# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-duke-of-brunswick-calenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:48:47.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-duke-of-brunswick-calenberg"
name: "George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg"
slug: "george-duke-of-brunswick-calenberg"
description: "He moved the seat of power to Hanover and built the palace that would anchor a future kingdom. A sixth son who ended up ruling Calenberg after a family reshuffle in 1635."
tagline: "Founder of the House of Hanover"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgCalenberg-1-.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1582-02-17"
deathDate: "1641-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.18
  momentum:             6.357615894039735
  historical:           21.79407066666667
  currentAttention:     35.32008830022075
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Business Professionals"
    slug: "business-professionals"
  - name: "Journalist"
    slug: "journalist"
  - name: "Germany"
    slug: "germany"
  - name: "Europe"
    slug: "europe"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
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    title: "Георг (Брауншвайг-Каленберг)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jordi de Brunsvic-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Brun%C5%A1vicko-L%C3%BCnebursk%C3%BD"
    title: "Jiří Brunšvicko-Lüneburský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_af_Braunschweig-L%C3%BCneburg"
    title: "Georg af Braunschweig-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_(Braunschweig-Calenberg)"
    title: "Georg (Braunschweig-Calenberg)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%B3%CE%BA-%CE%9B%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA"
    title: "Γεώργιος του Μπράουνσβαϊγκ-Λύνεμπουργκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George, Duke of Brunswick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Brunswick-Luneburgo"
    title: "Jorge de Brunswick-Luneburgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_(Braunschweig-Calenberg)"
    title: "Georg (Braunschweig-Calenberg)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Georges de Brunswick-Calenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "גאורג, דוכס בראונשווייג-לינבורג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Giorgio di Brunswick-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ゲオルク (ブラウンシュヴァイク＝カレンベルク公)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "გეორგი (ბრაუნშვაიგ-ლიუნებურგის ჰერცოგი)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_van_Brunswijk-Calenberg"
    title: "George van Brunswijk-Calenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_av_Braunschweig-L%C3%BCneburg"
    title: "Georg av Braunschweig-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_(ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99_Brunszwiku-L%C3%BCneburga)"
    title: "Jerzy (książę Brunszwiku-Lüneburga)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%2C_Duque_de_Brunsvique-Luneburgo"
    title: "Jorge, Duque de Brunsvique-Luneburgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%2C_Duce_de_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg"
    title: "Georg, Duce de Brunswick-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B3-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Георг Брауншвейг-Каленбергский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_von_Braunschweig-L%C3%BCneburg"
    title: "Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_av_Braunschweig-L%C3%BCneburg"
    title: "Georg av Braunschweig-Lüneburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_(Brunswick_d%C3%BCk%C3%BC)"
    title: "Georg (Brunswick dükü)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA_(%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%BA-%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA)"
    title: "غيورغ (دوق براونشفايغ-لونيبورغ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چورچ (عسكرى من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Dorothea of Denmark, daughter of King Christian III. His mother acted as regent in his early years, holding off councillors who had badly run the estates during his father's bouts of insanity. In 1635, after the death of Frederick Ulrich, the Welf territories were redivided: George received the Principality of Calenberg, which included Göttingen, while his elder brother Augustus the Elder kept Lüneburg. George became the first duke to move his residence to Hanover, building the Leineschloss by the river Leine in 1636. He died in Hildesheim in 1641 and his son Christian Louis succeeded him.