The Principality of Calenberg was a dynastic division of the Welf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg established in 1432. Calenberg was ruled by the House of Hanover...
20 KB (2,255 words) - 14:46, 23 June 2025
estates gained by the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel between the Deister and Leine split away as the Principality of Calenberg. To the north, this...
76 KB (2,349 words) - 06:15, 8 June 2025
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, he received the Principality of Calenberg, which included the former Principality of Göttingen, since 1495, while his elder brother...
5 KB (453 words) - 15:59, 31 May 2025
the Principality of Calenberg. In 1495 it was expanded around Göttingen and in 1584 went back to the Wolfenbüttel Line. In 1634, as a result of inheritance...
138 KB (4,157 words) - 20:30, 2 June 2025
northwestern Germany that arose from the Principality of Calenberg. Although formally known as the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (German: Kurfürstentum...
23 KB (2,342 words) - 07:42, 20 June 2025
Calenberg Castle (German: Burg Calenberg, later called Schloss Calenberg and Feste Calenberg; ruins known as Alt Calenberg) was a medieval lowland castle...
25 KB (3,367 words) - 05:57, 5 June 2025
gained in the meantime from the Middle House of Brunswick, split away to form the Principality of Calenberg. There were further reunifications and divisions...
19 KB (1,923 words) - 05:13, 12 June 2025
was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648, he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy...
5 KB (262 words) - 20:52, 10 June 2025
of Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Celle, the wife of Duke George Louis of Brunswick and Lüneburg, the heir presumptive of the Principality of Calenberg...
8 KB (775 words) - 23:49, 1 June 2025
duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He ruled over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, from 1665 until his death. The third son of George...
6 KB (332 words) - 03:15, 24 October 2024
part of the newly established Brunswick Principality of Calenberg, with which they stayed united until the territory was merged into the Electorate of Hanover...
12 KB (1,192 words) - 02:23, 23 March 2025
Calenberg is a hill in central Germany in the Leine depression near Pattensen in the municipality of Schulenburg. It lies 13 km west of the city of Hildesheim...
11 KB (1,471 words) - 21:15, 15 July 2024
The name of this landscape comes from the Principality of Calenberg that ruled the area during the Middle Ages with its seat at Calenberg Castle near...
8 KB (948 words) - 15:29, 20 March 2025
Göttingen, Principality of Calenberg, the youngest son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and Prince of Calenberg, and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt...
10 KB (586 words) - 20:38, 23 June 2025
held the Principality of Calenberg. George William soon displaced John in Lüneburg, but had to cede Calenberg to John, and also the Principality of Grubenhagen...
41 KB (4,736 words) - 06:52, 13 November 2024
Brunswick-Grubenhagen. The principality fell to the Brunswick Principality of Lüneburg in 1617; from 1665 the territory was ruled by the Calenberg branch of the Welf dynasty...
7 KB (563 words) - 20:18, 18 December 2024
newly established Principality of Calenberg, from 1463 also over the Principality of Göttingen. In 1473, he stepped down in favour of his sons, to assume...
9 KB (555 words) - 00:45, 27 October 2024
northern principality known as Lüneburg remained fragmented and largely under control of Wolfenbuettel. However, in 1702, the Prince of Calenberg and Celle...
33 KB (3,307 words) - 06:17, 8 June 2025
Lüneburg lost its independence in 1705 when it was inherited by the Principality of Calenberg (also known as Hanover), which however could keep a separate seat...
10 KB (214 words) - 20:18, 18 December 2024
Calenberg may refer to: Calenberg, the hill in Lower Saxony, Germany, and site of Calenberg Castle Principality of Calenberg, a former German state within...
455 bytes (94 words) - 00:45, 21 October 2013
the first Welf Duke of Lauenburg after its occupation in 1689. From 1648 to 1665, he was the ruler of the Principality of Calenberg as an appanage from...
11 KB (982 words) - 22:43, 1 June 2025
Hanover (redirect from List of people from Hanover)
of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover...
98 KB (9,070 words) - 04:47, 28 May 2025
II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (10 August 1528 – 17 November 1584) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruler of the Principality of Calenberg from 1545...
7 KB (896 words) - 15:57, 15 March 2024
George inherited the Principality of Calenberg and moved his residence to Hanover. His son, Christian Louis, inherited the Principality of Lüneburg from George's...
31 KB (2,941 words) - 15:34, 8 June 2025
John Frederick of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Principality of Calenberg. During her childhood, Sophia Charlotte visited the Kingdom of France with her...
13 KB (1,211 words) - 09:21, 26 January 2025
Hamelin (category Members of the Hanseatic League)
town of the Principality of Calenberg. In 1705, it became part of the newly created Electorate of Hanover when George Louis, Prince of Calenberg, later...
11 KB (1,240 words) - 13:00, 18 May 2025
and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death. From 1584, he also ruled over the Principality of Calenberg. By embracing the Protestant...
10 KB (950 words) - 11:49, 30 January 2025
Henry and Eric. Eric was given the Principalities of Calenberg and Göttingen, whilst Henry received the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Even as a...
12 KB (1,054 words) - 16:02, 31 May 2025
Schmalkaldic War (redirect from War of the Schmalkaldic League)
the Battle of Drakenburg on 23 May 1547, as a Protestant army of the Schmalkaldic League was plundering the nearby Principality of Calenberg. His men and...
15 KB (1,558 words) - 17:20, 11 April 2025
territory assigned to the Electorate included the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Calenberg, Grubenhagen, and Lüneburg (even though at the time Lüneburg...
15 KB (1,400 words) - 14:44, 20 February 2025