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=== Elevation to an electorate === {{main|Electorate of Hanover}} In 1665 the [[Principality of Grubenhagen]], whose line had died out in 1596 and over which the lines of Lüneburg and Wolfenbüttel had long fought in the [[Imperial Chamber Court]], was also finally added to the Calenberg dynasty. George's youngest son, [[Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover|Ernest Augustus]], who ruled from 1679, carried on the successful policies of his father and his brothers. In 1689 the Calenbergs also inherited [[Saxe-Lauenburg]]. Ernest Augustus switched to the side of the emperor and introduced [[primogeniture]], contrary to the direction of his father. In 1692 for his services to the emperor, Ernest Augustus was rewarded after a long struggle with the title of the ninth [[Prince-elector|electorate]]. Officially he was now the [[Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] and his government was called the "Electoral Brunswick-Lüneburg Government".<ref>"the electors themselves placed great value on the title "Brunswick-Lüneburg", a description which is almost always used in the official titles and documents of the electorate, Niemeyer / Ortenburg 1976: 7. Unofficially, it was also referred to as the Electorate of Hanover or ''Kurhannover''</ref> In 1705 it was enhanced further by the inheritance of the [[Principality of Lüneburg]], whereby all the estates of the Welfs, apart from the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, became united under the line also known as the [[House of Hanover]] from which the British royal throne are descended.
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