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Otto V, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous (1439 – 9 January 1471, German: Otto der Siegreiche, der Großmütige), was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death.
The Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg (German: Herzogtum Braunschweig und Lüneburg), commonly known as the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg or Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an imperial principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the territory of present day Lower Saxony.
Otto V, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his brother, Bernard, until Bernard's death in 1464.
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (about 1204 – 9 June 1252), a member of the House of Welf, was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Emperor Otto IV.
Otto V, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous (1439 – 9 January 1471, German: Otto der Siegreiche, der Großmütige), was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his brother, Bernard, until Bernard's death in 1464.
The son of Heinrich the Lion, Otto, became Holy Roman Emperor 1209 in struggle with the Hohenstaufen dynasty and his son Otto the Child was elevated to duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, i.e. the estates that since 1127 had been in the possession of the house of Welf.
The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg: A Commemorative Collection By Christa Sammons 1974 the Beinecke Library acquired a collection of over two hundred broadsides and pamphlets relating to the ducal family of Brunswick-Lüneburg between the reign of Duke Julius, who died in 1589, and the overthrow of Karl II in 1830. These documents
