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Albert I (also called Albert the Tall) (1236–1279) was given the regions around Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Einbeck-Grubenhagen and Göttingen-Oberwald. He thus founded the Old House of Brunswick and laid the basis for what became, later, the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Various dynastic lines of the House of Welf ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. As a result of the Vienna Congress, its successor state, the Duchy of Brunswick, was created in 1814. The following is a list of all the reigning princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. T he duchy* of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, in northern Germany, consisted of nine distinct areas that were not all connected to each other. During the Renaissance, it became a center of scholarship and home to one of the largest libraries in Europe.
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 9 October 1771 – 16 June 1815), was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany.
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1775-1815), the brother of Caroline Queen Consort of George IV, led the volunteer corps of the Black Brunswickers against the Napoleonic domination of Germany.
Despite living in the property for only a short time, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel remains closely associated with the house. Family life. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born in Germany as Friedrich Wilhelm on 9 October 1771.
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Anthony Ulrich (1633 –1714) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel, Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Married Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg (1633 - 1704) daughter of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg.
