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
Duchy of Brunswick	15
Brunswick-Lüneburg	12
Principality of Lüneburg	3
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	2
Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	2
Brunswick-Lüneburg (Brunswick)	1
Duchy of Brunswick (historical)	1
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Celle line)	1
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1
Elector of Hanover	1
House of Hanover	1
Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1
Principality of Calenberg	1
Principality of Wolfenbüttel	1
former Kingdom of Hanover	1

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.

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge → countryOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Bernhard Riemann → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Carl Friedrich Gauss → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Carl Friedrich Gauss → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Eugene Gauss → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Friedrich August Wolf → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Friedrich → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich Bernhard Riemann

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Georg → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

George II of Great Britain → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

George V of Hanover → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Joseph Gauss → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Sophia of the Palatinate → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Wilhelm Gauss → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → countryOfDeath → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

Hessian auxiliaries → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Hessian troops → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

House of Hanover → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Monadology → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Theodicy → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen → countryOfOrigin → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

George I of Great Britain → countryRuled → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

George I of Great Britain → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia Dorothea of Celle → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Sophia of the Palatinate → deathPlace → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse → deathTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

Hessian forces → employedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → familyName → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg

Kingdom of Westphalia → followedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Celle → formerCapitalOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Celle line)

Hanover → formerCapitalOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities → foundedBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

House of Brunswick-Bevern → hasCadetBranchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

Welf → hasDynasticUnionWith → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

House of Hanover → hasMainTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

House of Hanover → hasMainTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

First Coalition → hasMember → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Siege of Tournai (1709) → hasParticipant → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire → heldBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector of Hanover

Herrenhausen Palace → heritage → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Herrenhausen Palace → heritage → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Lüneburg → historicRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ