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Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Born1416
Died1464
Noble familyHouse of Guelph
Spouse(s)Margaret of Sagan
FatherEric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
MotherElisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen

Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (* 1416 † Grubenhagen, 20 December 1464[1]), of the House of Welf, was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ruling the ducal Principality of Grubenhagen between 1427 and 1464.

Life

Henry was the eldest son of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and Elizabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, a daughter of Otto the Bad, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. After the death of his father in 1427, he ruled jointly with his younger brothers Ernest II and Albert II. Until his coming of age in 1437 he was under the guardianship of Duke Otto II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Osterode. In the year 1447 a feud broke out between Henry and Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, who was allied with the Archbishop of Mainz and the dukes of Göttingen. Louis and his allies besieged Grubenhagen Castle, but despite the deployment of two cannon, had to withdraw again. Even an attack on Salzderhelden was unsuccessful. Henry died in 1464 and was interred in the Alexanderstift in Einbeck. He was followed by his son, Henry.

Family

Henry married Margaret of Sagan (1415/25 – 9 May 1497), the daughter of John I, Duke of Sagan, and Scholastika of Saxe-Wittenberg before 27 June 1457. He was her third husband. They had two sons[2]

  • Otto (b. 1458; d. as child)
  • Henry (1460–1526) married Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg (d after 7 April 1542), daughter of Duke John V of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Ancestors

Family of Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
16. Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
8. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
17. Agnes of Meissen
4. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
18. Henry II of Everstein-Polle
9. Adelaide of Everstein-Polle
19. Adelaide of Lippe
2. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
20. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
10. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
21. Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal
5. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
22. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
11. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg
23. Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg
1. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
24. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
25. Rixa of Werle
6. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
26. Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse
13. Elisabeth of Hesse
27. Elisabeth of Thuringia
3. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen
28. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg
14. William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg
29. Margaret of Ravensberg
7. Margaret of Jülich-Berg
30. Rupert II, Elector Palatine
15. Anna of the Palatinate
31. Beatrice of Sicily

Sources

  • Ludwig Ferdinand Spehr (1880), "Heinrich III., Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 11, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 488–489

References

  1. ^ Rootsweb
  2. ^ Template:MLCC
Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Cadet branch of the House of Este
Born: 1416 Died: 1464
German nobility
Preceded by Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince of Grubenhagen
joint reign with his brothers Ernest II and Albert II
1427–1464 		Succeeded by

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