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.

Braunschweig → historicalRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick → historicalRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Hanover → historicalRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Hanover → historicalRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
House of Brunswick-Bevern → historicalRegion → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
German states → includedEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
German states → includedEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Hanoverian royal vault → linkedTo → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Hanoverian royal vault → linkedTo → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick → locatedIn → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Ahlden Castle → locatedInFormerTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → location → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Battle of Minden → location → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
German Confederation → memberState → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
German Confederation → memberState → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
North German Confederation → memberState → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
George II of Great Britain → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
George III of the United Kingdom → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
George III of the United Kingdom → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
George V of Hanover → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
William IV → monarchOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Hesse-Kassel → neighboringEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleFamily → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleFamily → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleFamily → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Hundred Days → opponent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Les Cent-Jours → opponent → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → partOf → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Carl Friedrich Gauss → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Carl Wilhelm Siemens → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Friedrich August Wolf → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Joseph Gauss → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Otto Grotewohl → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Robert Koch → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Werner von Siemens → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt → placeOfBurial → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Carl Friedrich Gauss → placeOfDeath → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → politicalEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Kingdom of Westphalia → precededBy → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Battle of Rheinberg → primaryOpposingStates → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg → region → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt → residence → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → ruled → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Lüneburg
House of Hanover → ruled → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
House of Hanover → ruled → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Welf → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ