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William (c. 1270 – 30 September 1292, in Brunswick), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, briefly ruled part of the duchy. William was the third son of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On Albert's death on 1279, the three eldest brothers succeeded him, but were put under guardianship of Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden.
After the death of Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1705, King George I inherited the state of Lüneburg, being both the benefactor of Georges William's 1658 renunciation in favour of his younger brother Ernest Augustus and the husband of the Duke's morganatic daughter, Sophie Dorothea, later known as the "Princess of Ahlden". It ...
The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg driven from the country. Similarly, the notorious Karl II, the only German duke to be deposed in the wake of the July Revolution of 1830, is represented by a group of documents from the 1830s per-taining to his exile and his legal rights as a deposed duke. Another interesting group of pamphlets stems from Anton Ul-
William (4 July 1535 – 20 August 1592), called William the Younger (German: Wilhelm der Jüngere), was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until his death. Until 1569 he ruled together with his brother, Henry of Dannenberg. William was the third son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
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Otto I, the Child (grandson of Henry XII of Bavaria; made duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg by emperor Frederick II1235) 1252–1277. John (son; received Lüneburg by partition 1267) 1277–1330. Otto II, the Severe (son) 1330–1352. Otto III (son) 1330–1369. William (brother; succession in dispute 1369–88) 1252–1279
William I KG , called the Victorious , a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was reigning Prince of Lüneburg from 1416 to 1428 and of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1428 to 1432, counted either as William III or William IV.
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