Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (died 1549)

Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

16th Century Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in…