Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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ducal title noble title title of nobility in the Holy Roman Empire

The Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a title held by rulers of a significant principality within the Holy Roman Empire, associated with the House of Welf and later giving rise to the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg canonical 27
Elector of Hanover 13
Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg 7

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
title of nobility in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Welf ⓘ
surface form: Welf dynasty
capital Brunswick ⓘ
Lüneburg ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause territorial reorganization into Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
feudalRank duke ⓘ
governmentForm principality ⓘ
grantedBy Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
hereditaryIn House of Welf ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
inception 1235 ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
Middle Low German ⓘ
linkedTitle Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elector of Hanover

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King of Hanover

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Welf ⓘ
notableHolder Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
surface form: William IV of the United Kingdom
originalHolder Otto the Child ⓘ
partOf Lower Saxon Circle ⓘ
precededBy Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Saxony (stem duchy)
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
subsequentEntity Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
territoryIncludes Brunswick ⓘ
Calenberg ⓘ
Celle ⓘ
Lüneburg ⓘ
Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
titleHeldBy Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Prince of Calenberg ⓘ
Prince of Celle ⓘ
Prince of Grubenhagen ⓘ
Prince of Göttingen ⓘ
Prince of Lüneburg ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → hadTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire → laterElectorsIncluded → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Herrenhausen Palace → associatedWith → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electors of Hanover
Ivan VI of Russia → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → title → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → title → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → fatherTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse → spouseTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Brunswick Town → namedAfter → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
War of the First Coalition → notableCommander → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → titleHeldBy → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → linkedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → linkedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → linkedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → linkedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
House of Welf → providedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
House of Welf → providedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
House of Welf → providedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick
George V of Hanover → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
House of Brunswick-Bevern → usedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Prince-elector → hasPart → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Battle of Warburg → commander → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Leopold I, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Bremen-Verden → ruledInPersonalUnionBy → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Christian Henry → title → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Lunenburg → namedAfter → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg court at Celle → residenceOf → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Princess of Hanover → relatedTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Hanover
Maximilian William of Hanover → titleHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
subject surface form: George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
subject surface form: George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel → employer → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg → hasTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg → hasTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Prince of Lüneburg → hasPredecessor → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Prince of Lüneburg → hasSuccessor → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Duke of Bremen-Verden → successorTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover
Viceroy of Hanover → hasTitleInGerman → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vizekönig von Hannover
Brunswick Square → namedAfter → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → title → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → aristocraticTitle → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Otto the Child → positionHeld → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ