has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle (Schloss Celle) built in the Renaissance and Baroque...
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The Principality of Lüneburg (later also referred to as Celle) was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire...
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Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The...
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Brunswick and Lüneburg (‹See Tfd›German: Herzogtum Braunschweig und Lüneburg), commonly known as the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg or Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an...
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Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel (colloquially also called Brunswick) and, temporarily, Lüneburg. Magnus...
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Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick (redirect from Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
the Lüneburg-Celle subdivision of the Welf family's Brunswick-Lüneburg duchy from 1520 until his death. He was the son of Henry I, Duke of Lüneburg, and...
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signed peace deals elsewhere, such as the Treaty of Celle (Sweden made peace with Lüneburg (Celle)), Treaty of Saint-Germain (France and Sweden made peace...
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George I of Great Britain (redirect from Duke Georg Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. In 1682, he married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, with whom he had two children;...
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under royal Hanoverian rule in 1823 as Landdrostei Lüneburg (roughly: High Bailiwick of Lüneburg), renamed Regierungsbezirk (roughly: governorate) in...
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Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (category Duchesses of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
most importantly, Sophia Dorothea was declared Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle with all appertaining rights of birth. Also, George Louis' parents finally...
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George, Duke of Brunswick (redirect from George of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, in Celle – 12 April 1641, in Hildesheim), ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. He was a member...
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the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. This quadrangular building is the largest castle in the southern Lüneburg Heath region. Celle Castle is based on a fortified...
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ceded his claim on inheriting Lüneburg to his youngest brother Ernest Augustus, settling for the smaller duchy of Celle and promising to remain unmarried...
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Lüneburg during its time as an independent principality. The Principality of Lüneburg (‹See Tfd›German: Fürstentum Lüneburg), later also called Celle...
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brother George William, and instead ruled the larger territory of Lüneburg at Celle Castle. In 1642 Christian Louis became a member of the Fruitbearing...
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Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle Celle Castle 21 November 1682 2 children div. 28 December 1694 11 June...
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the Lüneburg, a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The Principality was occasionally (but incorrectly) also known as Brunswick-Celle, since...
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Lüneburg became a part of the County after Emperor Lothair, who inherited it from the Billungs. Harburg was a barony, not a duchy...
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Albert I, Duke of Brunswick (redirect from Albrecht I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
choose his part. He took the northern half including the region of Lüneburg, Celle and the city of Hanover, while Albert received the southern part around...
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Frederick, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, (28 August 1574 – 10 December 1648) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1636 to 1648. Frederick was born on 28 August...
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region number D28. Lüneburg Heath covers an area which includes the districts (Landkreise) of Celle, Gifhorn, Heidekreis, Uelzen, Lüneburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg...
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Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick (redirect from Frederick II, Duke of Lüneburg)
Tfd›German: der Fromme) (1418–1478) was the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1457 and from 1471 to 1478. After the death of...
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of Brunswick-Lüneburg (18 November 1568 – 1 October 1636) was the Lutheran Bishop of Ratzeburg from 1610 to 1636 and the Prince of Lüneburg from 1633 to...
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the place of imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, otherwise Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of George I of Great Britain and the mother...
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Ernest Augustus Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629–1698 House of Hanover Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle 1666–1726 Electoral Princess of Hanover...
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Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg (6 December 1502 in Celle – 6 November 1568 in Szczecin) was a princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by births and marriage Duchess...
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Otto V, Duke of Brunswick (redirect from Otto V of Lüneburg)
Otto der Siegreiche, der Großmütige), was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his...
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Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (11 September 1494 in Celle – 2 April 1572 in Geldern) was a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by birth and by marriage Duchess...
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of Denmark. Margarete married on 27 February 1487 in Celle with Duke Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468–1532). Henry had already been sent to the Saxon...
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(counties) of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Celle, Gifhorn and Lüchow-Dannenberg, die towns of Lüneburg, Celle and Wolfsburg as well...
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