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He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Life. When Francis Otto took over the reins of power in 1555, he had to promise the interim government, that had ruled since the death of his father in 1546, that he would comply with a large number of constraints. His reign was dominated above all by the debts incurred by the principality.
The first Hanoverian King of Great Britain, George I of Great Britain, was the reigning Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was finally made an official and recognized prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1708. His possessions were enlarged in 1706 when the hereditary lands of the Calenberg branch of the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg merged ...
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1235–1252. 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.
Duke Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1508–1549) was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549.
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Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1530-1559) c.1595 Description This is one of the series of forty-nine portrait miniatures (420431-420679; Royal Collection) of German and other forebears of the Hanoverian dynasty which were first recorded hanging in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace by George Vertue in 1743.
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1204 – 1252),first Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 . Ancestor of all the Guelph branches. John (1242–1277) reigned jointly with his brother, Albert, as the second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg until the partition of the duchy. John was also the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Lüneburg in ...
Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1530–1559) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1555 to 1559. He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. (en) François-Othon (20 juin 1530 – 29 avril 1559) est duc de Brunswick-Lunebourg de 1555 à sa mort. Il est le fils aîné du duc Ernest « le Confesseur ».
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