Peerage Record – 757

     Bernard II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was the son of Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Magdalene von Hohenzollern.¹ He married Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg, daughter of Otto II Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Hohenstein, circa 1463. He died on 9 February 1464.
     He was a member of the House of Guelph.¹ He succeeded as the Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1458.¹

     Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg was the daughter of Otto II Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Hohenstein. She married Bernard II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, son of Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Magdalene von Hohenzollern, circa 1463. She married Wilhelm I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, son of Heinrich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Sophie von Pommern, circa 1466. She died on 22 July 1468.
     She was also known as Maud von.

     Otto II Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg was born in 1400. He was the son of Adolf IX Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg and Helene Gräfin von Hoya. He married Elisabeth Gräfin von Hohenstein, daughter of Ernst II Graf von Hohenstein-Lohra-Klettenburg, in 1418. He died in 1464.
     He gained the title of Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg.

     Elisabeth Gräfin von Hohenstein was the daughter of Ernst II Graf von Hohenstein-Lohra-Klettenburg. She married Otto II Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg, son of Adolf IX Graf von Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneburg and Helene Gräfin von Hoya, in 1418. She died in 1468.

     Otto von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born circa 1468. He was the son of Wilhelm I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg. He died on 22 July 1471.

     Otto II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born circa 1439. He was the son of Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Magdalene von Hohenzollern.¹ He married Anne von Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of Jan IV Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, Heer van Breda en De-Leck and Marie von Sponheim Gravin van Loon, Vrouwe van Herstal, Stein en Millen, on 28 September 1467. He died on 9 January 1471.
     He gained the title of Otto ‘the Magnanimous’. He was a member of the House of Guelph.¹ He succeeded as the Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1464.¹

     Anne von Nassau-Dillenburg was born circa 1441.¹ She was the daughter of Jan IV Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, Heer van Breda en De-Leck and Marie von Sponheim Gravin van Loon, Vrouwe van Herstal, Stein en Millen. She married, firstly, Otto II Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, son of Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Magdalene von Hohenzollern, on 28 September 1467. She married, secondly, Philip ‘der Ältere’ Graf von Katzenelnbogen circa 1473. She died on 9 April 1514.

     Oswald I Graf von Tierstein was born circa 1424.¹ He married Ottilia von Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of Heinrich II Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Genoveva von Virneburg, on 3 June 1473.¹ He died between 29 March 1488 and 6 September 1488.¹
     He held the office of Landvogt of the Ober-Elsass, Sundgrau and Breisgrau.¹

     Marie von Sponheim Gravin van Loon, Vrouwe van Herstal, Stein en Millen was born in 1425 at Heinsberg, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of Johann II Herr von Loon und Heinsberg. She married Jan IV Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, Heer van Breda en De-Leck, son of Engelbert I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden en Dietz and Johanna Vrouwe van Polanen Vrouwe van Breda en De-Leck, on 7 February 1440.¹ She died on 20 April 1502 at Breda, The Netherlands.¹ She was buried at Grote of O.L.V. Church, Breda, The Netherlands.¹