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Political considerations furthered the introduction of the
Reformation; amongst the commoners it offered opportunity to restrict the privileges of the nobles and the clergy. From the nobles point of view, the Reformation offered the chance to gain from church and monastery property. The forerunner of
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In 1520, political frictions with
Charles V convinced his father, Henry I of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg to abdicate and leave for the French Court which was ardently Catholic. Henry's two eldest sons, Otto and Ernest, became regents of the country. At the urging of the Catholic forces, Henry returned
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His four sons at his death were still minors, but the
Protestant Church of Lüneburg was so firmly established that it could survive the regency and the unhappy time of the Schmalkald War, and to this day the church life of Lüneburg bears the character impressed upon it by Ernest who is now called
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Henry's eldest son Otto (24 August 1495 – 11 August 1549), who also had been educated with his brothers at
Wittenberg, succeeded as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg; he was also the Prince of Lüneburg from 1520 to 1527 and Baron of Harburg from 1527 to 1549. Otto and Ernest appear to have ruled jointly
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in August of the same year it was ordered that "God's pure word should be preached everywhere without additions made by men." Between 1527 and 1530, Lutheran preachers were introduced in most parishes and monasteries—not in all cases without compulsion. Ernest went to
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to Lüneberg in 1527 and tried to regain control. But Henry's attempt failed and he returned to France. Henry was allowed to return in 1530 to spend his last days in the princely house in Lüneberg given to him by his eldest son.
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gave him occasion to join with his brother in requiring the monasteries to declare their properties and to require them to admit
Protestant preachers. Ernest had also promised his uncle, the
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he strengthened the
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Generally, the preachers were well disposed to the reformed religion, while the people held to the old and only gradually adapted themselves to the new. During the
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Ernest's most effective work probably was accomplished by his restless activity for the
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the greater masses remained true to the Gospel. After 1530, Ernest was the most influential prince of North
Germany. He sent Rhegius to
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of the House of Guelph on 27 June 1497. His father was Henry I of Lüneburg and his mother
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from 1520 to 1527. But with the retirement of Otto, Ernest became sole ruler. The condition of his domain was not prosperous.
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family's Brunswick-Lüneburg duchy from 1520 until his death.
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to stand by the Protestant cause. After an attempt by the
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New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
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Introduction of the Reformation to Brunswick-Lüneburg
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in 1527. Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, married
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Ernest was inclined to move slowly, but by 1525 the
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460:Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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443:Ernest married Sophia, daughter of
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485:Margaret (1534–1596), married
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316:Zwickau enthusiasm
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363:Confession
259:Wittenberg
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400:, and in
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173:‹See Tfd›
102:Frederick
453:Schwerin
439:Children
359:Augsburg
304:Lüneburg
265:elector
160:Lutheran
156:Religion
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