Principality of Lunebourg

The principality of Lunebourg was a subdivision of the duchy of Brunswick-Lunebourg in the Saint Germanic Roman Empire. It existed of 1267 with 1705. Become Lunebourg with the XIVe century, the capital of the principality was That. Besides one knows it under the name of Brunswick-That or Lunebourg-That .

History

The principality of Lunebourg appeared when the duchy of Brunswick-Lunebourg was divided into 1267, when the duke John forced his older brother, the duke Albert to divide the duchy with him. The last male-line descending from John died inside 1369, and a war of succession burst between the dukes of Saxony and Wolfenbüttel the line of the dukes of Brunswick-Lunebourg.

Lüneburg was briefly under the order of the dukes of Saxony, but it finally fell in Wolfenbüttel inside 1388. In 1582, Lüneburg half inherited County of Hoya, and inside 1585, County of Diepholz. In 1633, it inherited the principality of Grubenhagen, and inside 1689, Duché of Lauenburg. In 1705, the principality of Lüneburg was inherited by Principauté Calenberg and was remained in a permanent way united with him through personal Union.

Princes de Lunebourg

John (1242-1277), princes de Lüneburg (1269-1277)
Otto it (II) strict († 1277), princes de Lüneburg (1277-1230)
Otto III (1296-1352), princes de Lüneburg (1330-1352)
William II († 1369), princes de Lüneburg (1330-1369)
Magnus Torquatus (1328-1373) of Magnus II. (Brunswick-Lüneburg), princes de Lüneburg (1369-1373)
Albert, duke of Saxony († 1385) princes de Lüneburg (1370-1385)
Wenceslaus, voter of Saxony († 1388), princes de Lüneburg (1385-1388)
Henry the soft († 1416), princes de Lüneburg (1400-1416)
Guillaume Ier known as '' the victorious '' (1392-1482), princes de Lunebourg (1416-1428)
Heinrich de Heinrich (Brunswick-Lüneburg) (1411-1473), princes de Lüneburg (1416-1428)
Bernhard I. († 1434) of Bernhard I. (Lüneburg), princes de Lüneburg (und 1388-1409 1428-1434)
Otto with the twisted leg (iv) († 1446), princes de Lüneburg (1434-1446)
Friedrich de Friedrich II. (Lüneburg) the piles († 1478), princes de Lüneburg (und 1446-1457 1472-1478)
Bernhard II. (1432-1464) of Bernhard II. (Lüneburg), princes de Lüneburg (1457-1464)
Otto d' Otto V. (Lüneburg) the magnanime (1439-1471), princes de Lüneburg (1457-1471)
Henry V. (1468-1532), princes de Lüneburg (1486-1520)
Otto d' Otto I. (Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg) (1495-1549), princes de Lüneburg (1520-1527)
Francis of Francis (Brunswick-Lüneburg) (1508-1549), princes de Lüneburg (1536-1539)
Ernest I. the confessor (1497-1546), princes de Lüneburg (1520-1546)
Franz Otto (1530-1559) of Francis Otto (Brunswick-Lüneburg), princes de Lüneburg (1555-1559)
Henry (1533-1598), princes de Lüneburg (1559-1569)
the youngest William (1535-1592), princes de Lüneburg (1559-1592)
Ernst II. (1564-1611) of Ernst II. (Brunswick-Lüneburg), princes de Lüneburg (1592-1611)
Christian Christian (1566-1633), princes de Lüneburg (1611-1633)
Augustus d' Augustus (Lüneburg) elder the (1568-1636), princes de Lüneburg (1633-1636)
Frederick (1571-1648), princes de Lüneburg (1636-1648)
Christian Louis (1622-1665), princes de Lüneburg (1648-1665)
John Frederick (1625-1679), princes de Lüneburg (1665)
George William (1624-1705), princes de Lüneburg (1665-1705)

As from 1705 henceforth, the princes of Calenberg were also princes de Lüneburg.

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