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George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, in Celle – 12 April 1641, in Hildesheim), ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark (1546–1617).
Ancestry. References. George William, Duke of Brunswick. George William ( German: Georg Wilhelm; 26 January 1624 – 28 August 1705) was the first Welf Duke of Lauenburg after its occupation in 1689. From 1648 to 1665, he was the ruler of the Principality of Calenberg as an appanage from his eldest brother, Christian Louis, Prince of Luneburg.
After a little over a decade, the matter of the disputed electorate was settled upon the heir, and the new Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (acceded as duke on 23 January 1698), George I Louis, was able to style himself the Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg from 1708.
RulerBornReignDeath11081126-113920 October 1139Regency of Gertrude of Süpplingenburg ...Regency of Gertrude of Süpplingenburg ...Regency of Gertrude of Süpplingenburg ...Regency of Gertrude of Süpplingenburg ...1129/311139-11956 August 119511 April 11841195-121312 December 1213George was the first duke to move his residence to Hanover, where he built the Leineschloss as his residence in 1636, a palace situated by the river Leine. After his death, he was succeeded by his son, Christian Louis. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635.
Jan 23, 2023 · The ascension of the Hanoverians to the British throne was an unexpected turn of events, as their first king, George Louis, the Elector of Hanover (also known as George I of Great Britain ), was initially 52nd in line to the throne in 1714.
When King George Louis I of Great Britan and Ireland, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 28 May 1660, in Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire, his father, Herzog Ernst August von Braunschweig-Calenberg, was 30 and his mother, Prinzessin Sophie Dorothea von der Pfalz, was 29.
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Biography. George William was the second son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He had an elder brother, two younger brothers, and several sisters, including Queen Sophia Amalie of Denmark. Succession. In 1648, when his elder brother Christian Louis inherited Lüneburg from their paternal uncle, he gave Calenberg to George William in appanage.
