Albert II, Duke of Brunswick

Not to be confused with Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

For other people named Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg (disambiguation)|Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg, see Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg (disambiguation).

Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	c. 1268
Died	(1318-09-22)22 September 1318
Noble family	House of Guelph
Spouse(s)	Rixa of Werle
Father	Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Adelheid of Montferrat

Albert (Latin Albertus; c. 1268 – 22 September 1318), called the Fat (pinguis), was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

The second son of Albert the Tall, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Albert was a boy when his father died in 1279. He was first under guardianship of his uncle, Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden, and then of his elder brother, Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1286 the three brothers divided their father's Principality of Wolfenbüttel; Albert received the areas around Göttingen, Minden, Northeim, Calenberg, and Hanover. He made Göttingen his residence, thus Principality of Göttingen. In 1292, the third brother, William, died childless, and Albert and Henry, who had received the Principality of Grubenhagen, quarrelled about William's share, the remaining belittled areas around Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel; Albert finally prevailed.

Family

Albert married Rixa, daughter of Henry I, Prince of Werle and Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Rikissa Birgersdotter from Sweden, in 1284. They had the following children who reached adulthood:

• Adelaide, married John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
• Richenza, Abbess of Gandersheim
• Mechtild
• Jutta
• Luder, joined the Teutonic Order
• Albert (died 1358)
• Henry, Bishop of Hildesheim (died 1362)
• Otto (died 1344)
• Magnus (died 1369)
• Ernest (died 1367)

Ancestry

Family of Albert II, Duke of Brunswick

16. Henry the Lion 8. William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg 17. Matilda of England 4. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 18. Valdemar I of Denmark 9. Helena of Denmark 19. Sophia of Minsk 2. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 20. Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg 10. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg 5. Matilda of Brandenburg 22. Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia 11. Matilda of Lusatia 23. Elisabeth of Greater Poland 1. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 24. Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat 12. William VI, Marquess of Montferrat 25. Helena del Bosco 6. Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat 26. Bonifacio di Clavesana, Count of Cortemiglia 13. Berta di Clavesana 3. Adelheid of Montferrat 28. Thomas I, Count of Savoy 14. Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy 29. Margaret of Geneva 7. Margaret of Savoy 30. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy 15. Marguerite of Burgundy 31. Beatrice of Albon

References

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 1, p. 261-263
• At the House of Welf site
• Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7