George | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
 George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, c. 1640 | |
| Born |
17 February 1582 Celle |
| Died |
12 April 1641 (aged 59) Hildesheim |
| Noble family | Hanover (founder) |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Issue |
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Sophie Amalie, Queen of Denmark Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover |
| Father | William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Mother | Dorothea of Denmark |
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, in Celle – 12 April 1641, in Hildesheim), ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635.
George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark (1546–1617). His mother was daughter to King Christian III of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. She acted as a regent during the early years of his reign, keeping power from the Councillors who had mismanaged the estates during his father's fits of insanity.
In the 1635 re-division of the territories of the House of Welf, after the death of Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, he received the Principality of Calenberg, which included the former Principality of Göttingen, since 1495, while his elder brother, Augustus the Elder, retained the Principality of Lüneburg. George was the first duke to move his residence to Hanover, where he built the Leineschloss as his residence in 1636, a palace situated by the river Leine. After his death, he was succeeded by his son, Christian Louis.
He is a character in the Eric Flint series of science fiction novels, The Ring of Fire as the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a moderate conservative member of the Crown Loyalist faction, and commander of a division in the Army of the United States of Europe.
Children[]
George married Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Brandenburg, in 1617. They had the following known children:
- Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622–1665), Prince of Calenberg from 1641-1648, and Prince of Lüneburg from 1648-1665.
- George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624–1705), Prince of Calenberg from 1648-1665, and Prince of Lüneburg from 1665-1705. He was the father of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, wife of the future King George I of Great Britain.
- John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1625–1679), Prince of Calenberg from 1665-1679.
- Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), who married King Frederick III of Denmark.
- Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (1629–1698), Prince of Calenberg from 1679-1698, and father of King George I of Great Britain.
Ancestors[]
| George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Father: William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Paternal Grandfather: Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Margarete of Saxony | |||
| Paternal Grandmother: Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Ursula of Brandenburg | |||
| Mother: Dorothea of Denmark |
Maternal Grandfather: Christian III of Denmark |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Frederick I of Denmark | |
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg | |||
| Maternal Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg | ||
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Descendants[]
See List of members of the House of Hanover.
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References[]
- Janicke, Karl (1878). "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)" (in de). Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 629–634.
- At the House of Welf site
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