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Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (about 1437 – 1464) was the Bishop of Hildesheim (as Bernard III) from 1452 to 1458, as well as Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to 1464.

Life

Bernard was the son of Frederick the Pious and his wife Magdalene of Brandenburg. In 1452, Bernard was elected at the request of the Bishop of Hildesheim to be his coadjutor and later became his successor when the bishop died. However, the bishop's aspiration that in selecting a Welf the bishopric would strengthen its position vis-a-vis the Welf Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel proved elusive because Bernard felt obliged to support the interests of his family first. At the request of his father, he left the bishopric in 1457 to take over the Principality of Lüneburg, which he ruled jointly with his brother, Otto the Victorious, until his death on 9 Feb 1464.[1] Bernard died without an heir, his marriage to Mathilda of Schaumburg in 1463 remaining childless.

Ancestors

Family of Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
16. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
8. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
17. Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal
4. Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
18. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
9. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg
19. Agnes of Saxony
2. Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
20. Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
10. Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
21. Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin
5. Margaret of Saxony
22. Francesco I da Carrara
11. Cecilia of Carrara
23. Fina di Buzzacarini
1. Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
24. John II of Nuremberg
12. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
25. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen
6. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
26. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
13. Elisabeth of Meissen
27. Matilda of Bavaria
3. Magdalene of Brandenburg
28. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria
14. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria
29. Elisabeth of Sicily
7. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
30. Bernabò Visconti
15. Maddalena Visconti
31. Beatrice Regina della Scala

See also

References

  1. ^ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

Sources

  • Die Diözese Hildesheim. In Vergangenheit und Gegenwart von Thomas Scharf-Wrede ISBN 3-7954-1721-X
  • Geckler, Christa (1986). Die Celler Herzöge: Leben und Wirken 1371–1705. Celle: Georg Ströher. ISBN 3-921744-05-8. OCLC 255990175.
  • Ferdinand Spehr (1875), "Bernhard von Braunschweig-Lüneburg", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 418
Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Cadet branch of the House of Este
Born: about 1437 Died: 1464
German nobility
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
as Bernard III
1452–1458 		Succeeded by
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince of Lüneburg
as Bernard II
1457–1464 		Succeeded by
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