Principality of Göttingen
Principality of Göttingen Fürstentum Göttingen | |||||||||
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| 1286–1495 | |||||||||
Principality of Brunswick-Göttingen (yellow), c. 1400 | |||||||||
| Status | Principality | ||||||||
| Capital | Göttingen | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Albert the Fat first Prince of Göttingen | 1286 | ||||||||
• acquired Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1292 | ||||||||
• again separated from Wolfenbüttel | 1344 | ||||||||
• Line extinct, annexed by Calenberg | 1463 | ||||||||
• Merged into Calenberg | 1495 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Göttingen (German: Fürstentum Göttingen) was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire, with Göttingen as its capital. It was split off from the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1286 in the course of an estate division among members of the ruling House of Welf. In 1495 the Göttingen lands were incorporated as integral part of the newly established Brunswick Principality of Calenberg, with which they stayed united until the territory was merged into the Electorate of Hanover.