Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Eric I, the Elder was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1495 and the first reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.
Eric with his second wife Elisabeth ca. 1530
Relief No.13 in the cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I, Innsbruck. Eric saved the life of Maximilian in the Battle of Wenzenbach, Regensburg.
Duke Eric the Elder of Calenberg receives from Emperor Maximilian before the fortress of Kufstein in Tyrol a symbolic box on the ear, because he had dared to ask the emperor for the life of the vanquished. Because Duke Eric had saved the emperor in 1504 at the Battle of Regensburg, the emperor granted the wish of his godson and let the occupants of the castle go free
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, or more properly the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was a historical duchy that existed from the late Middle Ages to the Late Modern era within the Holy Roman Empire, until the year of its dissolution. The duchy was located in what is now northwestern Germany. Its name came from the two largest cities in the territory: Brunswick and Lüneburg.
Otto the Child is enfeoffed with Brunswick-Lüneburg by Emperor Frederick II, Lüneburg Sachsenspiegel, 1448
The Territorial division of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg and dynastic relationships within the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and to the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Image: Henry the Proud
Image: Henry the Lion (cropped)