Otto the Evil (c. 1340 – 13 December 1394, Hardegsen) was a member of the House of Guelph. He was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1367 Duke in the Principality...
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Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen (nicknamed Otto Cocles or Otto the One-eyed; c. 1380 – 6 February 1463), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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married to Elisabeth, a daughter of Duke Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (referred to as "Otto The Mad" or "Otto The Evil"). They had three sons and...
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Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. Anna's first marriage was with Duke Albert III of Bavaria. They had the...
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I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1267–1322) Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1268–1318) William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1270–1292) Otto...
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Duke Ernest I of Brunswick-Göttingen (c. 1305 – 24 April 1367) was a member of the Guelph dynasty and was Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen from 1344 until...
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the son of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Adelheid of Montferrat. The second son of Albert the Tall, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Albert was...
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of Hanover centuries later. When the Brunswick princes of Göttingen became extinct with the death of Duke Otto the One-Eyed in 1463, William was able...
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Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (German: Philipp I., Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen; 1476 – 4 September 1551, Herzberg) was a member of the...
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Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen or Otto the Evil (died 1394) Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach (1390–1461) Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495–1549)...
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Otto the Mild (24 June 1292 – 30 August 1344), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled over the Brunswick part of the duchy. Otto was the eldest son of Albert...
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principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the territory of present day Lower Saxony. In 1235, Otto I was enfeoffed with the newly founded Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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of Duke Eric I and Elizabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, a daughter of Otto the Bad, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. He was a grandson of the Duke Albert I,...
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of his brother Otto in 1527. Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, married Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and he died on 11 January 1547 at the age of...
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Duke Ernest II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1418–1466) was the second son of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen...
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firstly Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg. They had one son: Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (30 June...
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Castle, a residence of the Brunswick dukes. When Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg chose the Principality of Calenberg as his part of the inheritance in...
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division of the duchy in 1495, whereby the Principality of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen was re-divided into its component territories, Duke Henry the...
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daughter of the Duke Albert the Pious of Bavaria-Munich (1401–1460) from his marriage to Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck (1420–1474), daughter of the...
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Principality of Grubenhagen between 1427 and 1464. Henry was the eldest son of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and Elizabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, a daughter...
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and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death. Sigismund was the third son of Albert III of Bavaria with Princess Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck...
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the absence of her spouse during his military campaign in 1479. Margaret was the daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck...
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the regional aristocracy. After Duke Otto I of Göttingen relinquished his jurisdiction over Jews to the town of Göttingen in the years 1369–70, conditions...
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Henry I (August 1267 – 7 September 1322), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Admirable (German: Heinrich der Wunderliche, Latin: Henricus Mirabilis)...
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John (c. 1242 – 13 December 1277), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 until his death. He initially reigned jointly...
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Principality of Göttingen (German: Fürstentum Göttingen) was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire, with Göttingen as its...
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the clergy and became bishop of Münster in 1310. First marriage (1263) to Adelheid, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1244–1274) Sophia (1264–after...
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November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. He was born in Munich...
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(c. 1357 – 5 June 1400), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1373 until his...
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restless" of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg (born: 1424; died: 5 March 1495 in Hann. Münden), was a son of Duke William the Victorious of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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