List of consorts of Brunswick-Lüneburg explained

See also: Duchy of Brunswick, List of the rulers of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and List of the rulers of Lüneburg.

Lüneburg became a part of the County after Emperor Lothair, who inherited it from the Billungs.

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Hermann II, Duke of Swabia
(Conradines)
11 November 995 1003/051010/11
husband's death
14 February 1043 Brun I
Hugo VI, Count of Nordgay
(Etichonids)
align="center"-before 102523 Apr 1038
husband's death
21 July 1077Liudolf I
Aemilia of SusaUlric Manfred II of Turin
(Arduinici)
align="center"-105811 January 1068
husband's death
28 January 1078Egbert I
Otto I, Margrave of Meissen align="center"-before 10803 July 1090
husband's death
1111Egbert II
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
(Brunonen)
1060 after 10853 July 1090
husband's accession
1101
husband's death
9 December 1117 Henry the Fat
Henry the Fat
(Northeim)
1087/89 1100 1101
husband's accession
4 December 1137
husband's death
10 June 1141 Lothair of Supplinburgb
Lothair of Supplinburg
(Süpplingenburg)
18 April 111529 May 11274 December 1137
husband's accession
20 October 1139
husband's death
18 April 1143Henry the Proud
Clementia of ZähringenConrad, Duke of Zähringen
(Zähringen)
align="center"-1148/4923 November 1162
divorce
1148/49Henry the Lion
Henry II of England
(Plantagenet)
June 1156 1 February 1168 28 June 1189
Agnes of HohenstaufenConrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Hohenstaufen)
1176December 1193/January 11941203
Division of Duchy
9/10 May 1204Henry the Tall
Agnes of WettinConrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
(Wettin)
-121128 April 1227
husband's death
1 January 1248
Beatrice of HohenstaufenPhilip of Swabia
(Hohenstaufen)
April/June 1198 23 July 1212 11 August 1212Otto the Proud
Marie of BrabantHenry I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1190 after 19 May 1214 19 May 1218
husband's death
9 March/14 June 1260
Helena Valdemarsdatter of DenmarkValdemar I of Denmark
(Estridsen)
1175/82Summer of 1202 1203
Division of Duchy
13 December 1213
husband's death
22 November 1233William of Winchester
Matilda of BrandenburgAlbert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1210end of 1228August 1235
Became Duchess
10 June 1261Otto the Child

Main line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Matilda of BrandenburgAlbert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1210end of 1228August 1235
Duchy's creation
9 June 1252
husband's death
10 June 1261Otto I
Elisabeth of BrabantHenry II, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
124313 July 125417 April/9 October 1261Albert I
Alessia of MontferratBoniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
(Aleramici)
1240 1 November 12661269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel
6 February 1285
Liutgatd of HolsteinGerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
(Schauenburg)
12511265, after 15 July1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg
after 28 February 1289John I
Albert (Wolfenbüttel line) ruled the duchy jointly with his younger brother John (Lüneburg-Celle line). As the brothers could not agree on how to govern the duchy, in 1267 they decided to divide their possession, which happened in 1269. Albert partitioned the territory while John obtained the right to choose his part. He took the northern half including the cities of Lüneburg and Hanover while Albert received the southern part, including Calenberg, Helmstedt, the Harz mountain range and Göttingen. The City of Brunswick was to remain common property of the brothers.

Wolfenbüttel line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Alessia of MontferratBoniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
(Aleramici)
1240 1 November 12661269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel
15 August 1279
husband's death
6 February 1285Albert I
Agnes of MeissenAlbert II, Margrave of Meissen
(Aleramici)
before 12641282, before 21 July1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen
1 February/September 1332Henry I
Rixa of Mecklenburg-WerleHenry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle)
align="center"-10 January 12841291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
after 2 October 1312Albert II
(1st reign)
Elisabeth of HesseHenry I, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
1276129030 September 1292
husband's death
after 6 July 1306William I
Rixa of Mecklenburg-WerleHenry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle)
align="center"-10 January 128430 September 1292
husband's reaccession
after 2 October 1312Albert II
(2nd reign)
Agnes of BrandenburgHermann, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
1296/98 16 September/22 December 131928 November 1334Otto I
Sophie of BrandenburgHenry I, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Ascania)
130013271356Magnus I
Elisabeth of HesseHenry II, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
1329before 2 March 134017 April 1345
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
7 March 1390Ernest I
Catherine of AnhaltBernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
(Ascania)
1330 before 6 October 135615 June/15 August 1369
husband's accession
26 July 1373
husband's death
30 January 1390Magnus II
Anna of Saxe-WittenbergWenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
(Ascania)
align="center"-10 November 13865 June 1400
husband's death
after 18 April 1426Frederick I
After Frederick I's murder in 1400, Wolfenbüttel was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I and Henry II, who were joint rulers of Lüneburg. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
Margaret of Saxe-WittenbergWenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
(Ascania)
align="center"-12 July 13855 June 1400
husband's accession
12 June 1418Bernard I
Sophie of PomeraniaWartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
(Griffins)
align="center"-11 November 13885 June 1400
husband's accession
28 June 1406Henry II
Margaret of HesseHermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
138930 January 14091409
husband relinquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg
1446
In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III and Henry III of Lüneburg. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
Cecilia of BrandenburgFrederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
1405 30 May 14231428
husband relinquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel
1432
husband's deposition in Wolfenbüttel and given Calenberg
4 January 1449William III
(1st reign)
Helene de ClèvesAdolph I, Duke of Cleves
(De la Marck)
18 August 1423 12 February 14363 July 1471Henry III
Elisabeth of StolbergBodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode143826 November 1444 25 July 1482
husband's accession
1491
husband relinquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen
7 September 1520William IV
Margaret of RietbergConrad V, Count of Rietberg align="center"-16 November 148325 July 1482
husband's accession
1484
husband's imprisonment
4 January 1533 or 6 June 1535Frederick III
Catherine of Pomerania-WolgastEric II, Duke of Pomerania
(Griffins)
align="center"-1465 7 December 1473
husband's accession
23 June 1514
husband's death
1526Henry IV
Marie of WürttembergHenry, Count of Württemberg
(Württemberg)
15 August 149618 February 1515 28 December 1541Henry V
Sophia Jagiellon of PolandSigismund I the Old
(Jagiellon)
13 July 1522 22–25 February 1556 3 May 1589
husband's death
28 May 1575
Hedwig of BrandenburgJoachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
2 March 1540 25 February 156011 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602Julius
Elizabeth of DenmarkFrederick II of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
2 March 1540 25 February 156011 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602Henry Julius
Anna Sophia of BrandenburgJohn Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
15 March 1598 4 September 1614 11 August 1634
husband's death
19 December 1659Frederick Ulrich
Dorothea of Anhalt-ZerbstRudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
(Ascania)
25 September 1607 26 October 162311 August 1634
husband's accession
26 September 1634Augustus II
Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg-GüstrowJohn Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow)
20 August 1613 13 July 1635 17 September 1666
husband's death
2 July 1676
Christiane Elisabeth von BarbyAlbert Frederick, Count of Barby-Muhlingen6 October 1634 10 November 1650 17 September 1666
husband's accession
2 May 1681Rudolph Augustus
Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-NorburgFrederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg)
24 May 163417 May 1656 17 September 1666
husband's accession
4 February 1704Anthony Ulrich
Christine of Hesse-EschwegeFrederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
(Hesse-Eschwege)
30 October 164826 November 1667 1667
relinquish claim to Wolfenbüttel for Bevern
18 March 1702Ferdinand Albert I
Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-NorburgPrince Rudolph Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg)
12 September 168312 September 171027 March 1714
husband's accession
23 March 1731
husband's death
3 April 1767Augustus William
Christine Louise of Oettingen-OettingenAlbert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
(Oettingen-Oettingen)
20 March 1671 12 September 171023 March 1731
husband's accession
1 March 1735
husband's death
3 September 1747Louis Rudolph
Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-LüneburgLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
22 April 169615 October 1712 1 March 1735
husband's accession
2 September 1735
husband's death
6 March 1762 Ferdinand Albert II
Philippine Charlotte of PrussiaFrederick William I of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
13 March 1716 2 July 1733 2 September 1735
husband's accession
26 March 1780
husband's death
17 February 1801Charles I
Augusta of Great BritainFrederick, Prince of Wales
(Hanover)
31 August 1737 16 January 1764 26 March 1780
husband's accession
16 October 1806
husband's death
23 March 1813Charles II
Marie of BadenCharles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Zähringen)
7 September 1782 1 November 1802 16 October 1806
husband's accession
1807
Wolfenbüttel annexed by Napoleon
29 April 1808Frederick William
Became part of Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813)
Reformed into the Duchy of Brunswick in 1814.

Grubenhagen line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Agnes of MeissenAlbert II, Margrave of Meissen
(Aleramici)
before 12641282, before 21 July1291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen
7 September 1322
husband's death
1 February/September 1332Henry I
Jutta of BrandenburgHenry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
(Ascania)
1299–1306before 16 April 13187 September 1322
husband's accession
15 July 1325/early February 1327Henry II
Heloise d'IbelinPhilip d'Ibelin, Seneschal of Jerusalem.
(Ascania)
130723 August 1330after 25 May 1347
Adelheid of EversteinHenry II, Count of Everstein-10 May 1335
or
9 June 1336
9/11 March 1361
husband's death
after 29 September 1373Ernest I
Agnes of Brunswick-LüneburgMagnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Ascania)
-before 17 August 137211 August/22 September 1383
husband's death
21 March 1410 Albert I
(Salzderhelden)
Elisabeth of Brunswick-GöttingenOtto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
(Guelph)
14 July 140528 May 1427
husband's death
after 29 September 1444Eric I
(Salzderhelden)
Adelaide of Anhalt-KöthenJohn of Anhalt-Köthen
(Ascania)
-- 1402before 1421Frederick I
(Osterode)
Margaret of SagenJohn I of Sagan
(Piast)
27 June 14571464
husband's death
after 9 May 1491Henry III
(Salzderhelden)
Schonetta of Nassau-WeilburgJohn I of Nassau-Weilburg
(Nassau)
-141425 April 1436Otto II
(Osterode)
Elisabeth of WaldeckWolrad I of Waldeck
(Waldeck)
15 October 147115 August 1485
husband's death
15 March 1513Albert II
(Osterode)
Catherine of Mansfeld-VorderortErnest II of Mansfeld-Vorderort
(Mansfeld)
1 October 150115171535Philip I
(Salzderhelden)
Margaret of Pomerania-WolgastGeorge I of Pomerania
(Griffins)
May 15189 October 15474 September 15512 April 1567
husband's death
24 June 1569Ernest III
(Salzderhelden)
Dorothea of Saxe-LauenburgFrancis I of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
1 March 154310 December 1570 5 April 1586Wolfgang
(Salzderhelden)
Clara of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelHenry II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Guelph)
16 November 15321 July 156014 May 159523 November 1595Philip II
(Herzberg)
Annexed by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1596.
Ceded to Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1617.

Göttingen line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Rixa of Mecklenburg-WerleHenry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
(Mecklenburg-Werle)
align="center"-10 January 12841291
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
30 September 1292
husband's takes over Wolfenbüttel
after 2 October 1312Albert II
Merged into Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth of HesseHenry II, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
1329before 2 March 134017 April 1345
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen
24 April 1367
husband's death
7 March 1390Ernest I
Margarete of JülichWilliam VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg
(Jülich)
137913 December 1394
husband's death
18 July 1442Otto I
Agnes of HesseHermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
13911463
husband's death
1471Otto II
Elisabeth of StolbergOttoBodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode143826 November 1444 1491
husband relinquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen
1495 or 7 July 1503
husband death
7 September 1520William IV
Combined with Calenberg to form Calenberg-Göttingen line

Calenberg line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Cecilia of BrandenburgFrederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
1405 30 May 14231432
husband's desposition in Wolfenbüttel
4 January 1449William III
Matilda of Holstein-SchauenburgOtto II, Count of Schauenburg-Pinneberg
(Schauenburg)
align="center"-146622 July 1468
Merged into Wolfenbüttel
Catherine of SaxonyAlbert III, Duke of Saxony
(Wettin)
24 July 1468 29 June 1497 1495 or 7 July 1503
husband inherited Göttingen
10 February 1524Eric I
Combined with Göttingen to form Calenberg-Göttingen line

Calenberg-Göttingen line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Catherine of SaxonyAlbert III, Duke of Saxony
(Wettin)
24 July 1468 29 June 14971495 or 7 July 1503
Union of Calenberg and Göttingen
10 February 1524Eric I
Elisabeth of BrandenburgJoachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
24 August 1510 7 July 1525 30 July 1540
husband's death
25 May 1558
Sidonie of SaxonyHenry IV, Duke of Saxony
(Wettin)
8 March 1518 17 May 1545 1573
divorce
4 January 1575Eric II
Dorothea of LorraineFrancis I, Duke of Lorraine
(Vaudémont)
24 May 1545 19/20 December 1576 17 November 1584
husband's death
2 June 1621
Hedwig of BrandenburgJoachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
2 March 1540 25 February 156017 November 1584
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602Julius
Elizabeth of DenmarkJoachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
2 March 1540 25 February 156011 June 1568
husband's accession
3 May 1589
husband's death
21 October 1602Henry Julius
Anna Sophia of BrandenburgJohn Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
15 March 1598 4 September 1614 11 August 1634
husband's death
19 December 1659Frederick Ulrich
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-DarmstadtLouis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
30 July 1601 14 December 1617 11 August 1634
husband's accession
23 January 1698
husband's death
6 May 1659George
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPhilip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
28 September 16369 October 165315 March 1665
husband's death
6 August 1689 Christian Louis
Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate-SimmernEdward of the Palatinate-Simmern
(Wittelsbach)
14 March 165230 November 166818 December 1679
husband's death
12 August 1730John Frederick
Sophia of the Palatinate-SimmernFrederick V, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
14 October 1630 30 September 165818 December 1679
husband's accession
23 January 1698
husband's death
8 June 1714Ernest Augustus
On 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Bevern line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Christine of Hesse-EschwegeFrederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
(Hesse-Eschwege)
30 October 164826 November 1667 1667
relinquish claim to Wolfenbüttel for Bevern
25 April 1687
husband's death
18 March 1702Ferdinand Albert I
Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-LüneburgLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
22 April 169615 October 1712 1 March 1735
became Duchess of Wolfenbüttel
6 March 1762 Ferdinand Albert II
Eleonore Charlotte of CourlandFrederick Casimir Kettler
(Kettler)
11 June 16865 August 1714 1 March 1735
husband's accession
14. April 1746
husband's death
28 July 1748Ernest Ferdinand
Anna Karoline of Nassau-SaarbrückenWilliam Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(Nassau)
31 December 175126 October 1782 2 August 1781
husband's accession
27 April 1809
husband's death
12 April 1824Frederick Charles Ferdinand
In the 1809, Bevern passed to Frederick William of the Wolfenbüttel line

Lüneburg-Celle line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Liutgard of HolsteinGerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
(Schauenburg)
12511265, after 15 July1269
Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg
13 December 1277
husband's death
after 28 February 1289John I
? of OldenburgOtto II of Oldenburg, Count of Delmenhorst
(Oldenburg-Delmenhorst)
align="center"-align="center"-13 December 1277
husband's accession
before 1287Otto II
Matilde of BavariaLouis II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
1275 24 April-7 August 128828 March 1319
Matilda of MecklenburgHenry II, Lord of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg)
129322 March 131010 April 1330
husband's accession
19 August 1352
husband's death
3 June, after 1358Otto III
Hedwig of RavensbergOtto IV, Count of Ravensberg
align="center"-before 7 April 1328 10 April 1330
husband's accession
5 December 1336William II
Mariealign="center"-align="center"-after 1336before 2 February 1341
Sophia of Anhalt-BernburgBernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
(Ascania)
align="center"-12 March 134618 December 1362
Agnes of Saxe-LauenburgEric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
135324 June 136323 November 1369
husband's death
after 7 January 1387
After William II's death in 1369 without a male heir, according to rules of the House of Welf Lüneburg passed to his cousin, Magnus II, in Wolfenbüttel. But Emperor Charles IV considered that the imperial fiefdom (Reichslehen) fell to the Empire and enfeoffed Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg and his uncle Wenceslas with the principality, thus precipitating the Lüneburg War of Succession.
Catherine of AnhaltBernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
(Ascania)
1330 before 6 October 135615 June/15 August 1369
husband's accession
26 July 1373
husband's death
30 January 1390Magnus II
11 May 137428 July 1385
husband's death
Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg
Cecilia of CarraraFrancis of Carrara, Count of Paduaalign="center"-before 11 May 1371
or
23 January 1376
15 May 1388
husband's death
1427/1435
After Wenceslas's death in 1388, Lüneburg was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I and Henry II, who would become joint rulers of Wolfenbüttel in 1400. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
Margaret of Saxe-WittenbergWenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
(Ascania)
align="center"-12 July 138515 May 1388
husband's accession
1409
husband relinquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Wolfenbüttel
12 June 1418Bernard I
Sophie of PomeraniaWartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
(Griffins)
align="center"-11 November 138828 June 1406Henry II
Margaret of HesseHermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)
138930 January 14093 December 1416
husband death
1446
Cecilia of BrandenburgFrederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
1405 30 May 14231428
husband relinquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel
4 January 1449
In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III and Henry III. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
Elisabeth of EbersteinHermann V, Count of Ebersteinbefore 1415142511 June 1434
husband's accession
27 May/1 June 1445
husband's death
10 February 1468Otto IV
Magdalena of BrandenburgFrederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
141216 September 143011 June 1434
husband's accession
27 October 1454Frederick II
Matilda of Holstein-SchauenburgOtto II, Count of Schauenburg-Pinneberg
(Schauenburg)
align="center"-14639 February 1464
husband's death
22 July 1468Bernard II
Anne of Nassau-SiegenJohn IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
(Nassau)
1441 25 September 14679 January 1471
husband's death
8 April 1513Otto V
Margaret of SaxonyErnest, Elector of Saxony
(Wettin)
4 August 1469 27 February 14871520
husband's abdication
7 December 1528Henry I
After Henry I's abdication, the Duchy passed to his three sons: Otto VI, Ernest I, and Francis I. In 1527, Otto VI married morganically, abdicating in Lüneburg and was compensated with his own domain, the Barony of Harburg. In 1539, the two remaining brothers divided the Duchy. Francis received Gifhorn while Ernest I remain in Lüneburg.
Sophie of MecklenburgHenry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg)
1508 1528 17 June 1541Ernest I
Elisabeth Magdalene of BrandenburgJoachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
6 November 1537 5 February 1559 29 April 1559
husband's death
1 September 1595Francis Otto
Translation NeededUrsula of Saxe-LauenburgFrancis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
1545 1569 1569
relinquish Lüneburg for Dannenberg
22 October 1620Henry III
Dorothea of DenmarkChristian III of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
29 June 1546 12 October 156120 August 1592
husband's death
6 January 1617William VI
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPhilip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
28 September 16369 October 165315 March 1665
husband's death
6 August 1689 Christian Louis
Éléonore Desmier d'OlbreuseAlexandre Desmier, Seigneur d'Olbreuse3 January 1639 1676 28 August 1705
husband's death
5 February 1722George William
On 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Harburg line

Harburg was a barony, not a duchy

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Agnes of MeissenAlbert II, Margrave of Meissen
(Aleramici)
before 12641282, before 21 July1291
husband compensated with Harburg
7 September 1322
husband's death
1 February/September 1332Otto VI
Matilda of BrandenburgAlbert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
(Wettin)
12103 November 18493 March 1862Paul Frederick

Gifhorn line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Clara of Saxe-LauenburgMagnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
13 December 151829 September 154723 November 1549
husband's death
27 March 1576Francis I
In 1549, Francis I died leaving only daughters and therefore Gifhorn reverted to the Lüneburg-Celle line.

Dannenberg line

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Translation NeededUrsula of Saxe-LauenburgFrancis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
1545 1569 1569
Duchy partitioned, husband received Dannenberg
19 January 1598
husband's death
22 October 1620Henry III
Maria of OstfrieslandEdzard II, Count of Ostfriesland
(Cirksena)
1 May 1582 25 April 1614 9 July 1616Julius Ernest
Sybille of Brunswick-LüneburgWilliam, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
3 June 1584 23 November 1617 19 January 1598
husband's death
5 August 1652
Dorothea of Anhalt-ZerbstRudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
(Ascania)
25 September 1607 26 October 162311 August 1634
husband inherits Wolfenbüttel
26 September 1634Augustus II

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PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Ducal throne was vacant from 1884 to 1913.
Victoria Louise of PrussiaWilhelm II, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
13 September 1892 24 May 1913 1 November 1913
husband's accession
8 November 1918
husband's abdication
11 December 1980 Ernest Augustus