Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Henry II of Brunswick Grubenhagen (c. 1289 † 1351 ), called Henry of Greece ( de Grecia ), from the Guelph dynasty, was Duke of Brunswick- Grubenhagen.

Life

He was the son of Henry the strange ones and his wife Agnes, née Countess of Meissen. Henry the Whimsical founded after a Welf inheritance in 1291, the Principality Grubenhagen. This Principality was already over the other Guelph demesnes of rather small territory. Due to the wealth Children of Henry the strange ones ( eight sons and eight daughters ), it was this hard to provide all the descendants befitting. Henry II could not take the undivided domination of the Principality therefore. In 1324 he completed while with his brothers Wilhelm and Ernst had an extensive goods agreement under which the territory was to be governed jointly. Shortly thereafter, however, the government was divided. He remained mainly Rüdigershagen, the Golden Mark Duderstadt, Gieboldehausen, Bern Hausen, half Herzberg, semi- Lauter mountain and a share of Grubenhagen. The cities Duderstadt, Osterode am Harz and Einbeck were ruled jointly.

In 1327 he accompanied Louis the Baier on his coronation in Rome. From there he went on Lower Italy to Constantinople Opel where at the court of his brother, Emperor Andronikos III he. bored. From this provided with a safe-conduct, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. After a stay in Cyprus, where he met his second wife Heilwig, he returned in 1331 back in the homeland.

He now began to pledge part of his reign. Probably he had money problems and had to retire because of the payment of a life annuity in 1342 of the reign, when he released his third of Hameln, Einbeck, Osterode transferred to the Archbishop of Mainz on the resin, and other fixing Hagen rights. Henry died in 1351 at the castle Grubenhagen.

Family

He had with his first wife Jutta, the daughter of Henry Margrave of Brandenburg- Landsberg following children:

  • Riddag ( son; † around 1366)
  • Agnes (* 1318, † before 1371 ), X Barnim III. ( Pomerania )
  • Otto (1320-1399), Prince of Taranto in Italy Condottiere X Queen Joan I of Naples
  • Johann (* 1321, † 1371 ), Canon of Halberstadt
  • Louis (c. 1323 † before 1373 ), Canon of Pomerania

With his second wife, Heilwig, a daughter of lusignanschen Royal House of Jerusalem and Cyprus following children:

  • Philip (* 1332, † 1370-1380 ), constable of Jerusalem
  • Balthasar (* 1336, † 1385 ), Despot of Romania
  • Thomas ( c. 1338 -. C 1384 ), Augustinian monk
  • Melchior, Bishop of Osnabrück and Schwerin (c. 1341; † June 6, 1381 )

The last male descendant of has, at least in the home, none of the sons continued. His eldest son, Otto made ​​his career in Italy.

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