(c. 1424 – 1495), succeeded his father as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Wolfenbüttel in 1482, deposed in 1484; William the Younger (c. 1425 – 1503), succeeded his father as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1482 and ruling Prince of Calenberg and Göttingen in 1482; sole ruler of Wolfenbüttel, Calenberg and Göttingen from 1484; ceded Wolfenbüttel to his son Henry the Younger in 1495. In 1466, William married secondly Matilda of Holstein-Schauenburg, daughter of Count Otto II of Schauenburg-Pinneberg, and widow of Duke Bernard II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1464). Matilda died in Neustadt am Rübenberge on 22 July 1468, two days after giving birth a short-lived son, Otto (1468–1471). Ancestors References Zedlers Universal-Lexicon, vol. 56, pp. 581–584 William the Victorious of Lüneburg, Duke of Lüneburg at www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk. Wilhelm (William) "The Victorious" (1400–1482) at www.gwleibniz.com. Princes of Calenberg Princes of Göttingen Princes of Lüneburg Princes of Wolfenbüttel 1390s births 1482 deaths Middle House of Brunswick Burials at Brunswick Cathedral