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House of Guelph

Otto IV of Brunswick

Otto IV of Brunswick (1175 – 1218) was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209. The only king of the Guelph dynasty, he was deposed in 1215.



Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg 1235-1428

Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1204 – 1252),first Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 . Ancestor of all the Guelph branches

House of Lüneburg


Elder House of Lüneburg 1269-1369

  • John of Lüneburg (1242– 1277), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1269.
  • Line extinct 1369



Middle House of Lüneburg 1388-1486

  • Bernard I (1358 - 1434), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1388


Middle House of Brunswick


Middle House of Brunswick 1416- 1634

  • Henry (d. 1416), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, Prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.
  • Line extinct 1634
  • Henry Julius ( 1564– 1613), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1589. from1566.
  • Frederick Ulrich ( 1591– 1634), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1613.



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