Prince of Lüneburg

The following is a list of all princes of Lüneburg during its time as an independent principality.

Coat of arms of the Principality of Lüneburg

The Principality of Lüneburg (German: Fürstentum Lüneburg), later also called Celle, was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1269 to 1705,

Princes of Lüneburg

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Old House of Lüneburg

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Portrait Name Rule Remarks
John (1242-1277) 1269 - 1277 Following the division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John was the first ruler of the new Principality of Lüneburg.
  Otto II the Strict (1266-1330) 1277 - 1330 Otto II of Brunswick-Lüneburg after Otto the Child (Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg)
Otto III (1296-1352) 1330 - 1352
  William († 1369) 1330 - 1369 William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His death precipitated the Lüneburg War of Succession in 1370.

Old House of Brunswick

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Portrait Name Rule Remarks
  Magnus Torquatus (1328-1373) 1369 - 1373 Magnus II. "Magnus with the Necklace." 2nd cousin, once removed, of William II

Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg

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Portrait Name Rule Remarks
  Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg (d 1385) 1370 - 1385 Albert moved the residence to Celle after the slighting of Lüneburg Castle.
  Wenceslas of Saxe-Wittenberg (d 1388) 1370 - 1388

Middle House of Brunswick

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Portrait Name Rule Remarks
  Henry I the Mild (d 1416) 1388 - 1416
  William the Victorious (1392-1482) 1416 - 1428
Henry II the Peaceful (1411-1473) 1416 - 1428

Middle House of Lüneburg

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Portrait Name Rule Remarks
  Bernard I (d 1434) 1388 - 1409 and
1428 - 1434
  Otto I the Lame (d 1446) 1434 - 1446 Otto IV of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Also "Otto Crookleg".
  Frederick the Pious (d 1478) 1434 - 1457 and
1472 - 1478
Frederick II
  Bernard II (1432-1464) 1457 - 1464 Also Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim as Bernard III (1452–1458)
  Otto II the Magnanimous (1439-1471) 1457 - 1471 Otto V of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Henry I of Lüneburg (1468-1532) 1486 - 1520
  Otto I of Harburg (1495-1549) 1520 - 1527 Otto VI of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Francis (1508-1549) 1536 - 1539
  Ernest the Confessor (1497-1546) 1520 - 1546 Ernest I. Introduced the Reformation into the Principality of Lüneburg in 1527. He was also the progenitor of the Calenberg-Celle and Wolfenbüttel lines
  Francis Otto (1530-1559) 1555 - 1559
Henry of Dannenberg (1533-1598) 1559 - 1569 Henry III
  William the Younger (1535-1592) 1559 - 1592
  Ernest II (1564-1611) 1592 - 1611
  Christian (1566-1633) 1611 - 1633
  Augustus the Elder (1568-1636) 1633 - 1636 Augustus
  Frederick (1571-1648) 1636 - 1648

New House of Lüneburg

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Portrait Name Ruled from To Remarks
  Christian Louis
Christian Ludwig
10 December 1648 15 March 1665 Nephew of the previous duke; he was already Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, which he resigned to his next brother to take up the rule of this duchy.
  John Frederick (1625-1679)
Johann Friedrich
1665
  George William
Georg Wilhelm
15 March 1665 28 August 1705 Brother of Christian Louis, previously ruler of Brunswick-Calenberg
In 1705 the Principality of Lüneburg was united with the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg through inheritance.