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Henry I, Duke of Brunswick

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1468-1532)

Summary

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1468-1532)

Field	Value
name	Henry the Middle
title	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
image	HeinrichBraunschweigLüneburg.JPG
caption	Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
house	Welf
father	Otto V of Lüneburg
mother	Anne of Nassau-Siegen
spouse	{{plainlist
* {{marriage	Margarete of Saxony	27 February 1487	7 December 1528	end	d.}}
issue	{{plainlist
birth_date
birth_place	Lüneburg
death_date
death_place	Wienhausen
burial_place	Abbey of Wienhausen

Anna von Campe (m. ?)
Elisabeth, Duchess of Guelders
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duchess Apollonia
Anna, Duchess of Pomerania
Francis,Duke of Brunswick-Gifhorn
Franz Heinrich
Heinrich Henry the Middle (15 September 1468 – 9 February 1532) , also known as “Heinrich der Mittlere” in German, was a member of the House of Welf and ruled as the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His official title was Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a principality within the Holy Roman Empire. Henry earned the nickname “the Middle” to distinguish him from other Henrys in the Welf dynasty.

Life

Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the son of Otto V of Lüneburg and Anne of Nassau-Siegen, was born in 1468. In 1486, Henry took control of Lüneburg from his mother, who had been regent since the death of Henry's grandfather, Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Henry's reign was marked by the complications relating to the Hildesheim Prince-Bishopric Feud. Henry was on the side of the bishop, and was against the nobility of Hildesheim and the Welfs of Brunswick. In 1519, Henry was victorious in the Battle of Soltau, though the intervention of the newly elected Emperor Charles V transformed the victory achieved on the battlefield into a defeat. Henry was on the side of the French during the election, and so earned the enmity of Charles V. Henry's two eldest sons became regents of the country, and Henry went into exile at the French king's court. Henry returned in 1527 during the beginning of the Reformation in Lüneburg, and tried to regain control of the land with help from those opposed to the Reformation. His attempt failed, and Henry returned to France, only to return in 1530. He spent his last days in the princely house in Lüneburg, which had been given to him by his eldest son. After the death of his first wife, Margaret of Saxony, Henry married, unequally, Anna von Campe. He was buried in the abbey of Wienhausen where his gravestone can still be seen today.

Children

Henry and Margarete of Saxony (1469–1528) had the following children:

Anne (1492–??)
Elisabeth (1494–1572) m. Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467–1538)
Otto I (1495–1549)
Ernest I the Confessor (1497–1546)
Apollonia (1499–1571) Nun
Anna (1502–1568) m. February 2, 1525 Duke Barnim IX of Pomerania (1501–1573)
Francis (1508–1549)

From his second marriage to Anna von Campe he had two sons:

Franz Heinrich, died young in France
Heinrich, died young in captivity in Celle

Literature

Ferdinand Spehr: Heinrich der Mittlere. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Bd. 11, Leipzig 1880, S. 492–495.

References

Sources

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