George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
Founder of the House of Hanover · Germany · Lived 1582 to 1641 · aged 59
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Something wrong?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.
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1835 Georg Friedrich Reichmann Gemälde Herzog Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (von Calenberg) als Feldherr, nach älterer Vorlage, Sammlung Museum Schloss Herzberg, Kulturerbe Niedersachsen-Dokumente-Stiftung%2C_Incisione_Giorgio_Guglielmo_Duca_di_Brunswic_e_Luneburg%2C_a%2C_Kupferstich_im_Rahmen_von_vorne.jpg?width=1200)
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George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg- Madeleine of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Dorothea Magdalen of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Anne Marie Eleanor von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
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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.
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