Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Noble family	House of Guelph
Father	Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Mother	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen
Born	1418
Died	1466

Duke Ernest II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1418–1466) was the second son of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen.

When his father died in 1427, Ernest II was still a minor. His mother and his first cousin once removed, Otto II, acted as guardians and regents for Ernest and his brothers Henry III and Albert II, until the three brothers came of age in 1440.

When Henry III died in 1464, Ernest II abdicated and became a canon in Halberstadt.

Ernest II never married.

Family of Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

16. Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               8. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                       17. Agnes of Meissen               4. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                             18. Henry II of Everstein-Polle               9. Adelaide of Everstein-Polle                       19. Adelaide of Lippe               2. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                                   20. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       21. Sophie of Brandenburg-Stendal               5. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             22. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg               11. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg                       23. Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg               1. Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                                         24. Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen                       25. Rixa of Werle               6. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen                             26. Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse               13. Elisabeth of Hesse                       27. Elisabeth of Thuringia               3. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen                                   28. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg               14. William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg                       29. Margaret of Ravensberg               7. Margaret of Jülich-Berg                             30. Rupert II, Elector Palatine               15. Anna of the Palatinate                       31. Beatrice of Sicily

Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen House of Guelph Born: 1418 Died: 1466
Preceded by Eric I	Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1440–1464 With: Henry III and Albert II	Succeeded by Henry IV and Albert II