Otto III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Otto III, Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg. (C. 1296; † August 19, 1352 ) was from 1330 to 1352 Prince of Lüneburg.

Life

Otto was born in 1296 as the second- eldest son of Otto the austerities and his wife Matilda of Bavaria and was already introduced in 1314 by his father in the business of government. The order issued by the Father 1315 provision requiring the Principality after his death under Otto III. would share, and his brother William II, but was ignored by the brothers and they came together in 1330, the government in the undivided land on. Focus their rule in the early years was the territorial consolidation of the Principality. So they succeeded through the acquisition of the village Faller life, the county Papenheim and betting Mars Hagen to increase their ownership in the room Gifhorn significantly. Another focus was the political support of the economically developing cities. In particular, benefited the Lüneburg trade of the navigability of the river Ilmenau between Lüneburg and Uelzen and economic agreements between the Lüneburg princes and the dukes of Saxe- Lauenburg. Otto III. died on August 19, 1352 without leaving an heir, since his only son had been drowned as a child in Ilmenau.

Progeny

Otto had from his marriage to Matilda of Mecklenburg (1293-1358) the following children: