Albert (Latin Albertus; – 22 September 1318), called the Fat (pinguis), was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The second son of Albert the Tall, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Albert was a boy when his father died in 1279. He was first under guardianship of his uncle, Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden, and then of his elder brother, Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1286 the three brothers divided their father's Principality of Wolfenbüttel; Albert received the areas around Göttingen, Minden, Northeim, Calenberg, and Hanover. He made Göttingen his residence, thus Principality of Göttingen. In 1292, the third brother, William, died childless, and Albert and Henry, who had received the Principality of Grubenhagen, quarrelled about William's share, the remaining belittled areas around Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel; Albert finally prevailed. Family Albert married Rixa, daughter of Henry I, Prince of Werle and Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Rikissa Birgersdotter from Sweden, in 1284. They had the following children who reached adulthood: Adelaide (1290–1311), married John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Richenza, Abbess of Gandersheim(1298-26 April 1317) Mechtild (1293–1 June 1356) Jutta (1309–1332) Otto prince of Wolfenbüttel (24 June 1292 – 30 August 1344) Luder, joined the Teutonic Order Albert, Bishop of Halberstadt (died 1358) Henry, Bishop of Hildesheim (died 1362) Magnus I prince of Wolfenbüttel (died 1369) Ernest I prince of Gettingen (died 1367) References Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 1, p. 261-263 At the House of Welf site Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006, |- Princes of Göttingen Princes of Wolfenbüttel Medieval child monarchs 1260s births 1318 deaths Old House of Brunswick Burials at Brunswick Cathedral