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Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchy of
The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, is an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany.
The dukedom emerged in 1235 from the allodial lands of the House of Welf in Saxony and was granted as an imperial fief to Otto the Child, a grandson of Henry the Lion.
Its name comes from the two largest towns in the territory: Brunswick and Lüneburg.
The duchy is divided several times during the High Middle Ages among various lines of the House of Welf, but the rulers all continue to be styled as the "Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg" in addition to their particular title as "Prince of Lüneburg" or "Prince of Wolfenbüttel", etc.
The individual principalities making up the duchy continue to exist until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.
Following the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15, the territories become part of the Kingdom of Hanover and Duchy of Brunswick.
Member Cities
- Brunswick > Braunschweig Niedersachsen Germany Capital
- Anklam Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany Location
- Bergen (auf Rügen) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany Location
- Bergen op Zoom Noord-Brabant Netherlands Location
- Borgholm Kalmar Län Sweden Location
- Bornholm Denmark Location
- Brandenburg Brandenburg Germany Location
- Burg (auf Fehmarn) Schleswig-Holstein Germany Location
- Copenhagen > København Staden København Denmark Location
- Dessau Sachsen-Anhalt Germany Location
- Fehrbellin Brandenburg Germany Location
- Fontainebleau Ile-de-France France Location
- Fritzlar > Friedeslar Hessen Germany Location
- Gollnow > Goleniów Szczecin Poland Location
- Greifenhagen > Gryfino Szczecin Poland Location
- Greifswald Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany Location
- Halden > Fredrikshald Ostfold Norway Location
- Halmstad Hallands Län Sweden Location
- Hanover > Hannover Niedersachsen Germany Location
- Helsingborg Skåne Län Sweden Location
- Höchst Hessen Germany Location
- Kassel Hessen Germany Location
- Kiel Schleswig-Holstein Germany Location
- Kolberg > Kolobrzeg Koszalin Poland Location
- Kristianstad Skåne Län Sweden Location
- Kungälv Västra Göteborgs Län Sweden Location
- Landskrona Skåne Län Sweden Location
- Lauenburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany Location
- Lund Skåne Län Sweden Location
- Löcknitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany Location
- Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein Germany Location
- Lüneburg Niedersachsen Germany Location
- Malmö Skåne Län Sweden Location
- Marstrand Västra Göteborgs Län Sweden Location
- Metz Lorraine France Location
- Munkedal Västra Göteborgs Län Sweden Location
- Münster Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Nijmegen Gelderland Netherlands Location
- Paris Ile-de-France France Location
- Prague > Praha Hlavni mesto Praha Czech Republic Location
- Stadtlohn Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Stargard Szczecinski (Stargard in Pomm) Szczecin Poland Location
- Stettin Konin Poland Location
- Stettin > Szczecin Szczecin Poland Location
- Stralsund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany Location
- Strasbourg Alsace France Location
- Uddevalla Västra Göteborgs Län Sweden Location
- Varberg Hallands Län Sweden Location
- Vänersborg Västra Göteborgs Län Sweden Location
- Waldeck Castle Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Östersund Jamtlands Län Sweden Location