House of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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The House of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a prominent German ducal dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire that produced several lines of princes and electors, including the Hanoverian kings of Great Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German dynasty
noble house
capital Brunswick
Celle
Hanover
Wolfenbüttel
coatOfArms House of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dynasticUnionWith Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Kingdom of Great Britain
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Kingdom of Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ethnicGroup Germans
foundedBy Otto the Child
hasBranch Bevern line
Blankenburg line
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line

Calenberg line
Celle line
Dannenberg line
Grubenhagen line
Göttingen line
Harburg line
House of Brunswick-Bevern
surface form: House of Brunswick

House of Hanover
House of Welf
Blankenburg line
surface form: Lüneburg line

Osterode line
hasMainTerritory Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
hasMotto Nec aspera terrent
hasTitle Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
surface form: Duke of Brunswick

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Elector of Hanover

King of England
surface form: King of Great Britain

King of Ireland
King of the United Kingdom
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Prince of Lüneburg
Prince-elector
surface form: Prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
language German
notableMember Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Ernest Augustus I of Hanover

Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
surface form: Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick
surface form: Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
George IV of the United Kingdom
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Queen Victoria
William IV
surface form: William IV of the United Kingdom
partOf House of Welf
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
significantEvent accession of George I to the British throne in 1714
annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia in 1866
elevation of Calenberg line to Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
end of personal union between the United Kingdom and Hanover in 1837
establishment of the Duchy of Brunswick in 1814
personal union between Great Britain and Hanover

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Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel nobleFamily House of Brunswick-Lüneburg
this entity surface form: House of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel