William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William II, Duke of Brunswick -Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg Göttingen ( * ca 1425; † July 7, 1503 ) from the house of Welf, called William the Younger, was duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Prince of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel and Prince of Calenberg Göttingen was the son of William I (1392-1482) and Cecilia von Brandenburg (1405-1449), daughter of Frederick I of Brandenburg.

Life

After the death of his father William I in 1482 William inherited the Younger and his brother Friedrich, called the Troubled the duchy and thus bore the title of Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg. The brothers practiced the territorial rule of common, but divided into a contract dated August 1, 1483, the rights of use ( so-called Mutschierung ). William first received the rights to use Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel; by the deposition of his brother's 1484/85 fell Wilhelm II then to the rights of use for the Principality of Calenberg and the Principality of Göttingen. Thus Wilhelm II briefly united the principalities Calenberg, Braunschweig -Göttingen and Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel. However, he again took a separation and created the new Principality of Calenberg- Göttingen. Already in 1495 he abdicated as Duke.

Progeny

Wilhelm II married in 1444 Elisabeth of Stolberg ( 1428-1520/21 ), daughter of Count Botho zu Stolberg and had two sons and a daughter:

  • Anne (1460-1520) ∞ William I, Landgrave of Hesse
  • Henry I, known as the Elder (1463-1514), Duke of Brunswick
  • Eric I, since 1495 Duke of Brunswick -Lüneburg and reigning prince of Calenberg -Göttingen
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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