Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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duchy principality state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historic principality within the Holy Roman Empire in what is now northern Germany, later giving rise to several important states including the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form Occurrences
Kingdom of Hanover 43
Electorate of Hanover 41
Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg 25

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
principality ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Minden ⓘ
capital Celle ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
coatOfArms blue lion on golden field ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1806 ⓘ
event elevation of Calenberg line to Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
partition into several Welf principalities ⓘ
personal union with Great Britain ⓘ
foundedBy Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hadTitle Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
inception 1235 ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Northern Germany ⓘ
modernCountry Germany ⓘ
modernTerritory Lower Saxony ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
namedAfter Brunswick ⓘ
Lüneburg ⓘ
nobleFamily Welf ⓘ
surface form: Welfs
notableRuler Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Lower Saxon Circle ⓘ
reasonForEnd dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Welf ⓘ
surface form: House of Welf
successor Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Calenberg

Principality of Grubenhagen ⓘ
Principality of Göttingen ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Lüneburg

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Wolfenbüttel

Referenced by (170)

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

Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → alliedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → alliedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover → associatedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → associatedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Leineschloss → associatedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Celle → associatedWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt → associatedWithTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Austro-Prussian War → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Battle of Bennington → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg (Brunswick)
Battle of Dettingen → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Hubbardton → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Battle of Krefeld → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Malplaquet → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Minden → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Minden → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Battle of Oudenarde → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Ramillies → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Warburg → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Third Silesian War → belligerent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Bernhard Riemann → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Caroline Schelling → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Ferdinand von Lindemann → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
George I of Great Britain → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Princess Amelia of Great Britain → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophia Dorothea of Celle → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel → birthPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → borderedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → borderedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Prince-Bishopric of Minden → borderedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Brunswick → capitalOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick (historical)
George Frideric Handel → citizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Electress of Hanover → citizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Battle of Bergen → combatant → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Langensalza (1761) → combatant → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Wilhelmsthal → combatant → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Lower Saxon Circle → contains → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover → country → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Electress of Hanover → country → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → countryAtTimeOfEvent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Battle of Wilhelmsthal → countryInvolved → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
War of the Seventh Coalition → countryInvolved → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Waterloo Campaign → countryInvolved → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Waterloo Campaign → countryInvolved → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Adolph Fischer → countryOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover