Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
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| Eric II | |
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| Officially: Duke of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia Colloquially: Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg or Duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg | |
| Duchy of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg | |
| Reign | 1338 – 1368 |
| Predecessor | Eric I |
| Successor | Eric IV |
| Born | 1318 |
| Died | 1368 (aged 49–50) |
| Spouse | Agnes of Holstein |
| Issue Detail | Agnes, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Eric IV Jutta, Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast Matilda, abbess |
| House | House of Ascania |
| Father | Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Pomerania |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1318/1320 – 1368) was a son of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Pomerania (*1291–after 16 October 1349*), daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania. Eric II succeeded his father, after his resignation in 1338, as duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg, a branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.
Eric II and his cousin Albert V of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln ravaged merchants and other travellers passing their duchies. In 1363 the city of Hamburg and Adolphus IX (aka VII) the Mild,[1] Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Kiel, supported by his relative Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen, freed the streets northeast of the city from the brigandage by Eric II and Albert V, conquering the latter's castle in Bergedorf.
Marriage and issue
[edit]In 1342 or 1343 Eric married Agnes of Holstein (?–1386/7), daughter of John III, Count of Holstein-Plön, and they had the following children:
- Agnes (1353–1387), married William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1363
- Eric IV (1354–1411)
- Jutta (1360–1388) married Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (1350–1393).
- Matilda (Mechthild) (? – after 1405), abbess of Wienhausen Abbey
Ancestry
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The numbering varies, sometimes it counts all namesakes within the House of Schauenburg, here put in front, or only the namesakes within the branch line, here given in brackets.
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