Person:George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1)

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George _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
b.17 Nov 1582 Celle, Hannover, Preußen, Germany,
d.2 Apr 1641 Hildesheim, Hannover, Preußen, Germany
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Oct 1561
  1. Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg1563 - 1639
  2. Ernest II _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1564 - 1611
  3. Christian _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1566 - 1633
  4. Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg1568 - 1636
  5. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg1570 - 1649
  6. Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg1571 - 1658
  7. Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg1573 - 1643
  8. Frederick IV _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1574 - 1648
  9. George _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1582 - 1641
  10. Sybille of Brunswick-Lüneburg1584 - 1652
Spouse and Children
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  1. Christian Louis _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1622 - 1665
  2. George William _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1624 - 1705
  3. John Frederick _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1625 - 1679
  4. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg1628 - 1685
  5. Ernest Augustus _____, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg1629 - 1698
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Facts and Events
Name George _____, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 17 Feb 1582 Celle
Birth? 17 Nov 1582 Celle, Hannover, Preußen, Germany, House of Welf
Marriage to Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
Death? 2 Apr 1641 Hildesheim, Hannover, Preußen, Germany
Alt Death? 12 Apr 1641 Wolfenbuttel
Reference Number? Q61829


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George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, Celle – 12 April 1641, 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. She acted as a regent during the early years of his reign, keeping power from the Councillors who had mismanaged the estates during his father's fits of insanity.

In the 1635 re-division of the territories of the House of Welf, after the death of Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, he received the Principality of Calenberg, which included the former Principality of Göttingen, since 1495, while his elder brother, Augustus the Elder, retained the Principality of Lüneburg. George 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.

He is a character in the Eric Flint series of science fiction novels, The Ring of Fire as the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a moderate conservative member of the Crown Loyalist faction, and commander of a division in the Army of the United States of Europe.

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References
  1.   George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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