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Personal data Erich von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN I 

• He was born in the year 1383 in Grubenhagen, Braunschweig-Luneberg, Sachsen, Germany.
• Title: Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
• (Ancestry) : House of Guelph.
• He died on May 28, 1427, he was 44 years old.
• A child of Albrecht von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN and Agnes von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG

Household of Erich von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN I

He is married to Elizabeth von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GOTTINGEN.

They got married about 1405.

Child(ren):

1. Agnes von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN  1406-1439
2. Anna von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN-EINBECK  1414-1474 
3. Elizabeth von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN  ± 1408-???? 
4. Heinrich von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN  1416-1464 
5. Albrecht von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN  1419-1485 

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about Erich von BRAUNSCHWEIG-GRUBENHAGEN I

Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen nicknamed the winner (German: Erich I., Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen; c. 1383 - 28 May 1427), ruled the Principality of Grubenhagen, a part of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Eric was the only son of the Duke Albert I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, who died in 1383, and his wife Agnes I, a daughter of Duke Magnus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Eric inherited Brunswick-Grubenhagen at a very early age; he stood until 1401 under the guardianship of his uncle, Duke Frederick of Grubenhagen-Osterode. From 1402 they joined ruled the principality and Eric moved his residence to Salzderhelden.

Disputes arose with his cousins Bernard I and Frederick I of Lüneburg, with the city of Brunswick, with his former guardian, with the counts of Schwarzburg and the Landgrave of Thuringia. All these disputes were soon settled again.

In 1406 Eric was captured in a feud with the Lords of Hardenberg in Lindau. He was only released after he gave them a written Urfehde and the city of Osterode am Harz as collateral.

In 1415 Eric declared war on the Counts of Hohenstein, because both sides claimed the county of Bad Lauterberg im Harz and defeated them near the village of Osterhagen. Count Guenther of Hohnstein died during the battle; Counts Henry and Ernest were captured and had to pay 8000 florins and renounce their claims to redeem themselves.

A dispute with the Lords of Bortfeld was settled soon after Eric entered into an alliance against them with the City of Brunswick. A dispute with Landgrave Frederick "the Peaceful" of Thuringia about the city of Einbeck was also settled quickly.

In 1422, the Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey (who happened to be his daughter Agnes II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen) enfeoffed him with castle and city of Elbingerode. In 1424, the Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, Countess Adelheid of Isenburg), enfeoffed the Dukes of Grubenhagen with Duderstadt, Gieboldehausen and the Golden Mark.

Eric was married to Elisabeth, a daughter of Duke Otto I "the Angry" of Brunswick-Göttingen. They had three sons and five daughters, among which:

Agnes (1406-1439) abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
Anna (1414-1474) married first to Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and later to Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg
Henry III (1416-1464), who succeeded his father
Ernest II (1418-1466), who became provost of the St. Alexandri minster in Einbeck
Albert II (1419 -1485), who succeeded his father
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, who married Casimir V, Duke of Pomerania.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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