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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry (son of II Magnus and Catherine); died 1416.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37062


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  II Magnus was born 1324 (son of Magnus and Sophia); died 1373.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magnus with the Necklace
    • Reference Number: 37058

    Notes:

    Magnus (1324-1373), called Magnus with the Necklace (Latin: Magnus Torquatus) or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel (colloquially also called Brunswick) and, temporarily, Lüneburg.

    Magnus was the son of Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Wolfenbüttel). In 1362 Magnus and his brother Louis helped their brother Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen to assert himself against the incumbent diocesan administrator Morris of Oldenburg, who claimed the see for himself. Magnus, Louis and the latter's father-in-law William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Celle), and their troops beleaguered Morris in the prince-archiepiscopal castle in Vörde and forced him to sign his resignation.

    After the death of his brother Louis in 1367, Magnus became the designated heir of both ducal principalities, Wolfenbüttel and Celle (colloquially also Lüneburg). When both his father and William II, who ruled over Celle, died in 1369, Magnus gained both ducal principalities. But already in 1370, he lost Celle to the Ascanian dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg (Albert and his uncle Wenceslas, Elector of Saxe-Wittemberg), who had been given the principality by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who had also banned Magnus. Several cities, including Lüneburg (Lunenburg), Uelzen, and Hanover switched allegiance to the Ascanians; Magnus managed to keep the City of Braunschweig (Brunswick) among his allies only with difficulties. The Lüneburg War of Succession continued for several years after Magnus died in the Battle of Leveste (a part of today's Gehrden), near the Deister, on 25 July 1373.

    II — Catherine. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Catherine (daughter of III Bernhard).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37059

    Children:
    1. I Frederick was born 1357; died 1400.
    2. II Agnes was born Bef 1356; died Abt 1416.
    3. Sophia was born 1358; died 28 May 1416.
    4. Maud was born 1370.
    5. Otto was born Abt 1364; died 1406.
    6. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick died Aft 1423.
    7. I Bernard died 1434.
    8. 1. Henry died 1416.
    9. I Agnes died 1410.
    10. Helen
    11. Elizabeth died 1420.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Magnus (son of II Albert and Rixa); died 1369.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magnus the Pious
    • Reference Number: 37070

    Notes:

    Magnus (died 1369), called the Pious (Latin Pius), was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

    The son of Albert the Fat, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Magnus was still a minor when his father died in 1318; he and his brother Ernest were put under the guardianship of their elder brother Otto, who continued as sole ruler even after his brothers came of age. After marrying Sophie, a niece of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Magnus was appointed margrave of Landsberg and count palatine of Saxony by the Emperor in 1333. Magnus took residence at Sangerhausen. When Otto died in 1344, Magnus and Ernest jointly took over government of the state; but already on 17 April 1345, they agreed to divide the territory. Magnus received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel.

    In 1346, a border war between Wolfenbüttel and the Archbishop of Magdeburg broke out. In exchange for help in this conflict, Magnus sold the Margraviate of Landsberg to Frederick II, Margrave of Meißen. But the Archbishop conquered Schöningen in 1347, and Magnus had to cede Hötensleben and some other possessions to the Archbishop. Financially ruined by the war, Magnus could not stop the cities in the state from acquiring more and more rights; especially the City of Brunswick was becoming more powerful.

    In 1348, the Emperor gave Landsberg and the Palatinate of Saxony to Bernard, Prince of Anhalt. The ensuing conflict over these territories between Magnus and Bernard ended amicably with a marriage between Magnus' son Magnus and Catherine, daughter of Valdemar, Prince of Anhalt.

    Magnus attempted to secure the Principality of Lüneburg for his son Louis, so that it could be reunited with Wolfenbüttel. The prince of Lüneburg, William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a member of the same house to which Magnus belonged, the House of Welf, did not have sons; however, he had already promised the principality to a son of his daughter, a relative of the Duke of Saxony, before he agreed to Magnus' plan. Louis then married William's daughter Matilda. A lengthy conflict broke out that culminated in the Lüneburg Succession War, which was resolved only in 1388.

    In 1367, Magnus joined Dietrich, Archbishop of Magdeburg, Albert, Bishop of Halberstadt, Valdemar, Prince of Anhalt, and others in a campaign against Gerhard of Berg, Bishop of Hildesheim; they were defeated by Hildesheim in a battle near Farmsen and Dinklar on 3 September. Magnus was taken prisoner, and had to buy his freedom. He died in Summer of 1369.

    — Sophia. (daughter of I Henry) died 1356. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sophia (daughter of I Henry); died 1356.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37071

    Children:
    1. 2. II Magnus was born 1324; died 1373.
    2. Louis died 1367.
    3. Albert died 1395.
    4. Henry
    5. Ernest
    6. Matilda (Unknown)
    7. Helen
    8. Agnes

  3. 6.  III Bernhard (son of II Bernhard and Helen); died 20 Aug 1348.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37156

    Children:
    1. 3. Catherine


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  II Albert was born Abt 1268 (son of I Albert and Adelheid); died 22 Sep 1318.

    Other Events:

    • Name: the fat
    • Reference Number: 37080

    Notes:

    The second son of Albert the Tall, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Albert was a boy when his father died in 1279. He was first under guardianship of his uncle, Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden, and then of his elder brother, Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1286 the three brothers divided their father's Principality of Wolfenbüttel; Albert received the areas around Göttingen, Minden, Northeim, Calenberg, and Hanover. He made Göttingen his residence, thus Principality of Göttingen. In 1292, the third brother, William, died childless, and Albert and Henry, who had received the Principality of Grubenhagen, quarrelled about William's share, the remaining belittled areas around Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel; Albert finally prevailed.

    II married Rixa 1284. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Rixa (daughter of I Henry and Rikissa Birgersdotter).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37081

    Children:
    1. 4. Magnus died 1369.
    2. Adelaide
    3. Richenza
    4. Jutta
    5. Mechtild
    6. Luder
    7. II Albert died 1358.
    8. Henry died 1362.
    9. Otto died 1344.
    10. Ernest died 1367.

  3. 10.  I Henry

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37072

    Children:
    1. 5. Sophia died 1356.

  4. 12.  II Bernhard was born Abt 1260 (son of I Bernhard and Sophie); died Aft 26 Dec 1323.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37366

    II married Helen 27 Dec 1302. [Group Sheet]


  5. 13.  Helen (daughter of II Wizlaw).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 37367

    Children:
    1. 6. III Bernhard died 20 Aug 1348.
    2. Henry
    3. Otto