Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Magnus I., called " the Pious ", (* 1304, † 1369 ), from the family of Welf, was from 1345 to 1369 Duke of the Principality of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel.

Life

Magnus was the son of Albert II, Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg and at the same time from 1268 to 1318 Duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel, and his wife Rixa of Werle. After the death of Albrecht Otto took over the mildness until his death in 1344, the Duchy of Brunswick- Lüneburg.

After that it shared his brothers Ernst and Magnus on each other. Ernst received the Principality of Göttingen and Magnus the Principality of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel, which he ruled until his death in 1369. This division is for the Duchy of Brunswick of importance, because it was held for the first time in the history of the country by its own duke.

But Calvörde with the castle Calvörde were handed out to noble families for a long time.

1327 married Magnus I. Sophie from the house of Ascanians; this was the part of her mother niece of Wittelsbach emperor Louis of Bavaria, which is why they had hereditary right to the Mark Landsberg.

With the death of the last askanischen Margrave of Brandenburg, Ludwig joined the Bayer 's heritage. Otto the Mild of Brunswick had received the Bayer guaranteed a number altmärkischer cities for a hereditary settlement with Ludwig. Later, a new agreement was made after was to completely revert to Ludwig after the death of Otto and Agnes ', the Altmark. Louis sought to win the Notes under the Altmark knighthood. Among them was the city of Brunswick. After the death of the Duchess Agnes, the feuds between Ludwig and Otto were the Mild bigger, he saw that the Altmark knights standing behind Ludwig. He renounced the inheritance against 3000 silver marks. 1345 Ludwig complained that Albert of Alvensleben taken the Calvörde castle and the market town Calvörde and another 5 villages have destroyed it. Albert acted on behalf of the New Brunswick Duke Magnus the Pious, who provided inheritance rights on Calvörde and Linder castle. The feuds came to a head and it came in 1347 to the battle, was defeated in the Magnus the Pious.

In 1367, Magnus I. defeated the Bishop of Hildesheim Gerhard Berg at the Battle of Dinklar after he was plundering penetrated to the territory of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. ( 1365-1398 ).

After his death took Magnus II, known as " Torquatus ", the Principality of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel to 1373rd

Progeny

In 1327 he married Sophie of Brandenburg, the daughter of Henry I of Brandenburg. The couple had the following children:

• Mathilde ( † before June 28, 1354 ); ∞ ( in 1339 ), Prince Bernhard III. of Anhalt- Bernburg († August 20, 1348 )
• Magnus II (Braunschweig -Lüneburg ) ( 1328-1373 ), called Torquatus ( with the chain ); ∞ Katharina of Anhalt- Bernburg († January 30, 1390 ), daughter of Prince Bernhard III. (Anhalt) († 1348 ) and Agnes of Saxe- Wittenberg ( † January 4, 1338 )
• Albert II of Brunswick -Lüneburg († April 14, 1395 ), Archbishop of Bremen
• Heinrich ( † after January 28, 1382 ), canon of Hildesheim and Halberstadt
• Otto ( † January 16, 1339 )
• Louis I (Braunschweig -Lüneburg ) ( * before 1349, † November 5, 1367 ); ∞ Mechtild of Brunswick- Lüneburg ( † before May 16, 1410 ), daughter of Duke William II of Brunswick -Lüneburg († November 23, 1369 ) and Hedwig of Ravens mountain ( * before 1315 † December 5, 1334 )
• Agnes (* ( 1343 ); † 1404); ∞ (before January 5, 1364 ), Count Henry VII of Hohenstein († 1408 )
• Sophie ( * 1340, † by 1394); ∞ Diedrich Graf v. Hohn stone (c. 1306, † 1379 )
• Ernst ( † ( 16./26. ) In February 1385 )