Note 28 — LETTER III.
Reading edition
The House of Brunswic has for its Head Ernest of Zell, who by Bernard and Albert the Great, the Son of Otho the Infant, descended from the Familys of Este and Witikind. George-William Duke of Zell, was Grandson to William, the second Son of Ernest; from whom came the two Branches of Lunenbourg-Zell, and Lunenbourg-Hanover; both which were united in the single Family of Hanover, by the Death of the Duke of Zell, who left no Issue besides a Daughter married to his Cousin George I. King of Great Britain, as well as Elector of Hanover.