Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

Born	(1495-08-24)24 August 1495
Died	11 August 1549(1549-08-11) (aged 53) Harburg
Noble family	House of Welf
Spouse(s)	Meta von Campe
Issue Otto II Susanna
Father	Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Margarete of Saxony

Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (24 August 1495 – 11 August 1549) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1520 to 1527 and Baron of Harburg from 1527 to 1549.

Life

Otto was born on 24 August 1495 as the eldest son of Henry the Middle and his wife, Margarete of Saxony. Like his brothers, Ernest and Francis he studied at Wittenberg and was affected early on by the reformatory ideas of Martin Luther and was later a driving force behind the introduction of the Reformation in the Principality of Lüneburg. When his father had to leave the state in 1520 as a result of his role in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud and go into exile in France, Otto took over the reins of power in the principality jointly with his brother Ernest. Because the principality was seriously in debt - all the Vogteis being enfeoffed with the exception of the Schlossvogtei of Celle - a major priority during his reign was sorting out the duchy’s finances. In 1527 Otto married Meta von Campe, a woman who was below his station, and was compensated with his own domain, the Barony of Harburg. He died on 11 August 1549.

Family

Otto married in 1527 to Meta von Campe (died 1580) and they had 7 children:

Anne (1526–1527)
Otto (1527)
Ernest (1527–1540)
Otto II (1528–1603)
Frederick (1530–1533)
Margarete (1532–1539)
Susanna (1536–1581)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

16. Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

8. Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

17. Margaret of Saxony

4. Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

18. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

9. Magdalene of Brandenburg

19. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut

2. Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

20. Engelbert I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

10. John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

21. Johanna of Wassenaer

5. Anna, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg

22. John II, Count of Loen and Heinsberg

11. Maria van Loen-Heinsberg

23. Anna of Solms-Braunfels

1. Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

24. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

12. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

25. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

6. Ernest, Elector of Saxony

26. Ernest, Duke of Austria

13. Margaret of Austria

27. Cymburgis of Masovia

3. Margaret of Saxony

28. Ernest, Duke of Bavaria-Munich

14. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich

29. Elisabetta Visconti

7. Elisabeth of Bavaria

30. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

15. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck

31. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen

Sources

Geckler, Christa (1986). Die Celler Herzöge: Leben und Wirken 1371–1705. Celle: Georg Ströher. ISBN 3-921744-05-8. OCLC 255990175.

External links

House of Welf

German nobility
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg House of Welf Cadet branch of the House of Este Born: 24 August 1495 Died: 11 August 1549
Preceded by Henry the Middle	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Lüneburg as Otto VI with his brother Ernest 1520–1527	Succeeded by Ernest the Confessor
New title Partition of the Lordship of Harburg	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Lord of Harburg as Otto I 1527–1549	Succeeded by Otto II

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