 1426 Frederick I
Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was ruler of the Principality of Brunswick from 1373, and, according to some sources, briefly German king-elect in opposition to Wenceslaus in 1400....

After Frederick I's murder in 1400, Wolfenbüttel was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I
Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Bernard , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled over several principalities of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the genealogy of the House of Welf, he is considered the first member of the Second House of Lüneburg....

 and Henry II
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.Henry was the...

, who were joint rulers of Lüneburg. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
Margaret of Saxe-Wittenberg Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...


(Ascania)
- 12 July 1385 5 June 1400
husband's accession
12 June 1418 Bernard I
Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Bernard , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled over several principalities of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the genealogy of the House of Welf, he is considered the first member of the Second House of Lüneburg....

Sophie of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania was a Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the spouse of King Frederick I of Denmark...

Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
Wartislaw VI of Pomarania was the eldest son of the Duke Barnim IV of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen....


(Griffins)
- 11 November 1388 5 June 1400
husband's accession
28 June 1406 Henry II
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.Henry was the...

Margaret of Hesse Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II of Hesse was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413.Hermann II, called "the Learned" was born in 1345 in Grebenstein castle, the son of Louis the Junker. He studied in Paris and in Prague. After the death of Otto, the intended heir to the throne, Henry II appointed his own nephew...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
1389 30 January 1409 1409
husband reliquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg
1446
In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III
William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William KG , called the Victorious, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He is counted either as William III or William IV....

 and Henry III
Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Peaceful , ruled over both parts of Brunswick-Lüneburg.Henry was the son of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On their father's death in 1416, Henry and his brother William inherited the Principality of Lüneburg, while under the guardianship...

 of Lüneburg. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.- Life :Cecilia was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg from his marriage to Elizabeth , daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut...

Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1405 30 May 1423 1428
husband relinquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel
1432
husband's deposition in Wolfenbüttel and given Calenberg
4 January 1449 William III
William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William KG , called the Victorious, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He is counted either as William III or William IV....


(1st reign)
Helene de Clèves Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I of Cleves was 2nd. Count of Cleves and 4th. Count of Mark.- Life :He was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Julich ....


(De la Marck
De la Marck
The House of La Marck, , original German name von der Mark, was an important family in the history of Europe, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark.-History:...

)
18 August 1423 12 February 1436 3 July 1471 Henry III
Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Peaceful , ruled over both parts of Brunswick-Lüneburg.Henry was the son of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On their father's death in 1416, Henry and his brother William inherited the Principality of Lüneburg, while under the guardianship...

Elisabeth of Stolberg Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Count Bodo VII of Stolberg and Wernigerode was a german nobleman. He ruled the counties of Stolberg in the southern Harz and the Wernigerode in the northern Harz.- Life :...

1438 26 November 1444 25 July 1482
husband's accession
1491
husband relinquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen
7 September 1520 William IV
William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel and Göttingen principalities....

Margaret of Rietberg Conrad V, Count of Rietberg - 16 November 1483 25 July 1482
husband's accession
1484
husband's imprisonment
4 January 1533 or 6 June 1535 Frederick III
Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg
Frederick III "the restless" of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg , was a son of Duke William the Victorious of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Cecilia of Brandenburg. He became Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg together with his brother William IV in 1482...

Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast
Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast
Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast was the wife of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel. She was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, and Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp....

Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
Eric II or Erich II, of the House of Pomerania , , was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1457 to 1474. He was the son of Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast and Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg Eric II or Erich II, of the House of Pomerania (Griffins), (between 1418 and 1425 – 1474), was Duke of...


(Griffins)
- 1465 7 December 1473
husband's accession
23 June 1514
husband's death
1526 Henry IV
Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Elder or Henry the Evil, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1491 until his death.-Life:...

Marie of Württemberg Henry, Count of Württemberg
Henry, Count of Württemberg
Henry of Württemberg was from 1473 to 1482 Count by Montbéliard.- Life :...


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
15 August 1496 18 February 1515 28 December 1541 Henry V
Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Younger, was Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1514 until his death...

Sophia Jagiellon of Poland
Sophia Jagiellon (1522–1575)
Sophia Jagiellon of Poland was a Polish Lithuanian Princess and Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was a daughter Sigismund I the Old and his second wife Bona Sforza.- Family :...

Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I of Poland , of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of Poland and also as the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548...


(Jagiellon)
13 July 1522 22–25 February 1556 3 May 1589
husband's death
28 May 1575
Hedwig of Brandenburg
Hedwig of Brandenburg
Hedwig of Brandenburg was a Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Margravine of Meissen.- Life :Hedwig was born in 1140 as a daughter of Albert I of Brandenburg and his wife, Sophie of Winzenburg...

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg . A member of the House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II was the son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
2 March 1540 25 February 1560 11 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602 Julius
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death....

Elizabeth of Denmark Frederick II of Denmark
Frederick II of Denmark
Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until his death.-King of Denmark:Frederick II was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Frederick II stands as the typical renaissance ruler of Denmark. Unlike his father, he...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
2 March 1540 25 February 1560 11 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602 Henry Julius
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry Julius was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. In 1576 he had become the first rector of the Protestant University of Helmstedt.- Life :...

Anna Sophia of Brandenburg John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He also served as a Duke of Prussia.-Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia:...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
15 March 1598 4 September 1614 11 August 1634
husband's death
19 December 1659 Frederick Ulrich
Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick Ulrich , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1613 until his death....

Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of Anhalt...


(Ascania)
25 September 1607 26 October 1623 11 August 1634
husband's accession
26 September 1634 Augustus II
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....

Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg[-Güstrow] was a Duke of Mecklenburg. From 1608 to 1611, he was the nominal ruler of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; the actual ruler being the regent, his great-uncle Charles I. From 1611 to 1621 John Albert and his brother Adolf Frederick I jointly ruled the whole...


(Mecklenburg-Güstrow
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
20 August 1613 13 July 1635 17 September 1666
husband's death
2 July 1676
Christiane Elisabeth von Barby Albert Frederick, Count of Barby-Muhlingen 6 October 1634 10 November 1650 17 September 1666
husband's accession
2 May 1681 Rudolph Augustus
Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Rudolph Augustus was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1666 until his death. He ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy...

Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
24 May 1634 17 May 1656 17 September 1666
husband's accession
4 February 1704 Anthony Ulrich
Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Anthony Ulrich was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his brother, and solely from 1704 until his death.-Life:Anthony Ulrich was the second son of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg; he studied at the...

Christine of Hesse-Eschwege Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
(Hesse-Eschwege
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
30 October 1648 26 November 1667 1667
relinquish claim to Wolfenbüttel for Bevern
18 March 1702 Ferdinand Albert I
Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ferdinand Albert , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a relative of the princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel....

Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg Prince Rudolph Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
12 September 1683 12 September 1710 27 March 1714
husband's accession
23 March 1731
husband's death
3 April 1767 Augustus William
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the maternal grandmother of Empress Maria Theresa, Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark and Tsar Peter II of Russia...

Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
(Oettingen-Oettingen)
20 March 1671 12 September 1710 23 March 1731
husband's accession
1 March 1735
husband's death
3 September 1747 Louis Rudolph
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1731 until his death....

Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1731 until his death....


(Welf)
22 April 1696 15 October 1712 1 March 1735
husband's accession
2 September 1735
husband's death
6 March 1762 Ferdinand Albert II
Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.-Family:...

Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
13 March 1716 2 July 1733 2 September 1735
husband's accession
26 March 1780
husband's death
17 February 1801 Charles I
Augusta of Great Britain Frederick, Prince of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...


(Hanover
House of Hanover
The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

)
31 August 1737 16 January 1764 26 March 1780
husband's accession
16 October 1806
husband's death
23 March 1813 Charles II
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand , Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, was a sovereign prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and a professional soldier who served as a Generalfeldmarschall of the Kingdom of Prussia...

Marie of Baden
Princess Marie of Baden (1782–1808)
Marie of Baden , was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Brunswick-Oels. She was married to Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1 November 1802...

Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Zähringen)
7 September 1782 1 November 1802 16 October 1806
husband's accession
1807
Wolfenbüttel annexed by Napoleon
29 April 1808 Frederick William
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Prince Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Dude", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against Napoleonic domination in Germany...

Became part of Kingdom of Westphalia
Kingdom of Westphalia
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a new country of 2.6 million Germans that existed from 1807-1813. It included of territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte...

 (1807–1813)
Reformed into the Duchy of Brunswick
Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick was a historical state in Germany. Originally the territory of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the Holy Roman Empire, it was established as an independent duchy by the Congress of Vienna in 1815...

 in 1814.

Grubenhagen line (Unfinished)


2. ALBRECHT von Braunschweig ([1339]-Salzderhelden [11 Aug/22 Sep] 1383, bur Einbeck St Alexander). He succeeded in 1359 as ALBRECHT I Herzog von Braunschweig-Salzderhelden, succeeded his father in 1361 jointly with his brother Johann II in Grubenhagen und Einbeck. m (before 17 Aug 1372) AGNES von Braunschweig, daughter of MAGNUS II "

8. FRIEDRICH von Braunschweig ([1350]-1421, bur Einbeck). He succeeded in 1384 as FRIEDRICH Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen in Herzberg, in Salzderhelden 1397, in Herzberg & Osterode 1402. m ADELHEID von Anhalt, daughter of --- (-after 29 Sep 1405). Friedrich & his wife had one child:

m ([10 May 1335/9 Jun 1336]) Adelheid of Everstein, daughter of HEINRICH [II] Graf von Everstein (-after 29 Sep 1373).>
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen was a daughter of margrave Albrecht II "the degenerate" of Meissen and his wife Margaret of Sicily....

Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, the Degenerate was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony...


(Aleramici
House of Aleramici
The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the 14th century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a...

)
before 1264 1282, before 21 July 1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen
7 September 1322
husband's death
1 February/September 1332 Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Admirable , was the first ruler of the Principality of Grubenhagen....

Jutta of Brandenburg Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1299–1306 before 16 April 1318 7 September 1322
husband's accession
15 July 1325/early February 1327 Henry II
Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, , also called de Graecia or Henry the Peaceful, was the eldest son of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg....

Heloise d'Ibelin Philip d'Ibelin, Seneschal of Jerusalem.
(Ascania)
1307 23 August 1330 after 25 May 1347
Adelheid of Everstein Henry II, Count of Everstein - 10 May 1335
or
9 June 1336
9/11 March 1361
husband's death
after 29 September 1373 Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Ernest I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen was Prince of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.- Life :He was the son of Henry I, the Admirable and his wife Agnes, née Countess of Meissen. Henry the Admirable founded the Principality of Grubenhagen in 1291, after the Guelph princes had divided their inheritance...

Agnes of Brandenburg
Agnes of Brandenburg
Agnes of Brandenburg was a Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Eric V of Denmark. As a widow, she served as the regent of Denmark for her son Eric during his minority from 1286 until 1293.- Biography :...

Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....


(Ascania)
- before 17 August 1372 11 August/22 September 1383
husband's death
21 March 1410 Albert I
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Albert I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Prince of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Salzderhelden. He reigned from 1361 until his death....


{Salzderhelden}
Matilda of Brandenburg Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg was a member of the House of Ascania. He was Margrave of Brandenburg from 1205 until his death in 1220.- Life :...


(Wettin)
1210 3 November 1849 3 March 1862 Paul Frederick

Göttingen
Principality of Göttingen
The Principality of Göttingen was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire with Göttingen as its capital. It was split off from the principality of Brunswick in 1286 in the course of an estate division among members of the House of Welf...

 line

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
- 10 January 1284 1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
30 September 1292
husband's takes over Wolfenbüttel
after 2 October 1312 Albert II
Merged into Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth of Hesse Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry II of Hesse called "the Iron" was Landgrave of Hesse from 1328 - 1376.Henry was the son of Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse and Adelheid of Ravensburg...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
1329 before 2 March 1340 17 April 1345
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
24 April 1367
husband's death
7 March 1390 Ernest I
Elisabeth of Stolberg OttoBodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1438 26 November 1444 1491
husband reliquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen
1495 or 7 July 1503
husband death
7 September 1520 William IV
William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel and Göttingen principalities....

Combined with Calenberg to form Calenberg-Göttingen line

Calenberg line

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.- Life :Cecilia was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg from his marriage to Elizabeth , daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut...

Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1405 30 May 1423 1432
husband's desposition in Wolfenbüttel
4 January 1449 William III
William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William KG , called the Victorious, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He is counted either as William III or William IV....

Matilda of Holstein-Schauenburg Otto II, Count of Schauenburg-Pinneberg
(Schauenburg)
- 1466 22 July 1468
Merged into Wolfenbüttel
Catherine of Saxony Albert III, Duke of Saxony
(Wettin)
24 July 1468 29 June 1497 1495 or 7 July 1503
husband inherited Göttingen
10 February 1524 Eric I
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eric I, the Elder was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1495 and the reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.- Ancestry :Eric I was born on 16 February 1470 in Neustadt am Rübenberge at the castle of Rovenburg....

Combined with Göttingen to form Calenberg-Göttingen line

Calenberg-Göttingen line

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Catherine of Saxony Albert III, Duke of Saxony
(Wettin)
24 July 1468 29 June 1497 1495 or 7 July 1503
Union of Calenberg and Göttingen
10 February 1524 Eric I
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eric I, the Elder was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1495 and the reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.- Ancestry :Eric I was born on 16 February 1470 in Neustadt am Rübenberge at the castle of Rovenburg....

Elisabeth of Brandenburg Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
24 August 1510 7 July 1525 30 July 1540
husband's death
25 May 1558
Sidonie of Saxony
Sidonie of Saxony
Sidonie of Saxony was a princess of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Calenberg-Göttingen.- Family :...

Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin.-Biography:Heinrich was the second son of Albert, Duke of Saxony and his wife Sidonie Podiebrad, princess of Bohemia...


(Wettin)
8 March 1518 17 May 1545 1573
divorce
4 January 1575 Eric II
Dorothea of Lorraine Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
Francis I was a member of the French nobility. He was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545.-History:...


(Vaudémont)
24 May 1545 19/20 December 1576 17 November 1584
husband's death
2 June 1621
Hedwig of Brandenburg
Hedwig of Brandenburg
Hedwig of Brandenburg was a Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Margravine of Meissen.- Life :Hedwig was born in 1140 as a daughter of Albert I of Brandenburg and his wife, Sophie of Winzenburg...

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg . A member of the House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II was the son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
2 March 1540 25 February 1560 17 November 1584
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602 Julius
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death....

Elizabeth of Denmark Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg . A member of the House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II was the son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
2 March 1540 25 February 1560 11 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602 Henry Julius
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry Julius was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. In 1576 he had become the first rector of the Protestant University of Helmstedt.- Life :...

Anna Sophia of Brandenburg John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He also served as a Duke of Prussia.-Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia:...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
15 March 1598 4 September 1614 11 August 1634
husband's death
19 December 1659 Frederick Ulrich
Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick Ulrich , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1613 until his death....

Translation Needed Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt was the daughter of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalena von Brandenburg. She was born in Darmstadt, Hesse....

Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe....


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
30 July 1601 14 December 1617 11 August 1634
husband's accession
23 January 1698
husband's death
6 May 1659 George
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635.He was a son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea of Denmark . His mother was daughter to Christian III of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg...

Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg after the death of his father in 1622...


(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
28 September 1636 9 October 1653 15 March 1665
husband's death
6 August 1689 Christian Louis
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Louis was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648 he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, and, from 1648, until his death the Principality of Lüneburg....

Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate-Simmern Edward of the Palatinate-Simmern
(Wittelsbach)
14 March 1652 30 November 1668 18 December 1679
husband's death
12 August 1730 John Frederick
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
John Frederick was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, from 1665 until his death....

Sophia of the Palatinate-Simmern Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V was Elector Palatine , and, as Frederick I , King of Bohemia ....


(Wittelsbach)
14 October 1630 30 September 1658 18 December 1679
husband's accession
23 January 1698
husband's death
8 June 1714 Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest Augustus was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Principality of Calenberg subdivision of the duchy. He was appointed prince-elector, but died before the appointment became effective...

In 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover
Electorate of Hanover
The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation...

. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern is an extinct German dynasty. It is a branch of the Younger House of Brunswick, a branch of the House of Welf. Its first member was Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who received Bevern Palace as part of his inheritance in 1666...

 line

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Christine of Hesse-Eschwege Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
(Hesse-Eschwege
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
30 October 1648 26 November 1667 1667
reliquish claim to Wolfenbüttel for Bevern
25 April 1687
husband's death
18 March 1702 Ferdinand Albert I
Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ferdinand Albert , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a relative of the princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel....

Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1731 until his death....


(Welf)
22 April 1696 15 October 1712 1 March 1735

became Duchess of Wolfenbüttel
6 March 1762 Ferdinand Albert II
Eleonore Charlotte of Courland Frederick II Casimir Kettler
(Kettler)
11 June 1686 5 August 1714 1 March 1735
husband's accession
14. April 1746
husband's death
28 July 1748 Ernest Ferdinand
Anna Karoline of Nassau-Saarbrücken William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(Nassau
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...

)
31 December 1751 26 October 1782 2 August 1781
husband's accession
27 April 1809
husband's death
12 April 1824 Frederick Charles Ferdinand
In the 1809, Bevern passed to Frederick William
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Prince Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Dude", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against Napoleonic domination in Germany...

 of the Wolfenbüttel line

Lüneburg-Celle line

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Liutgard of Holstein Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
(Schauenburg)
1251 1265, after 15 July 1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg
13 December 1277
husband's death
after 28 February 1289 John I
John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg
John reigned jointly with his brother, Albert, as the second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg until the partition of the duchy. John was also the first ruler of the newly-created Principality of Lüneburg in 1269.-Life:...

? of Oldenburg Otto II of Oldenburg, Count of Delmenhorst
(Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
- - 13 December 1277
husband's accession
before 1287 Otto II
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg , also known as Otto the Strict , came from the House of Welf and was Prince of Lüneburg from 1277 to 1330.-Life:...

Matilde of Bavaria Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Louis II of Bavaria was Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of duke Otto II and Agnes of the Palatinate...


(Wittelsbach)
1275 24 April-7 August 1288 28 March 1319
Matilda of Mecklenburg Henry II, Prince of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
1293 22 March 1310 10 April 1330
husband's accession
19 August 1352
husband's death
3 June, after 1358 Otto III
Otto III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Prince of Lüneburg from 1330 to 1352.- Life :Otto was born about 1296 as the second son of Otto the Strict and his wife Matilda of Bavaria, and was introduced to the business of government by his father as early as 1314...

Hedwig of Ravensberg Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg
- before 7 April 1328 10 April 1330
husband's accession
5 December 1336 William II
William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1330 to 1369.- Life :William was born around the year 1300 as the fourth child of Otto the Strict and his wife, Matilda of Bavaria....

Marie - - after 1336 before 2 February 1341
Sophia of Anhalt-Bernburg Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....


(Ascania)
- 12 March 1346 18 December 1362
Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Pomerania , daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania...


(Ascania)
1353 24 June 1363 23 November 1369
husband's death
after 7 January 1387
After William II's death in 1369 without a male heir, according to rules of the House of Welf Lüneburg passed to his cousin, Magnus II
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....

, in Wolfenbüttel. But Emperor Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

 considered that the imperial fiefdom (Reichslehen) fell to the Empire and enfeoffed Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg
Saxe-Wittenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony. As the precursor of the Saxon Electorate, the Ascanian Wittenberg dukes prevailed in obtaining the Saxon electoral dignity.-Ascanian...

 and his uncle Wenceslas
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...

 with the principality, thus precipitating the Lüneburg War of Succession
Lüneburg War of Succession
The Lüneburg War of Succession was a conflict that broke out in 1370 in north Germany and lasted, with interruptions, for 18 years. The war was over the line of succession to the Principality of Lüneburg...

.
Catherine of Anhalt Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....


(Ascania)
1330 before 6 October 1356 15 June/15 August 1369
husband's accession
26 July 1373
husband's death
30 January 1390 Magnus II
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....

11 May 1374 28 July 1385
husband's death
Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg
Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg
Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg was born as the son of Otto , a younger son of the prince-elector Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg, and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Duke William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

Cecilia of Carrara Francis of Carrara, Count of Padua - before 11 May 1371
or
23 January 1376
15 May 1388
husband's death
1427/1435 Wenceslas of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...

After Wenceslas's death in 1388, Lüneburg was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I
Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Bernard , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled over several principalities of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the genealogy of the House of Welf, he is considered the first member of the Second House of Lüneburg....

 and Henry II
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.Henry was the...

, who would become joint rulers of Wolfenbüttel in 1400. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
Margaret of Saxe-Wittenberg Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...


(Ascania)
- 12 July 1385 15 May 1388
husband's accession
1409
husband reliquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Wolfenbüttel
12 June 1418 Bernard I
Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Bernard , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled over several principalities of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the genealogy of the House of Welf, he is considered the first member of the Second House of Lüneburg....

Sophie of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania was a Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the spouse of King Frederick I of Denmark...

Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
Wartislaw VI of Pomarania was the eldest son of the Duke Barnim IV of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen....


(Griffins)
- 11 November 1388 28 June 1406 Henry II
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.Henry was the...

Margaret of Hesse Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II of Hesse was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413.Hermann II, called "the Learned" was born in 1345 in Grebenstein castle, the son of Louis the Junker. He studied in Paris and in Prague. After the death of Otto, the intended heir to the throne, Henry II appointed his own nephew...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
1389 30 January 1409 3 December 1416
husband death
1446
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg
Cecilia of Brandenburg was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.- Life :Cecilia was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg from his marriage to Elizabeth , daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut...

Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1405 30 May 1423 1428
husband reliquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel
4 January 1449 William III
William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William KG , called the Victorious, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He is counted either as William III or William IV....

In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III and Henry III
Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Peaceful , ruled over both parts of Brunswick-Lüneburg.Henry was the son of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On their father's death in 1416, Henry and his brother William inherited the Principality of Lüneburg, while under the guardianship...

. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
Elisabeth of Eberstein Hermann V, Count of Eberstein before 1415 1425 11 June 1434
husband's accession
27 May/1 June 1445
husband's death
10 February 1468 Otto IV
Otto IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto IV, also known as Otto Crookleg or Otto the Lame Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1446.- Life :...

Magdalena of Brandenburg Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1412 16 September 1430 11 June 1434
husband's accession
27 October 1454 Frederick II
Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick II , also known as Frederick the Pious was the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1457 and from 1472 to 1478.- Life :...

Matilda of Holstein-Schauenburg Otto II, Count of Schauenburg-Pinneberg
(Schauenburg)
- 1463 9 February 1464
husband's death
22 July 1468 Bernard II
Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the Bishop of Hildesheim from 1452 to 1458, as well as Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to 1464.- Life :...

Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg
Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg
Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Flemish-German philanthropist.Anna was the eldest daughter of John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his wife Maria, the daughter of John II, Count of Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly to Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
(Nassau
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...

)
1441 25 September 1467 9 January 1471
husband's death
8 April 1513 Otto V
Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous , was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his brother, Bernard, until Bernard's death in 1464....

Margaret of Saxony Ernest, Elector of Saxony
Ernest, Elector of Saxony
Ernst, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.-Biography:Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as his wife and cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and their...


(Wettin)
4 August 1469 27 February 1487 1520
husband's abdication
7 December 1528 Henry I
Henry I of Lüneburg
Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Prince of Lüneburg from 1486 to 1520.-Life:Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the son of Otto V of Lüneburg and Anna of Nassau, was born in 1468. In 1486, Henry took control of Lüneburg from his mother, who had been regent since the death of Henry’s...

After Henry I's abdication, the Duchy passed to his three sons: Otto VI, Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg , 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...

, and Francis I
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg 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...

. In 1527, Otto VI married morganically, abdicating in Lüneburg and was compensated with his own domain, the Barony of Harburg. In 1539, the two remaining brothers divided the Duchy. Francis received Gifhorn while Ernest I remain in Lüneburg.
Sophie of Mecklenburg Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
1508 1528 17 June 1541 Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg , 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...

Elisabeth Magdalene of Brandenburg Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg . A member of the House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II was the son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
6 November 1537 5 February 1559 29 April 1559
husband's death
1 September 1595 Francis Otto
Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1555 to 1559.- Life :When Francis Otto took over the reins of power in 1555, he had to promise the interim government, that had ruled since the death of his father in 1546, that he would comply with a large number of...

Translation Needed Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest child and only son of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , daughter of Duke Henry IV the Evil of Brunswick and Lunenburg...


(Ascania)
1545 1569 1569
relinquish Lüneburg for Dannenberg
22 October 1620 Henry III
Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1559 until 1598 and ruled over the Dannenberg subdivision of the duchy. He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.He died in Dannenberg on 19 January 1598....

Dorothea of Denmark Christian III of Denmark
Christian III of Denmark
Christian III reigned as king of Denmark and Norway. He was the eldest son of King Frederick I and Anna of Brandenburg.-Childhood:...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
29 June 1546 12 October 1561 20 August 1592
husband's death
6 January 1617 William VI
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg after the death of his father in 1622...


(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
28 September 1636 9 October 1653 15 March 1665
husband's death
6 August 1689 Christian Louis
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Louis was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648 he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, and, from 1648, until his death the Principality of Lüneburg....

Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse Alexandre Desmier, Seigneur d'Olbreuse 3 January 1639 1676 28 August 1705
husband's death
5 February 1722 George William
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....

In 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover
Electorate of Hanover
The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation...

. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Harburg
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...

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In reality the Harburg was actually barony not a duchy
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen
Agnes of Meissen was a daughter of margrave Albrecht II "the degenerate" of Meissen and his wife Margaret of Sicily....

Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Albert II, the Degenerate was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony...


(Aleramici
House of Aleramici
The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the 14th century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a...

)
before 1264 1282, before 21 July 1291
husband compensated with Harburg
7 September 1322
husband's death
1 February/September 1332 Otto VI
Matilda of Brandenburg Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg was a member of the House of Ascania. He was Margrave of Brandenburg from 1205 until his death in 1220.- Life :...


(Wettin)
1210 3 November 1849 3 March 1862 Paul Frederick

Gifhorn
Duchy of Gifhorn
The Duchy of Gifhorn with its residence at Gifhorn Castle was founded in 1539 and lasted only 10 years until the death of its ruler, Duke Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1549...

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg
Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg
Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Princess of Saxe-Lauenburg and Duchess of Brunswick-Gifhorn by marriage.- Life :Clara was born on 13 December 1518 in Lauenburg upon Elbe, a daughter of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and his wife Catherine , daughter of Duke Henry I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.She...

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from the House of Ascania.-Life:...


(Ascania)
13 December 1518 29 September 1547 23 November 1549
husband's death
27 March 1576 Francis I
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg 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...

In 1549, Francis I died leaving only daughters and therefore Gifhorn reverted back to the Lüneburg-Celle line.

Dannenberg
Dannenberg
- Places :* Dannenberg , a town in Germany* County of Dannenberg, a medieval fief founded by Henry the Lion- People :* Konrad Dannenberg, German-American engineer* Peter A Dannenberg, Russian general...

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Translation Needed Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest child and only son of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , daughter of Duke Henry IV the Evil of Brunswick and Lunenburg...


(Ascania)
1545 1569 1569
Duchy partitioned, husband received Dannenberg
19 January 1598
husband's death
22 October 1620 Henry III
Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1559 until 1598 and ruled over the Dannenberg subdivision of the duchy. He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.He died in Dannenberg on 19 January 1598....

Maria of Ostfriesland Edzard II, Count of Ostfriesland
(Cirksena)
1 May 1582 25 April 1614 9 July 1616 Julius Ernest
Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
Julius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg , Prince of Dannenberg, was a son of Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg. On his father's death in 1598 he inherited the Principality of Dannenberg...

Sybille of Brunswick-Lüneburg William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wilhelm , called William the Younger, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until his death. Until 1569 he ruled together with his brother Henry of Dannenberg....


(Welf)
3 June 1584 23 November 1617 19 January 1598
husband's death
5 August 1652
Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of Anhalt...


(Ascania)
25 September 1607 26 October 1623 11 August 1634
husband inherits Wolfenbüttel
26 September 1634 Augustus II
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....


Duchess of Brunswick
Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick was a historical state in Germany. Originally the territory of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the Holy Roman Empire, it was established as an independent duchy by the Congress of Vienna in 1815...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick was a historical state in Germany. Originally the territory of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the Holy Roman Empire, it was established as an independent duchy by the Congress of Vienna in 1815...

Ducal throne was vacant from 1884 to 1913.
Victoria Louise of Prussia Wilhelm II, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

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13 September 1892 24 May 1913 1 November 1913
husband's accession
8 November 1918
husband's abdication
11 December 1980 Ernest Augustus

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