RULERS OF BRUNSWICK
WELF FAMILY
* Heinrich "der Löwe" 1139 - 1195
* Otto 1195 - 1218, Emperor
* Wilhelm 1195 - 1213, Duke of Lüneburg
* Otto I "das Kind" 1213 - 1252, 1st Duke of Brunswick
* Albert "Longus" 1252 - 1279
Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
* Heinrich I 1279 - 1322
* Heinrich II 1322 - 1351
* Otto 1351 - 1399
* Erich I 1399 - 1427
* Heinrich III 1427 - 1464
* Ernst III 1464 - 1466
* Ernst IV - 1496
* Heinrich IV 1466 - 1526
* Philipp I 1526 - 1551
* Ernst V 1551 - 1566, from 1566 Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
* Wolfgang 1567 - 1595
* Philipp II 1595 - 1596
Braunschweig-Göttingen
* Albrecht II "the Fat" 1279 - 1318
* Otto III "the Mild" 1318 - 1344
* Magnus I "the Pious" 1318 - 1369
* Ernest I 1345 - 1367
* Otto - 1394
Braunschweig-Lüneburg
* Magnus II 1369 - 1373
* Friedrich 1373 - 1400
* Bernard I 1373 - 1434
* Heinrich II 1373 - 1416
* Otto I the Cripple 1434 - 1445
* Friedrich III 1451 - 1457
* Bernhard II 1457 - 1464
* Otto II 1464 - 1471
* Heinrich VII 1471 - 1521
* Otto III 1521 - 1527, from 1527 in B-Harburg
* Ernest I "the Confessor" 1521 - 1546
* Franz 1521 - 1527, from 1527 in B-Giffhorn
* Wilhelm V "the Victorious" 1546 - 1592
* Ernest II 1592 - 1611
* Christian 1611 - 1633
* August 1633 - 1636
Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Calenberg
* Friedrich II 1482 - 1485
* Erich I 1495 - 1540
* Erich II 1540 - 1584
* Georg 1636 - 1641
* Christian Ludwig 1641 - 1648
* Georg II Wilhelm 1648 -
Braunschweig-Celle
* Franz Otto 1546 - 1559
* Heinrich X 1546 - 1569
* Friedrich V 1641 - 1648
* Christian Ludwig 1648 - 1665
* Georg II Wilhelm 1665 - 1705
Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Hannover
* Johann Friedrich 1665 - 1679
* Ernst August 1679 - 1698
* Georg I Ludwig 1698 - 1727
* Georg II 1727 - 1760
* Georg III 1760 - 1807
* Georg III 1814 - 1820
* Georg IV 1820 - 1830
* Wilhelm IV 1830 - 1837
* Ernst August 1837 - 1851
* Georg V 1851 - 1866
* Ernst August 1884 - 1885
* Ernst August 1913 - 1918
Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
* Wilhelm 1279 - 1292
then
* Magnus I 1345 - 1369
* Magnus II 1369 - 1373
* Heinrich III 1373 - 1416
* Wilhelm III 1416 - 1482
* Heinrich IV 1416 - 1473
* Wilhelm IV 1482 - 1495
* Heinrich VIII 1495 - 1514
* Heinrich IX 1514 - 1568
* Julius 1568 - 1589
* Heinrich Julius 1589 - 1613
* Friedrich Ulrich 1613 - 1634
* August II 1634 - 1666
* Rudolf Augustus 1666 - 1704
* Anton Ulrich 1666 - 1714
* August Wilhelm 1714 - 1731
* Ludwig Rudolf 1731 - 1735
* Ferdinand Albrecht 1735
* Karl I 1735 - 1780
* Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand 1780 - 1806
To France 1806 - 1807
To Westphalia 1807 - 1813
* Friedrich Wilhelm 1813 - 1815
* Karl III 1815 - 1830
* Wilhelm 1830 - 1884
To Prussia 1884 - 1913
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Last updated 19th April 2001