Principality of Grubenhagen

The Principality Grubenhagen is arisen in the 13th century part of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg principality on the territory of present-day German state of Lower Saxony. Ruling dynasty was the gender of Guelph.

Territory

The structured into two separate parts dominion lay one hand between the north-west edge of the Solling and a leash at Salzderhelden and the other in the southern Upper Harz Mountains and southwestern Harz foothills north of the Eichsfeld, which also temporarily lower the calibration field belonged. It included Einbeck with the Abbey of St. Alexandri, the heroes castle, the castle Grubenhagen, Osterode am Harz, Clausthal, Duderstadt ( 1366 in Mainz) and Herzberg am Harz with the Herzberg Castle.

History

After an inheritance among the sons of Albrecht I, Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg, in 1291 Henry was awarded the Whimsical the Principality newly founded Grubenhagen. Named the Principality Grubenhagen is based on the eponymous castle whose ruins is at Rotenkirchen south of Einbeck. The name Grubenhagen first appeared around 1617, the previous name of the principality is unknown. The castle Grubenhagen, which gave the name to the principality, was not really residence. It appears as a "house" of the Dukes until the early 15th century. Rather, they resided in the castle heroes. The pit Hagen Guelph called themselves because of inheritance disputes initially only " Duke of Brunswick ." The usual for the other lines Guelph addition " and Lüneburg " as part of their name was awarded this line until the 16th century.

Henry's descendants, he had eight sons and eight daughters, all had to be befitting supplied. Even Henry's eldest son, Henry of Greece had, no longer holds the undivided dominion, that he, who also had at least eleven descendants, brought major problems with their standesgemäßer supply. She pulled it, like many other homeless nobility sons at that time also, in the distance. His son Otto called " the Tarentines " hired himself successfully as condottieri in Italy and eventually became Prince of Taranto.

Overall, the pit Hagen line of Guelph 1291-1596 had 68 members in over eight generations. Six of the 40 male descendants of Henry the Whimsical died early, twelve were clergymen, six more went abroad or entered for foreign masters. The remaining sixteen were divided - partly below and partly at the same time - the government of the Principality of Grubenhagen. They branched into several lines and the already small pit Hagen territory was continually divided into smaller and smaller principalities ( Osterode, Herzberg, Salzderhelden, Einbeck ). This lost mine Hagen princes increasingly important and came to their cousins ​​in Guelph Wolfenbüttel and Lüneburg behind.

With the death of Philip II, the youngest son of Philip I, in 1596, the line dies out Grubenhagen. The Principality Grubenhagen was then occupied by Duke Heinrich Julius of Wolfenbüttel. The Lüneburg branch of the Guelph protested but to connecting to Wolfenbüttel in 1617 and got in front of the Imperial Chamber Court law. The son of Henry Julius, Duke Friedrich Ulrich, the mining heritage of Christian Hagen had the Elder, Prince of Lüneburg transferred.

Pedigree of the ruling dukes of the Principality Grubenhagen

Henry the Whimsical (* 1267, † 1322)                        ruled 1291-1322            ___________________ | _________________________________________________           | | | |   Heinrich Ernst of Greece (I.) Johann Wilhelm      (c. 1289 † 1351 ) (c. 1297 † 1361 ) (c. 1298 † 1360 ) (* 1300, † 1367 )   ruled (1311) 1322-1352) ruled ruled 1322-1361 1322-1360 1322-1325 co-regent                                           | clergyman              ____________________________ | _______________________________             | | | |        Albrecht (I.) Johann Ernst Friedrich     (c. 1339 † 1383 ) (* 1340, † 1401 ) (c. 1346 † around 1401 ) (* 1350, † 1421 )     co-regent ruled 1361-1383 1361-1364 1383 1383-1398 guardian claims on             | Coregency senior cleric 1402-1421             | 1384 Maintenance Services |             | |           Erich Otto        (* around 1383, † 1427) (c. 1396, † 1452 )        ruled 1398-1427 co-regent 1404-1421             | Guardian 1427-1437             | _________________________________________             | | |        Henry III. Ernst Albrecht ( II )      (c. 1416 † 1464 ) (c. 1418 † 1466 ) (* 1419, † 1485 )      ruled 1437-1464 co-regent in 1441 co-regent from 1441             | Later chaplain |             | ___________ | ________             | | |        Henry IV Philip I, Erich      (* 1460, † 1526 ) (* 1476, † 1551 ) (* 1478, † 1532)      ruled 1478-1526 ruled 1496-1551 clergyman with                                           | Domination participation                   ________________________ | ______________________________                  | | | |           Ernst III. ( IV ) Johann Wolfgang Philip II         (* 1518, † 1567) (* 1526, † 1557) (* 1531, † 1595 ) (* 1533, † 1596)         ruled 1551-1567 co-regent ruled 1567-1595 1558 alimony payments                                                                    ruled 1595-1596 historic Landscape

To date, there is the Calenberg- Grubenhagensche landscape with administrative headquarters in the house of the Fair in Hannover. The coat of arms can be found among others at a building in Göttingen city center opposite St John's Church.