Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (about 1437 – 1464) was the Bishop of Hildesheim (as Bernard III) from 1452 to 1458, as well as Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to 1464.

Life

Bernard was the son of Frederick the Pious and his wife Magdalene of Brandenburg. In 1452, Bernard was elected at the request of the Bishop of Hildesheim to be his coadjutor and later became his successor when the bishop died. However, the bishop's aspiration that in selecting a Welf the bishopric would strengthen its position vis-a-vis the Welf Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel proved elusive because Bernard felt obliged to support the interests of his family first. At the request of his father, he left the bishopric in 1457 to take over the Principality of Lüneburg, which he ruled jointly with his brother, Otto the Victorious, until his death on 9 Feb 1464.^[1] Bernard died without an heir, his marriage to Mathilda of Schaumburg in 1463 remaining childless.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

16. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               8. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       17. Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal               4. Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             18. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg               9. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg                       19. Agnes of Saxony               2. Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                                   20. Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg               10. Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg                       21. Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin               5. Margaret of Saxony                             22. Francesco I da Carrara               11. Cecilia of Carrara                       23. Fina di Buzzacarini               1. Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                                         24. John II of Nuremberg               12. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg                       25. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen               6. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg                             26. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen               13. Elisabeth of Meissen                       27. Matilda of Bavaria               3. Magdalene of Brandenburg                                   28. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria               14. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria                       29. Elisabeth of Sicily               7. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut                             30. Bernabò Visconti               15. Maddalena Visconti                       31. Beatrice Regina della Scala

See also

• Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Principality of Lüneburg
• Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim

References

1. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

Sources

• Die Diözese Hildesheim. In Vergangenheit und Gegenwart von Thomas Scharf-Wrede ISBN 3-7954-1721-X
• Geckler, Christa (1986). Die Celler Herzöge: Leben und Wirken 1371–1705. Celle: Georg Ströher. ISBN 3-921744-05-8. OCLC 255990175.
• Ferdinand Spehr (1875), "Bernhard von Braunschweig-Lüneburg", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 2, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 418–

External links

• The House of Welf
• Bishopric of Hildesheim