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(Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg) George HANOVER #71250
17 FEB 1581/82 - 12 APR 1641
Personal Information
- TITLE: Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
- BIRTH: 17 FEB 1581/82, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany
- DEATH: 12 APR 1641, Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany
Notes
Founder of the House of Hanover
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. He was a member of the House of Welf, a prominent German noble family. George was part of a cadet branch of the family known as the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, which held territories in what is now Lower Saxony in Germany.
George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535-1592) and Dorothea of Denmark (1546-1617). His mother was the 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.
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. He was a member of the House of Welf, a prominent German noble family. George was part of a cadet branch of the family known as the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, which held territories in what is now Lower Saxony in Germany.
George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535-1592) and Dorothea of Denmark (1546-1617). His mother was the 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.
Parents
Father: William VI WELF #71101
Mother: Dorothea of OLDENBURG #66115
Family 1 :
_Henry WELF ____________+
| (1468 - 1531)
_Ernest I WELF ___________|
| (1497 - 1545) |
| |_Margarete of WETTIN ___+
| (1469 - 1528)
_William VI WELF _______|
| (1535 - 1592) m 1561 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG ___|
| (1508 - 1541) |
| |________________________
|
|
|--George HANOVER
| (1581 - 1641)
| _Frederick I OLDENBURG _+
| | (1471 - 1533) m 1502
| _Christian III OLDENBURG _|
| | (1503 - 1558) |
| | |_Anna of HOHENZOLLERN __+
| | (1487 - 1514) m 1502
|_Dorothea of OLDENBURG _|
(1546 - 1616) m 1561 |
| _Magnus I ASCANIA ______+
| | (1469 - 1563)
|_Dorothea of ASCANIA _____|
(1511 - 1571) |
|_Catherine of WELF _____+
(1488 - 1563)