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.

Welf → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Welf → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → subsequentEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → subsequentEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → subsequentEntity → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Lüneburg
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Calenberg
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principality of Wolfenbüttel
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Prince-Bishopric of Münster → successor → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Anne, Queen of Great Britain → successorDynasty → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Hanover
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → successorState → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → successorState → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hanover
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover → territorialScope → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Kingdom of Hanover
George I of Great Britain → title → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
this entity surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg