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Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
Gisela of Swabia	Hermann II, Duke of Swabia (Conradines)	11 November 995	1003/05		1010/11 husband's death	14 February 1043	Brun I
Gertrude of Egisheim	Hugo VI, Count of Nordgay (Etichonids)	-	before 1025		23 Apr 1038 husband's death	21 July 1077	Liudolf I
Aemilia of Susa	Ulric Manfred II of Turin (Arduinici)	-	1058		11 January 1068 husband's death	28 January 1078	Egbert I
Oda of Weimar	Otto I, Margrave of Meissen	-	before 1080		3 July 1090 husband's death	1111	Egbert II
Gertrude of Brunswick	Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (Brunonen)	1060	after 1085	3 July 1090 husband's accession	1101 husband's death	9 December 1117	Henry the Fat
Richenza of Northeim	Henry the Fat (Northeim)	1087/89	1100	1101 husband's accession	4 December 1137 husband's death	10 June 1141	Lothair of Supplinburgb
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg	Lothair of Supplinburg (Süpplingenburg)	18 April 1115	29 May 1127	4 December 1137 husband's accession	20 October 1139 husband's death	18 April 1143	Henry the Proud
Clementia of Zähringen	Conrad, Duke of Zähringen (Zähringen)	-	1148/49		23 November 1162 divorce	1148/49	Henry the Lion
Matilda of England	Henry II of England (Plantagenet)	June 1156	1 February 1168		28 June 1189		Henry the Lion
Agnes of Hohenstaufen	Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Hohenstaufen)	1176	December 1193/January 1194	1203 Division of Duchy	9/10 May 1204		Henry the Tall
Agnes of Wettin	Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (Wettin)	-	1211		28 April 1227 husband's death	1 January 1248	Henry the Tall
Beatrice of Hohenstaufen	Philip of Swabia (Hohenstaufen)	April/June 1198	23 July 1212		11 August 1212		Otto the Proud
Marie of Brabant	Henry I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	1190	after 19 May 1214		19 May 1218 husband's death	9 March/14 June 1260	Otto the Proud
Helena Valdemarsdatter of Denmark	Valdemar I of Denmark (Estridsen)	1175/82	Summer of 1202	1203 Division of Duchy	13 December 1213 husband's death	22 November 1233	William of Winchester
Matilda of Brandenburg	Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg (Ascania)	1210	end of 1228		August 1235 Became Duchess	10 June 1261	Otto the Child

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Matilda of Brandenburg	Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg (Ascania)	1210	end of 1228	August 1235 Duchy's creation	9 June 1252 husband's death	10 June 1261	Otto I
	Elisabeth of Brabant	Henry II, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	1243	13 July 1254		17 April/9 October 1261		Albert I
	Alessia of Montferrat	Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat (Aleramici)	1240	1 November 1266		1269 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel	6 February 1285	Albert I
	Liutgatd of Holstein	Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (Schauenburg)	1251	1265, after 15 July		1269 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg	after 28 February 1289	John I
Albert (Wolfenbüttel line) ruled the duchy jointly with his younger brother John (Lüneburg-Celle line). As the brothers could not agree on how to govern the duchy, in 1267 they decided to divide their possession, which happened in 1269. Albert partitioned the territory while John obtained the right to choose his part. He took the northern half including the cities of Lüneburg and Hanover while Albert received the southern part, including Calenberg, Helmstedt, the Harz mountain range and Göttingen. The City of Brunswick was to remain common property of the brothers.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Alessia of Montferrat	Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat (Aleramici)	1240	1 November 1266	1269 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Wolfenbüttel	15 August 1279 husband's death	6 February 1285	Albert I
	Agnes of Meissen	Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (Aleramici)	before 1264	1282, before 21 July		1291 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen	1 February/September 1332	Henry I
	Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle	Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle (Mecklenburg-Werle)	-	10 January 1284		1291 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen	after 2 October 1312	Albert II (1st reign)
	Elisabeth of Hesse	Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1276	1290		30 September 1292 husband's death	after 6 July 1306	William I
	Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle	Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle (Mecklenburg-Werle)	-	10 January 1284	30 September 1292 husband's reaccession	after 2 October 1312		Albert II (2nd reign)
	Agnes of Brandenburg	Hermann, Margrave of Brandenburg (Ascania)	1296/98	16 September/22 December 1319		28 November 1334		Otto I
	Sophie of Brandenburg	Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg (Ascania)	1300	1327		1356		Magnus I
	Elisabeth of Hesse	Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1329	before 2 March 1340		17 April 1345 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen	7 March 1390	Ernest I
	Catherine of Anhalt	Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania)	1330	before 6 October 1356	15 June/15 August 1369 husband's accession	26 July 1373 husband's death	30 January 1390	Magnus II
	Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg	Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania)	-	10 November 1386		5 June 1400 husband's death	after 18 April 1426	Frederick I
After Frederick I's murder in 1400, Wolfenbüttel was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I and Henry II, who were joint rulers of Lüneburg. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
	Margaret of Saxe-Wittenberg	Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania)	-	12 July 1385	5 June 1400 husband's accession	12 June 1418		Bernard I
	Sophie of Pomerania	Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (Griffins)	-	11 November 1388	5 June 1400 husband's accession	28 June 1406		Henry II
	Margaret of Hesse	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1389	30 January 1409		1409 husband relinquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg	1446	Henry II
In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III and Henry III of Lüneburg. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
	Cecilia of Brandenburg	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	1405	30 May 1423	1428 husband relinquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel	1432 husband's deposition in Wolfenbüttel and given Calenberg	4 January 1449	William III (1st reign)
	Helene de Clèves	Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (De la Marck)	18 August 1423	12 February 1436		3 July 1471		Henry III
	Elisabeth of Stolberg	Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode	1438	26 November 1444	25 July 1482 husband's accession	1491 husband relinquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen	7 September 1520	William IV
	Margaret of Rietberg	Conrad V, Count of Rietberg	-	16 November 1483	25 July 1482 husband's accession	1484 husband's imprisonment	4 January 1533 or 6 June 1535	Frederick III
	Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast	Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (Griffins)	-	1465	7 December 1473 husband's accession	23 June 1514 husband's death	1526	Henry IV
	Marie of Württemberg	Henry, Count of Württemberg (Württemberg)	15 August 1496	18 February 1515		28 December 1541		Henry V
	Sophia Jagiellon of Poland	Sigismund I the Old (Jagiellon)	13 July 1522	22–25 February 1556		3 May 1589 husband's death	28 May 1575	Henry V
	Hedwig of Brandenburg	Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	2 March 1540	25 February 1560	11 June 1568 husband's accession	3 May 1589 husband's death	21 October 1602	Julius
	Elizabeth of Denmark	Frederick II of Denmark (Oldenburg)	2 March 1540	25 February 1560	11 June 1568 husband's accession	3 May 1589 husband's death	21 October 1602	Henry Julius
	Anna Sophia of Brandenburg	John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	15 March 1598	4 September 1614		11 August 1634 husband's death	19 December 1659	Frederick Ulrich
	Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst	Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (Ascania)	25 September 1607	26 October 1623	11 August 1634 husband's accession	26 September 1634		Augustus II
	Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow	John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg-Güstrow)	20 August 1613	13 July 1635		17 September 1666 husband's death	2 July 1676	Augustus II
	Christiane Elisabeth von Barby	Albert Frederick, Count of Barby-Muhlingen	6 October 1634	10 November 1650	17 September 1666 husband's accession	2 May 1681		Rudolph Augustus
	Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg	Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg)	24 May 1634	17 May 1656	17 September 1666 husband's accession	4 February 1704		Anthony Ulrich
	Christine of Hesse-Eschwege	Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (Hesse-Eschwege)	30 October 1648	26 November 1667		1667 relinquish claim to Wolfenbüttel for Bevern	18 March 1702	Ferdinand Albert I
	Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg	Prince Rudolph Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg)	12 September 1683	12 September 1710	27 March 1714 husband's accession	23 March 1731 husband's death	3 April 1767	Augustus William
	Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen	Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen (Oettingen-Oettingen)	20 March 1671	12 September 1710	23 March 1731 husband's accession	1 March 1735 husband's death	3 September 1747	Louis Rudolph
	Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg	Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf)	22 April 1696	15 October 1712	1 March 1735 husband's accession	2 September 1735 husband's death	6 March 1762	Ferdinand Albert II
	Philippine Charlotte of Prussia	Frederick William I of Prussia (Hohenzollern)	13 March 1716	2 July 1733	2 September 1735 husband's accession	26 March 1780 husband's death	17 February 1801	Charles I
	Augusta of Great Britain	Frederick, Prince of Wales (Hanover)	31 August 1737	16 January 1764	26 March 1780 husband's accession	16 October 1806 husband's death	23 March 1813	Charles II
	Marie of Baden	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Zähringen)	7 September 1782	1 November 1802	16 October 1806 husband's accession	1807 Wolfenbüttel annexed by Napoleon	29 April 1808	Frederick William
Became part of Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813) Reformed into the Duchy of Brunswick in 1814.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Agnes of Meissen	Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (Aleramici)	before 1264	1282, before 21 July	1291 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Grubenhagen	7 September 1322 husband's death	1 February/September 1332	Henry I
	Jutta of Brandenburg	Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (Ascania)	1299–1306	before 16 April 1318	7 September 1322 husband's accession	15 July 1325/early February 1327		Henry II
	Heloise d'Ibelin	Philip d'Ibelin, Seneschal of Jerusalem. (Ascania)	1307	23 August 1330		after 25 May 1347		Henry II
	Adelheid of Everstein	Henry II, Count of Everstein	-	10 May 1335 or 9 June 1336		9/11 March 1361 husband's death	after 29 September 1373	Ernest I
	Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg	Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Ascania)	-	before 17 August 1372		11 August/22 September 1383 husband's death	21 March 1410	Albert I (Salzderhelden)
	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen	Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (Guelph)	c. 1390	14 July 1405		28 May 1427 husband's death	after 29 September 1444	Eric I (Salzderhelden)
	Adelaide of Anhalt-Köthen	John of Anhalt-Köthen (Ascania)	-	-	1402	before 1421		Frederick I (Osterode)
	Margaret of Sagen	John I of Sagan (Piast)	c. 1415	27 June 1457		1464 husband's death	after 9 May 1491	Henry III (Salzderhelden)
	Schonetta of Nassau-Weilburg	John I of Nassau-Weilburg (Nassau)	-	1414		25 April 1436		Otto II (Osterode)
	Elisabeth of Waldeck	Wolrad I of Waldeck (Waldeck)	c. 1455	15 October 1471		15 August 1485 husband's death	15 March 1513	Albert II (Osterode)
	Catherine of Mansfeld-Vorderort	Ernest II of Mansfeld-Vorderort (Mansfeld)	1 October 1501	1517		1535		Philip I (Salzderhelden)
	Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast	George I of Pomerania (Griffins)	May 1518	9 October 1547	4 September 1551	2 April 1567 husband's death	24 June 1569	Ernest III (Salzderhelden)
	Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg	Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	1 March 1543	10 December 1570		5 April 1586		Wolfgang (Salzderhelden)
	Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Henry II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Guelph)	16 November 1532	1 July 1560	14 May 1595	23 November 1595		Philip II (Herzberg)
Annexed by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1596. Ceded to Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1617.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle	Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle (Mecklenburg-Werle)	-	10 January 1284	1291 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen	30 September 1292 husband's takes over Wolfenbüttel	after 2 October 1312	Albert II
Merged into Wolfenbüttel
	Elisabeth of Hesse	Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1329	before 2 March 1340	17 April 1345 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Göttingen	24 April 1367 husband's death	7 March 1390	Ernest I
	Margarete of Jülich	William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg (Jülich)	c. 1364	1379		13 December 1394 husband's death	18 July 1442	Otto I
	Agnes of Hesse	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1391	c. 1408		1463 husband's death	1471	Otto II
	Elisabeth of Stolberg	OttoBodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode	1438	26 November 1444	1491 husband relinquish Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg to sons, retaining Göttingen	1495 or 7 July 1503 husband death	7 September 1520	William IV
Combined with Calenberg to form Calenberg-Göttingen line

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Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Catherine of Saxony	Albert III, Duke of Saxony (Wettin)	24 July 1468	29 June 1497	1495 or 7 July 1503 Union of Calenberg and Göttingen	10 February 1524		Eric I
	Elisabeth of Brandenburg	Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	24 August 1510	7 July 1525		30 July 1540 husband's death	25 May 1558	Eric I
	Sidonie of Saxony	Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (Wettin)	8 March 1518	17 May 1545		1573 divorce	4 January 1575	Eric II
	Dorothea of Lorraine	Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (Vaudémont)	24 May 1545	19/20 December 1576		17 November 1584 husband's death	2 June 1621	Eric II
	Hedwig of Brandenburg	Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	2 March 1540	25 February 1560	17 November 1584 husband's accession	3 May 1589 husband's death	21 October 1602	Julius
	Elizabeth of Denmark	Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	2 March 1540	25 February 1560	11 June 1568 husband's accession	3 May 1589 husband's death	21 October 1602	Henry Julius
	Anna Sophia of Brandenburg	John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	15 March 1598	4 September 1614		11 August 1634 husband's death	19 December 1659	Frederick Ulrich
	Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt	Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt)	30 July 1601	14 December 1617	11 August 1634 husband's accession	23 January 1698 husband's death	6 May 1659	George
	Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	28 September 1636	9 October 1653		15 March 1665 husband's death	6 August 1689	Christian Louis
	Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate-Simmern	Edward of the Palatinate-Simmern (Wittelsbach)	14 March 1652	30 November 1668		18 December 1679 husband's death	12 August 1730	John Frederick
	Sophia of the Palatinate-Simmern	Frederick V, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach)	14 October 1630	30 September 1658	18 December 1679 husband's accession	23 January 1698 husband's death	8 June 1714	Ernest Augustus
On 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Liutgard of Holstein	Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (Schauenburg)	1251	1265, after 15 July	1269 Duchy's partitioned, husband received Lüneburg	13 December 1277 husband's death	after 28 February 1289	John I
	? of Oldenburg	Otto II of Oldenburg, Count of Delmenhorst (Oldenburg-Delmenhorst)	-	-	13 December 1277 husband's accession	before 1287		Otto II
	Matilde of Bavaria	Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1275	24 April-7 August 1288		28 March 1319		Otto II
	Matilda of Mecklenburg	Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg)	1293	22 March 1310	10 April 1330 husband's accession	19 August 1352 husband's death	3 June, after 1358	Otto III
	Hedwig of Ravensberg	Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg	-	before 7 April 1328	10 April 1330 husband's accession	5 December 1336		William II
	Marie	-	-	after 1336		before 2 February 1341
	Sophia of Anhalt-Bernburg	Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania)	-	12 March 1346		18 December 1362
	Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg	Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	1353	24 June 1363		23 November 1369 husband's death	after 7 January 1387
After William II's death in 1369 without a male heir, according to rules of the House of Welf Lüneburg passed to his cousin, Magnus II, in Wolfenbüttel. But Emperor Charles IV considered that the imperial fiefdom (Reichslehen) fell to the Empire and enfeoffed Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg and his uncle Wenceslas with the principality, thus precipitating the Lüneburg War of Succession.
	Catherine of Anhalt	Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania)	1330	before 6 October 1356	15 June/15 August 1369 husband's accession	26 July 1373 husband's death	30 January 1390	Magnus II
	Catherine of Anhalt	Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania)	1330	11 May 1374		28 July 1385 husband's death	30 January 1390	Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg
	Cecilia of Carrara	Francis of Carrara, Count of Padua	-	before 11 May 1371 or 23 January 1376		15 May 1388 husband's death	1427/1435	Wenceslas of Saxe-Wittenberg
After Wenceslas's death in 1388, Lüneburg was inherited by the two brothers: Bernard I and Henry II, who would become joint rulers of Wolfenbüttel in 1400. The two brothers agreed in 1409 that they would divide the Duchies with Henry receiving Lüneburg and Bernard receiving Wolfenbüttel.
	Margaret of Saxe-Wittenberg	Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania)	-	12 July 1385	15 May 1388 husband's accession	1409 husband relinquish claim Wolfenbüttel for Wolfenbüttel	12 June 1418	Bernard I
	Sophie of Pomerania	Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (Griffins)	-	11 November 1388		28 June 1406		Henry II
	Margaret of Hesse	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	1389	30 January 1409		3 December 1416 husband death	1446	Henry II
	Cecilia of Brandenburg	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	1405	30 May 1423		1428 husband relinquish claim Lüneburg for Wolfenbüttel	4 January 1449	William III
In 1428, a second treaty between Bernard I and his nephews William III and Henry III. Bernard swapped Wolfenbüttel for Lüneburg.
	Elisabeth of Eberstein	Hermann V, Count of Eberstein	before 1415	1425	11 June 1434 husband's accession	27 May/1 June 1445 husband's death	10 February 1468	Otto IV
	Magdalena of Brandenburg	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	1412	16 September 1430	11 June 1434 husband's accession	27 October 1454		Frederick II
	Matilda of Holstein-Schauenburg	Otto II, Count of Schauenburg-Pinneberg (Schauenburg)	-	1463		9 February 1464 husband's death	22 July 1468	Bernard II
	Anne of Nassau-Siegen	John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen (Nassau)	1441	25 September 1467		9 January 1471 husband's death	8 April 1513	Otto V
	Margaret of Saxony	Ernest, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	4 August 1469	27 February 1487		1520 husband's abdication	7 December 1528	Henry I
After Henry I's abdication, the Duchy passed to his three sons: Otto VI, Ernest I, and Francis I. In 1527, Otto VI married morganically, abdicating in Lüneburg and was compensated with his own domain, the Barony of Harburg. In 1539, the two remaining brothers divided the Duchy. Francis received Gifhorn while Ernest I remain in Lüneburg.
	Sophie of Mecklenburg	Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg)	1508	1528		17 June 1541		Ernest I
	Elisabeth Magdalene of Brandenburg	Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	6 November 1537	5 February 1559		29 April 1559 husband's death	1 September 1595	Francis Otto
Translation Needed	Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg	Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	1545	1569		1569 relinquish Lüneburg for Dannenberg	22 October 1620	Henry III
	Dorothea of Denmark	Christian III of Denmark (Oldenburg)	29 June 1546	12 October 1561		20 August 1592 husband's death	6 January 1617	William VI
	Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	28 September 1636	9 October 1653		15 March 1665 husband's death	6 August 1689	Christian Louis
	Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse	Alexandre Desmier, Seigneur d'Olbreuse	3 January 1639	1676		28 August 1705 husband's death	5 February 1722	George William
On 7 September 1708, Lüneburg-Celle and Calenberg-Göttingen were combined to form the Electorate of Hanover. See:List of Hanoverian consorts for further consorts.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg	Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	13 December 1518	29 September 1547		23 November 1549 husband's death	27 March 1576	Francis I
In 1549, Francis I died leaving only daughters and therefore Gifhorn reverted to the Lüneburg-Celle line.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
Ducal throne was vacant from 1884 to 1913.
	Victoria Louise of Prussia	Wilhelm II, German Emperor (Hohenzollern)	13 September 1892	24 May 1913	1 November 1913 husband's accession	8 November 1918 husband's abdication	11 December 1980	Ernest Augustus