Cook Family Ancestry William of Winchester Lord of Lüneburg [8547] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Henry IV (X) the Proud of Brunswick Duke of Brawnsweig [6689]
(Abt 1100-1139)

Gertrude of Saxony (of Süpplingenburg) [6688]
(1115-1143)

Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565]
(1133-1189)

Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564]
(1122-1204)

Henry the Lion of Saxony Duke of Saxony and Bavaria [6690]
(1129-1195)

Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet [3910]
(1156-1189)

William of Winchester Lord of Lüneburg [8547]
(1184-1213)

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Spouses/Children:
Helen of Denmark Valdemarsdottir Duchess of Luneburg [8561]

Otto I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburgh [8546]+

William of Winchester Lord of Lüneburg [8547] ²⁴

Born: 11 Apr 1184, Winchester, England
Marriage: Helen of Denmark Valdemarsdottir Duchess of Luneburg [8561] in Jul 1202
Died: 13 Dec 1213 at age 29

bullet Other names for William were William of Winchester Brunswick-Lüneburg Duke Brunswick-Luneburg and William of Winchester, William Longsword, or William of Lüneburg.

bullet General Notes:

one of the hostages for the payment of the ransom of his uncle Richard
Coer de Lion.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03234

William married Helen of Denmark Valdemarsdottir Duchess of Luneburg [8561] [MRIN: 3540], daughter of Valdemar I the Great of Denmark Knutsson King of Denmark [8338] and Sophie of Polotzk [8340], in Jul 1202. (Helen of Denmark Valdemarsdottir Duchess of Luneburg [8561] died on 22 Nov 1233 in Lüneburg and was buried in Benedictine monastery of St. Michael in Lüneburg..)

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William of Winchester Lord of Lüneburg [8547] ²⁴