Braunschweig (Chaos)

When the changes caused from the POD in 1200 started to affect the lands of the Welfs (in the second half of the 13th century), Braunschweig was divided between two lines: Lüneburg in the North, and Braunschweig proper in the South. The latter line would be object to many splits and reunifications.

During 1304-1309, the happened between Otto II the Just of Lüneburg and Albrecht II of Göttingen, who is said to be vying for the heritage of his five nephews.

An important decision that would change the world happened in 1460 when the ambitious duke -Lüneburg, who inherited the biggest land of the Welfs, founded a colony in at the site of OTL Philadelphia, called  (with the help of the  cities  and ).

In the years 1475-95 many Germans fleeing from the in, and especially the religious fanatics ruling in , went to the colonies of Braunschweig (and the , too). Braunschweig-Lüneburg however acquired the former clerical lands of Bremen and Verden (thus gaining access to the sea), and could also acquire Hildesheim and Eichsfeld (former property of the electorate of Mainz). The city of Bremen which felt threatened by Münster now sought the protection of Braunschweig, which helped further.

The grown importance of Braunschweig became visible during the Reforms of the HRE 1500-1508, when Braunschweig-Lüneburg got the ninth electorate. Clearly they had profited from the Atlantean trade.

During the 1530s, under the rule of, translated the bible into the northern version of German. This translation even spread into the Netherlands.

After the Twenty-Year War, the colonies in Atlantis developed well. In 1500, a ship from Braunschweig-Lüneburg discovered OTL Bermuda by accident. During the, Braunschweig-Lüneburg claimed the islands of Martinique, Santa Lucia in 1533. And 1554, it was able to form its second province in Atlantis, called (OTL Pennsylvanian Appalachians). Experienced woodcutters and sawmill builders are invited there from as far as.

In 1588, duke and elector -Lüneburg inherited the lands of the last sideline, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Unification with Denmark
In 1628, king died without heirs, and the nobles decided to make old duke Ernst V their new king. Now, he reigned an empire reaching from to the Harz mountains. And in Atlantis, the German-speaking colonies were joined by new ones, when Denmark-Braunschweig first defeated the Dutch in Atlantis 1632 in the battle of Nieuw Brugge (OTL Easton, PA - later renamed ), taking, and 1637 used the in  not only to take back the (once Danish) colonies of  and , but also to become protector of the Commonwealth of New England (since the dissenters preferred "the papist German king in Europe to the papist English governor in ").

In 1642, the colonies of Denmark-Braunschweig (Martinsburg, Waldstätten, Nieuw Nederlands, Haraldsborg and Anderland) were united under a common administration.

Lesser dynastic events
1292: Einbeck (older line) split of Grubenhagen

1309: Calenberg split of Wolfenbüttel (elder line); Heinrich II of Wolfenbüttel (elder line) goes to Göttingen

1339: Göttingen inherits Wolfenbüttel (elder line)

1353: Gehrden (older line) split of Calenberg

1359: Wolfenbüttel (middle line) split of Göttingen

1369: Einbeck (older line) inherits Lüneburg

1400: Göttingen inherits Wolfenbüttel (middle line)

1408: Gehrden (older line) inherits Lüneburg-Einbeck

1420: Wolfenbüttel (younger line) split of Göttingen; Gehrden (younger line) split of Lüneburg

1421: Lüneburg inherits Gehrden (younger line)

1423: Lüneburg inherits Calenberg

1433: Northeim split of Göttingen

1441: Lüneburg inherits Grubenhagen

1460: Einbeck (younger line) split of Lüneburg

1473: Seesen split of Göttingen

1484: Göttingen inherits Northeim

1504: Blankenburg (older line) split of Wolfenbüttel (younger line)

1516: Wolfenbüttel (younger line) inherits Blankenburg (older line)

1519: Blankenburg (younger line) split of Wolfenbüttel (younger line)

1522: Lüneburg inherits Einbeck (younger line)

1529: Lüneburg inherits Göttingen

1563: Hannover split of Lüneburg

1566: Lüneburg inherits Seesen

1571: Hannover inherits Lüneburg

1585: Wolfenbüttel (younger line) inherits Blankenburg (younger line)