Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1555 to 1559. He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
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The Principality of Lüneburg was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire, immediately subordinate to the emperor. It existed from 1269 until 1705 and its
Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
…Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (20 June 1530 Lüneburg, Braunschweig-Lüneburg – 29 April 1559) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1555 to 1559. He was the son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. When Francis Otto took over the reins of power in 1555, he had to promise…
Herzog Ernest the Confessor on a copperplate by P. Troscheli from the 17th century
The heath duke George William in a 1655 oil painting