Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

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

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.

Ancestors of Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

8. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 4. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 9. Adelaide of Everstein-Polle 2. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 10. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 5. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg 1. Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen 6. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen 13. Elisabeth of Hesse 3. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen 14. William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg 7. Margaret of Jülich-Berg 15. Anna of the Palatinate