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George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Mother. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. 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 ...
- 26 January 1624, Herzberg am Harz, Germany
- Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse
- 28 August 1705 (aged 81), Wienhausen, Germany
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). His mother was daughter to King Christian III of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg.
- 17 February 1582, Celle
- William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 12 April 1641 (aged 59), Hildesheim
- Dorothea of Denmark
George William 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. When he inherited Luneburg on the latter's death in 1665, he gave Calenberg to his younger brother, John Frederick.
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William was the second son of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and after the death of his father in 1815, was under the guardianship of King George IV of the United Kingdom. He became a Prussian major in 1823. When his brother, Charles, was deposed as ruling duke by a rebellion in 1830, William took over the government provisionally.
- 9 September 1830 – 18 October 1884
- Princess Marie of Baden
- Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Prince Albert of Prussia, (as Imperial Regent)
The sitter, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Celle, owed his place in this assemblage of the progenitors of the Hanoverian monarchs to the fact that he was the father-in-law of George I of England. His daughter, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, married George Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, who became George I of England in 1714. Jean Michelin is said to...
At the insistence of Prime Minister William Pitt, George II appointed as commander of the Hanoverian army Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, a younger brother of Brunswick’s ruler Charles I. Ferdinand had served with Frederick the Great’s army during the War of the Austrian Succession.
George William German language: Georg Wilhelm (Herzberg am Harz, 26 January 1624 – 28 August 1705, Wienhausen) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689, he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg and passed it on to his successors. George William was the father of Sophia Dorothea ...
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