Below is a list of all the rulers of Brunswick-Luneberg. Please feel free to let me know of any information I am missing or is incorrect. You can contact me at kcrossno at seekingallancestors.com.
House of Brunswick-Luneburg
House of Welf - Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg
Reigned |
Name / Notes |
1235-1252 |
Otto I, the Child (gson of Henry XII of Bavaria; made Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg 1235) |
Old Line of Luneburg
1252-1277 |
John (son; received Luneburg by partition 1267) |
1277-1330 |
Otto II, the Severe (son) |
1330-1352 |
Otto III (son) |
1330-1369 |
William (brother; Luneburg succession in dispute 1369-88) |
Old Line of Brunswick
1252-1279 |
Albert I, the Great (son of Otto I; Brunswick 1267) |
1279-1286 |
Henry the Singular (son; Grubenhagen 1286-1322) |
1279-1292 |
William (brother; Brunswick 1286) |
1279-1318 |
Albert II, the Fat (brother; Gottingen 1286; Brunswick 1292) |
1318-1344 |
Otto the Mild (son) |
1344-1345 |
Ernest (brother; Gottingen 1345-67) |
1344-1369 |
Magnus I, the Pious (brother; Brunswick 1345) |
1369-1373 |
Magnus II, the Younger (son; co-regent 1345) |
1373-1400 |
Frederick (son; union of Brunswick w/ Luneburg 1400) |
Middle Line of Luneburg
1388-1416 |
Henry I (brother; shared Luneburg 1388; shared Brunswick 1400; received Luneburg by partition 1409) |
1416-1428 |
William I, the Victorious (son; Brunswick 1428) |
1428-1434 |
Bernard I (son of Magnus II; Brunswick 1409-28) |
1434-1441 |
Frederick the Pious (son; abdicated) |
1434-1446 |
Otto I, the Lame (brother) |
1446-1458 |
Frederick the Pious (again; abdicated, died 1478) |
1458-1464 |
Bernard II (son) |
1464-1471 |
Otto II (brother) |
1471-1522 |
Henry II, the Middle (son; abdicated, died 1532) |
1522-1527 |
Otto III (son; Harburg 1527-49) |
1522-1546 |
Ernest I, the Confessor (brother) |
1536-1539 |
Francis (brother; Gifhorn 1539-49) |
1546-1559 |
Francis Otto (son of Ernest I) |
Middle Line of Brunswick
1388-1428 |
Bernard I (son of Magnus II; shared Luneburg 1388; shared Brunswick 1400; Brunswick 1409; Luneburg 1428) |
1428-1482 |
William I, the Victorious (nephew; Luneberg 1416-28; Calenberg 1432) |
1432-1473 |
Henry the Pacific (brother; Wolfenbuttel) |
1482-1484 |
Frederick (son of William I; Calenberg 1483; deposed, died 1495) |
1482-1495 |
William II, the Younger (brother; Guttingen 1483; abdicated, died 1503) |
Line of Calenberg
1495-1540 |
Erik I, the Elder (son; received Calenberg-Gottingen by partition 1495) |
1540-1584 |
Erik II, the Younger (son; union w/ Wolfenbuttel 1585) |
Line of Wolfenbuttel
New Line of Luneburg
Electors of Hanover
1679-1698 |
Ernest Augustus (brother; Hanover; Elector 1692) |
1698-1727 |
George Louis (son; Celle 1705; King of England as George I 1714; union w/ England til 1837) |
Kings of Hanover
New Line of Brunswick - Dukes of Brunswick
Line of Breven
Line of Hanover
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