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Örjan Martinsson

Dukes of Brunswick

The duchy of Brunswick (Braunschweig) can trace its origin back to the wedding between duke Heinrich the Proud and Gertrud the daughter of emperor Lothar 1127, that meant that Heinrich who already was duke of Saxony and Bavaria came in possession with large estates in Saxony. When his son Heinrich the Lion lost Bavaria and Saxony 1180 where these estates the only lands that remained in the house of Welf's control. The son of Heinrich the Lion, Otto, became Holy Roman Emperor 1209 in struggle with the Hohenstaufen dynasty and his son Otto the Child was elevated to duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, i.e. the estates that since 1127 had been in the possession of the house of Welf.

As shown in the diagram above the Brunswick lands were repeatedly partitioned and merged through inheritance by members of the house of Welf.  Most of these states were short lived but two of them would be long lasting and their regents are listed in separate pages. The two states are Hanover (the pink boxes) and Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (the light green boxes).

1127-1139 Heinrich der Stoltze (the Proud)
1139-1195 Heinrich der Löwe (the Lion)
1195-1218 Otto
1195-1213
1195-1227
1213-1252
1252
Wilhelm
Heinrich
Otto das Kind (the Child)
Partitioned in Braunschweig and Lüneburg


 Braunschweig-Braunschweig

 

1252-1279
1279
1279-1292
1292
Albrecht I Magnus
Partitioned in Grubenhagen, Göttingen, Braunschweig
Wilhelm
Divided between Grubenhagen and Göttingen

 Braunschweig-Celle
 
1527-1546
1546-1559
1546-1569
1546-1569
1569

Ernst I (B-Lüneburg 1521-1527)
Franz Otto
Heinrich X (B-Dannenberg 1569-1598)
Wilhelm V (B-Lüneburg 1569-1592)
Partitioned in Dannenberg and Lüneburg


 Braunschweig-Einbeck
 
1373-1400
1400

Friedrich II
United with Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel


 Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

 

1279-1322
1322
1322-1351
1351-1376
1361-1384
1384-1427
1427-1463
1463-1526
1526
Heinrich I der Wunderliche (the Peculiar)
Partitioned in B-Grubenhagen and B-Osterode
Heinrich II
Otto V
Albrecht II
Erich I
Heinrich III
Heinrich IV
United with Braunschweig-Osterode

 Braunschweig-Göttingen

 
1279-1318
1318-1344
1318-1345
1318-1367
1345
1367-1394
1394-1442
1442
Albrecht II der Fette (the Fat)
Otto III der Milde (the Mild)
Magnus I der Fromme (the Pious)
Ernst I
Partitioned in B-Wolfenbüttel and B-Göttingen
Otto VI
Otto VII
United with Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

 Braunschweig-Harburg
 
1527-1549
1549-1603
1603-1619
1603-1642
1604-1606
1606-1641
1641

Otto III (B-Lüneburg 1521-1527)
Otto II
Johann Friedrich
Wilhelm August
Christopher August
Otto III
United with Braunschweig-Celle


 Braunschweig-Lüneburg
(older line)

 

1252-1277
1277-1330
1330-1352
1330-1369
1369
Johann
Otto II
Otto IV
Wilhelm III
United with Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

 Braunschweig-Lüneburg (younger line)
 
1373-1434
1434-1446
1434-1457
1457-1464
1464-1471
1471-1521
1471-1478
1521-1527
1521-1527
1521-1527
1527
Bernhard I
Otto I
Friedrich III der Fromme (the Pious)
Bernhard II
Otto II der Siegreiche (the Victorious)
Heinrich VII der Mittlere (the Intermediate)
Friedrich III (restored)
Otto III
Ernst I der Bekenner (the Confessor)
Franz (Braunschweig-Gifhorn 1527-1549)
Partitioned in Harburg, Celle and Gifhorn

 Braunschweig-Kalenberg
 
1495-1540
1540-1584
1584

Erich II der Ältere (the Elder)
Erich III der Jüngere (the Younger)
United with Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel


 Braunschweig-Osterode

 

1322-1361
1361-1420
1420-1452
1427-1486
1486-1551
1551-1567
1551-1557
1551-1595
1551-1596
1596
Ernst I
Friedrich I
Otto VIII
Albrecht IV
Philipp I
Ernst II
Johann
Wolfgang
Philipp II
United with Braunschweig-Lüneburg

 Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
(äldre linjen)

 
1345-1369
1369-1373
1373
1373-1416
1416-1482
1416-1473
1482-1495
1482-1485
1495
1495-1514
1514-1568
1568-1589
1589-1613
1613-1634
Magnus I der Fromme (the Pious)
Magnus II
Partitioned in Einbeck, Lüneburg and Wolfenbüttel
Heinrich III der Milde (the Mild)
Wilhelm III der Siegreiche (the Victorious)
Heinrich IV der Ältere (the Elder)
Wilhelm IV der Jüngere (the Younger)
Friedrich IV
Partitioned in Wolfenbüttel and Kalenberg
Heinrich VIII
Heinrich IX (Exile 1542-1547)
Julius
Heinrich Julius
Friedrich Ulrich

1634 united with Braunschweig-Hitzacker, which then change its name to Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

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