Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry the Mild
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	c.  1355
Died	(1416-10-14)14 October 1416
Noble family	House of Guelph
Spouse(s)	Sophie of Pomerania Margaret of Hesse
Issue William Catherine Henry
Father	Magnus with the Necklace, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg

Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Latin Henricus, died 14 October 1416), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.

Henry was the fourth son of Magnus with the Necklace, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He participated in the prosecution of the murderers of his brother Frederick, elected King of the Romans, after 1400. Henry ravaged the Eichsfeld, a possession of the archbishop of Mainz, who was suspected to be involved in the murder. Only in 1405, a peace was ratified between Brunswick-Lüneburg and the Archbishopric.

In 1404, Henry was kidnapped by ; when he paid a ransom, he was released, and later, with the support of King Rupert, took revenge on Bernard.

After the death of Gerhard, Count of Schleswig, Henry's sister's husband, Queen Margaret I of Denmark tried to take control of Schleswig, but Henry, together with Holstein, successfully defended Schleswig.

Family[]

Henry married Sophie (died 1406), daughter of Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania, in 1388. Children were:

• William (c. 1392–1482)
• Catherine (1395–1442), married Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

Henry married Margaret (c. 1389–1446), daughter of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, in 1409. They had one known child:

• Henry (c. 1411–1473)

References[]

• (in German) Zedlers Universal-Lexicon, vol. 12, p. 775-776
• (in German) Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 11, p. 486-488^{[permanent dead link]}