Otto V. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg)
Otto V , the Victorious , also the Magnanimous (* 1438/1439; † January 1471 ) Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , was Prince of Lüneburg from 1464 to 1471 .
Life
Otto was the son of Friedrich II and Magdalene von Brandenburg . After his brother died childless, Otto took over the reign in the Principality of Lüneburg in 1464 . Otto's work was determined by the monastic reform efforts of his time, which he tried to implement in the Lüneburg monasteries. So he penetrated the Wienhausen monastery , stole numerous art treasures which, in Otto's opinion, ran counter to the ideal of monastic simplicity, and sent the abbess to an already reformed monastery for re-education . Legend has it that Otto died in a tournament on the Celler Stechbahn. A horseshoe in the pavement marks the spot where Duke Otto the Magnanimous is said to have had an accident in 1471.
Otto V was buried in the Church of St. Michaelis in Lüneburg .
progeny
On September 25, 1467, Otto V. married Anna von Nassau in Celle and had a son with her:
- Heinrich the Middle (1468–1532) ∞ Margaret of Saxony (1469–1528)
literature
- Christa Geckler: The Celle dukes - life and work 1371–1705 , Georg Ströher, Celle, 1986, ISBN 3-921744-05-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Benedikt Michaelis: Introduction to a complete history of the electoral and princely houses in Germany , 1759
- ↑ Christa Geckler: The Dukes of Celle - Life and Works 1371–1705 , p. 73
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bernhard II. |
Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg 1464–1471 |
Frederick II the Pious |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Otto V. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto the Victorious; Otto the Magnanimous |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Lüneburg (1464–1471) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1438 or 1439 |
DATE OF DEATH | January 1471 |