Word: guelph
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gift of the Duchy of Brunswick to the museum here, and is an exact replica of the statue which has stood before the castle of the Duke of Brunswick since 1166. The original was set up by Duke Henry the Lion, of Saxony, founder of the house of Guelph, the present reigning house of England. The lion was intended as a symbol of his territorial sovereignty which he had obtained from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. At the time his dominion, embraced practically all of lower Germany...