THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1269–1705

Principality of Lüneburg

The northern Welf principality (Lüneburg Heath, Celle, Gifhorn, Uelzen, Dannenberg from 1303) from the division of 1269. After the War of the Lüneburg Succession the dukes moved to Celle (1371).

Inherited by Hanover (Calenberg) in 1705.

See Principality of Lüneburg on the map in 1269

On the map
1269–1705
Capital
Lüneburg, from 1371 Celle

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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