Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (before 1296 – after 1351), also called ''de Graecia'' ("of Greece"), was the eldest son of

Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Henry I (August 1267 – 7 September 1322), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Admirable (, ), a member of the House of Welf, was the first ruler of the Principality of Grubenhagen from 1291 until his death. Life He was the eldest son of ...

and

Agnes of Meissen Agnes of Meissen (born before 1264 – died after September 1332) was a noblewoman, the daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Meissen and his wife Margaret of Sicily. Agnes was married with Henry I "the Marvelous" of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, in 1282.' ...

. On their father's death in 1322, his sons agreed to rule the

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jointly; but they finally divided up the territory, and Henry did not receive a part, and instead took over the administration of the brothers' joint property. In 1327, Henry joined

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV (; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (, ), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347. 20 October 1314 imperial election, Louis' election a ...

, when Louis traveled to Rome for his coronation. Henry continued to travel to Greece and

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, visiting his brother-in-law Emperor

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, and on to

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. Loaded with relics, he returned home in 1331. Apart from his travels, little is known about his life. Those of his sons who did not join the church obtained careers in southern European kingdoms; most notably

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

, who married Queen

Joanna I of Naples Joanna I, also known as Johanna I (; December 1325 – 27 July 1382), was Queen of Naples, and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 to 1381; she was also Princess of Achaea from 1373 to 1381. Joanna was the eldest daughter of C ...

Family

Firstly, Henry married Jutta (bef. 1302 – bef. 1330), daughter of Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. They had the following children: * Agnes (c. 1318 – bef. 2 June 1371), married

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. *

(1320 – 13 May 1399), married firstly

Violante of Vilaragut Violante of Vilaragut (1320 or 1325 – before 1372) was a daughter of Berengeur de Vilaragut and his second wife Saura, who was an illegitimate daughter of James II of Majorca. Violante was titular queen of Majorca by her marriage to her cousin ...

, titular Dowager Queen of Majorca, and secondly Queen

. * John (c. 1321 – aft. 4 December 1346), canon of

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. * Louis (c. 1323 – aft. 26 May 1373), canon of Cammin. Secondly, Henry married Heloise (aka Helwig or Helvis; died 1347/48), daughter of Philip of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus. They had the following children: *

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

(c. 1332 – 4 August 1369/70),

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; married firstly Helisia de Dampierre (they were the parents of Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen) and secondly

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. * Riddag (c. 1334 – 1364/67). *

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(c. 1336 – aft. 14 January 1384),

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, married Giacobella Caetani di Fondi. * Thomas (c. 1338 – c. 1384), joined the Augustinians. *

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(c. 1341 – 6 June 1381), Bishop of Osnabrück and Schwerin. * Helvis, married Louis de Nores.

References

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 11, p. 485-486
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