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Otto IV, also known as Otto Crookleg or Otto the Lame (d 1446) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1446. Life. After the death of his father, Bernard, he took over as ruler of the Principality of Lüneburg jointly with his brother, Frederick the Pious.
The first Hanoverian King of Great Britain, George I of Great Britain, was the reigning Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was finally made an official and recognized prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1708.
Otto of Brunswick may refer to: Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175–1218) Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1204 – 1252), also called Otto the Child. Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1292–1344) Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1266–1330), also called Otto the Strict. Otto III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1296–1352)
BIOG113149 Ruler: Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Brunswick | Production date 1198-1218 |
With the exception of the kings of Hanover, reigning members of the dynasty in all its branches were styled dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg. Hanover was proclaimed a kingdom in October 1814.
The son of Heinrich the Lion, Otto, became Holy Roman Emperor 1209 in struggle with the Hohenstaufen dynasty and his son Otto the Child was elevated to duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, i.e. the estates that since 1127 had been in the possession of the house of Welf.
English: Otto the Evil (c. 1340 – 13 December 1394, Hardegsen) was a member of the House of Guelph. He was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1367 Duke in the Principality of Göttingen.
