Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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| noble family = House of Guelph

| father = Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| mother = Margaret of Hesse

| spouse = Helen of Cleves

| birth_date = 1411

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Henry the Peaceful (1411 – 7 December 1473), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Peaceful ({{langx|la|Henricus Pacificus}}, {{langx|de|Heinrich der Friedfertige}}), ruled over both parts of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Life

Henry was the son of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On their father's death in 1416, Henry and his brother William inherited the Principality of Lüneburg, while under the guardianship of the City Council of Lüneburg (Lunenburg). When the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was reorganized in 1428, Henry and his brother swapped Lüneburg for the Principality of Brunswick, including Calenberg.

After Henry became of age, he tried to separate his and his brother's government. In 1432, he occupied Wolfenbüttel castle, and the brothers agreed to divide the territory: Henry received Brunswick and William received Calenberg, Everstein, and Homburg.

Henry died without sons in 1473; his territory was inherited by his brother William.

Family

Henry married Helen (1423–1471), daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, in 1436. They only had one child:

Margaret, Countess of Henneberg (1450–1509), married William III, Count of Henneberg

Ancestors

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| 1= 1. Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 2= 2. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 3= 3. Margaret of Hesse

| 4= 4. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 5= 5. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg

| 6= 6. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse

| 7= 7. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

| 8= 8. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 9= 9. Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal

| 10= 10. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

| 11= 11. Agnes of Saxony

| 12= 12. Louis the Junker of Hesse

| 13= 13. Elizabeth of Sponheim

| 14= 14. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

| 15= 15. Elisabeth of Meissen

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References

Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006, {{ISBN|3-937664-46-7}}
[http://mdz.bib-bvb.de/digbib/lexika/adb/images/adb011/@ebt-link?target=idmatch(entityref,adb0110491) Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 11, pp. 489–491]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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title = Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg
Princes of Lunenburg
joint reign with his elder half-brother William the Victorious |

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before = Bernard I |

title = Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg
Princes of Wolfenbüttel
until 1432 joint reign with his elder half-brother William the Victorious|

years = 1428–1473 |

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